Megan Kenyon

I am an experienced reporter and journalist, currently working as the sustainability correspondent for the New Statesman, and the New Statesman's specialist policy supplement, Spotlight. 

I was previously senior reporter at the Local Government Chronicle.

My work to date has covered a broad range of topics including politics, culture, education, housing, climate change, and the environment. You can email me at megan.e.kenyon@gmail.com.

I also write an occasional womens' football newsletter, The Final Third.

Writing: 

New Statesman: 

Dale Vince: shifting to renewables “needs no public money”

How Rotterdam is pulling the plug on climate change

The climate movement will not be forgotten in this election

Labour’s climate plans are under more scrutiny than ever 

Martin Lines: “We need a new contract between government and farmers” 

Michael Mann: “Defeatism is as much of a threat as climate denial” 

We should be more worried about nature-related risks 

How could Labour’s local power plan work? 

More money isn’t the key to clean power by 2030 

Two thirds of councils are on course to miss climate targets 

Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan must include nature 

Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers sound more earnest than ever

Is the UK up to speed on climate adaptation?

The law that could “create areas of habitat the size of Bromley” 

Local authorities warn they have “little choice” but to raise council tax 

What is the City’s role in the UK’s green industrial strategy?

The Parliament Brief: are new oil and gas licences really a “good idea”?

English councils are facing an “out-of-control” financial crisis 

Lord Deben: “Sunak will not reach net zero unless he changes policy” 

Why Michael Gove’s planning reforms won’t deliver sustainable housing

Beavers are the secret weapon in the UK’s flood defences

Poll shows nature could prove vital to winning swing voters

We’re telling the wrong story about climate policy

Five things to watch out for at Cop28

Four out of five landlords want higher energy efficiency standards, polling shows 

Will Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement really cut planning “red tape”? 

“On the outside looking in”: Labour’s shadow Cop

Patrick Vallance’s seven rules for net zero 

The Parliament Brief: Will the UK pay up for climate loss and damage?

New oil and gas licences will do “little for energy security and nothing to lower bills” 

Greening the grid 

“Don’t get left behind”: understanding the finance sector’s reliance on nature

Sunak’s net zero U-turn breaks with international opinion