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Amid This Summer’s Record Heat and Violent Rain, Local Author Shows How Climate Change is Killing Trees and Making People Sick on His Street and Yours

Amid This Summer’s Record Heat and Violent Rain, Local Author Shows How Climate Change is Killing Trees and Making People Sick on His Street and Yours

If you’re looking for a new way to tell the climate story, Mike Tidwell’s new book, The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue, is a good place to start

TAKOMA PARK, MD – Reporters across America looking for new ways to cover this summer’s ongoing extreme heat and rain should contact local DC-area author Mike Tidwell. Mike moves beyond the abstractions of climate change and shows how it’s affecting area neighborhoods daily through lost trees, more flooding, and the documented spread of heat-induced Lyme disease. 

If you’re looking for a full interview or just a quote for a general climate story, contact Mike for print, TV, or radio content. He has written widely for The Washington Post and has been featured on NPR, CNN, and leading podcasts. 

Learn more about Mike’s new book, The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue. And view a 3-minute companion film here.  

In addition to writing, Mike currently serves as executive director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

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Chesapeake Climate Action Network is the first grassroots organization dedicated exclusively to raising awareness about the impacts and solutions associated with global warming in the Chesapeake Bay region. Founded in 2002, CCAN has been at the center of the fight for clean energy and wise climate policy in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.