Chris Mooney will join The Washington Post on Oct. 20 as a staff writer covering environment and climate change. He will additionally contribute to Wonkblog, with the hopes of creating a new blog covering the environment. Mooney was most recently a staff writer for Mother Jones, hosting Climate Desk, a weekly podcast covering the environment. Prior to this, Mooney wrote for a number of outlets as a freelancer, including Wired, Slate, Harper’s, Legal Affairs, Los Angeles Times and The Boston Globe. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Yale University. For more national news on energy and the environment, follow The Washington Post on Twitter and “Like” on Facebook.
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