Chris Bentley

Chris is a freelance writer, photographer, editor and producer based in Boston. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the Medill School at Northwestern University, where he was a 2010-11 Comer Scholar for climate change reporting, and a 2011-12 ISEN Cluster Fellow studying sustainability and energy. He was a Climate Change Reporting Fellow with GroundTruth. His radio work has appeared on shows and stations including PRI's The World, WGBH, WBUR, WBEZ and PRX:REMIX. He has written for publications including The New York Times' Green blog, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, Crain's, CityLab, Dwell, Architect, Next City, The Huffington Post, New Scientist, DNAinfo and Time Out.

The Moroccan city of Ouarzazate built concentrated solar power panels across its desert. Morocco aims to get more than half of its energy from renewable sources in less than 15 years. (Photo by Chris Bentley/GroundTruth)

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Twenty years ago, only half of Moroccans had electricity. Now, the country may lead in renewable energy.

The Moroccan city of Ouarzazate sits on a dusty, red-earth plateau where the Atlas Mountains begin to descend...

Data visualization of 2016 global temperatures. (Credit: NASA)

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Earth burns through temperature record for third year in a row

In what has become an alarmingly frequent refrain since the turn of the 21st century, climate scientists reported...

Marrakech’s Koutoubia mosque has soaked up the Moroccan sun for nearly 900 years. Now it also puts those rays to work generating clean electricity. (Photo by Chris Bentley/GroundTruth)

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In the face of climate change, Morocco opts for ‘green mosques’

The Koutoubia Mosque is one of the iconic landmarks of Marrakech’s old city. Its first stone was laid...

People participate in a climate march in Marrakech during the U.N. climate conference, COP22. (Photo by David Tong/Flickr)

Season 3 - Living Proof |Episode 6

Trump and the next chapter on climate

Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election sent shockwaves around the world, but particularly at U.N. climate...

Sea level rise continues to threaten Boston's future, but the city released a report today detailing its plans to adapt. (Photo by Lauren Owens Lambert/GroundTruth)

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Boston plans for the ‘grim’ impact of climate change

The City of Boston today released a climate change report that says the city could be in for...

China's president, Xi Jinping, spoke at the U.N. Conference of the Parties in 2015, where he and U.S. President Barack Obama backed a historic climate change agreement in Paris. (Photo by UNclimatechange/Flickr User)

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Here’s what could happen if the US pulls out of Paris climate pact

Diplomats who gathered earlier this month in Marrakech, Morocco for COP22, the United Nations climate change summit, already...

An abandoned mosque outside the sea wall in Muara Baru, North Jakarta. Jakarta is sinking as a result of massive groundwater extraction. And Muara Baru, one of the fastest sinking parts of the city, is already located below the sea level. (Photo by Muhammad Fadli)

Season 3 - Living Proof |Episode 2

Jakarta’s fight against flooding

We'd like to think that coastal cities can build their way out of flooding and sea level rise....

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Kerry reassures climate summit as fast US withdrawal looks more likely

MARRAKECH, Morocco – Secretary of State John Kerry has attended every major United Nations summit on climate change...

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Pummeled by climate-fueled disasters, vulnerable countries buy insurance

MARRAKECH, Morocco – One month after Hurricane Matthew killed more than 1,000 people in Haiti, many of the...

The view from East Boston as the sun rises over the Boston skyline on June 7, 2016. (Photo by Lauren Owens/GroundTruth)

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Cities Underwater

Cities Underwater: Introduction New construction reflected in the windows of a building in Boston's Seaport District. (Photo by...

A protestor stood in front of the Eiffel Tower during COP21 in Paris, where 195 countries made climate history, adopting an ambitious and unprecedented international plan to limit global warming to below 2 degrees. (Carlos Felipe Pardo/Flickr)

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Could Trump derail the Paris Agreement?

MARRAKECH, Morocco – Just one week after the global pact on climate change came into effect, the U.S....

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