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Kate Aronoff

Kate Aronoff is a staff writer at The New Republic. She is the co-author of A Planet To Win: Why We Need A Green New Deal (Verso) and the co-editor of We Own The Future: Democratic Socialism, American Style (The New Press).

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March 29, 2023
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Why the Republicans’ “Lower Energy Costs Act” Won’t Lower Energy Costs
It will, however, please the oil and gas industry.
March 24, 2023
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Why Optimism Can’t Fix Our Climate Politics
This week’s U.N. report shows how hard it is to save the world when capitalism is working against you.
March 17, 2023
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Who Is Biden Trying to Please With His Middle-Ground Energy Policy?
He’s pissing off environmentalists, and oil executives are still donating to Republicans.
March 14, 2023
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Are Opponents of Alaska’s Willow Drilling Project Guilty of “Eco-Colonialism”?
Republican Senator Dan Sullivan says so. But not all groups close to the drilling sites support the project, which Biden approved on Monday.
March 10, 2023
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Why Is the Fossil Fuel Industry Praising the Inflation Reduction Act?
You might think oil and gas execs would hate the largest piece of climate legislation ever passed. But it actually gives them money that helps maintain their core business model.
March 8, 2023
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What Fossil Fuel Executives Really Think About ESG
Oil and gas execs don’t actually think “woke” investors are starving them of cash. So why are they funding Republicans’ anti-ESG crusade?
March 3, 2023
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The Climate Case for Rationing
While current produce rationing in the U.K. is more likely the result of poor planning, rationing in general has a rich and positive history. It could point the way to a fairer future.
March 1, 2023
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Why Is the U.S. Funding Climate Apartheid?
On Chuck Schumer’s troubling embrace of Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and India’s Narendra Modi
February 24, 2023
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Ajay Banga Is a Weird Pick for a “Green” World Bank Head
The White House claimed to want someone who’d lead the way on climate change. Banga’s only that guy if you think climate action means lots of private-sector stuff and vague promises.
February 22, 2023
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GOP Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Who Used to Do Business With China, Wants to Ban Business With China
The former CEO of biotech company Roivant has done a 180-degree turn on Chinese business opportunities leading up to his presidential run.
February 22, 2023
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Oil Companies Never Cared About the War in Ukraine
A year after oil majors declared they were cutting ties with Russia, Shell and Exxon can boast record profits. Shell may still be using Russian oil.
February 16, 2023
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David Malpass Is Resigning From the World Bank. Good. Let Poorer Countries Pick His Replacement.
It’s past time to ditch the “gentleman’s agreement” whereby the United States gets to choose the World Bank head.
February 15, 2023
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The Right Has It In for Woke Investors. The Only Problem? They Don’t Exist.
Republicans are royally pissed off about asset management firms with social and environmental commitments. The firms really only care about the bottom line. In this new climate fight, we all lose.
February 14, 2023
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The Inflation Reduction Act Has Europe Freaking Out
While Biden’s industrial policy law has sparked no small amount of panic overseas, the end result could be the best kind of international competition.
February 10, 2023
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Republicans’ Anti-ESG Crusade Could Hurt Retirees’ Savings
Forty-nine GOP senators—plus Joe Manchin—are backing a resolution that could damage pension fund returns, just to stick it to the libs.
February 8, 2023
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Oil Companies Are Finally Being Honest About Their Feelings on Renewable Energy
BP CEO Bernard Looney and Shell CEO Wael Sawan have been candid recently: If wind energy makes them money, great. If it’s not as profitable as fossil fuels, screw it.
February 3, 2023
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The Biden Administration Has Been Very Good for Big Oil
Despite climate legislation passed by Democrats last year, oil companies are securing loads of drilling deals and posting huge profits.
January 30, 2023
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Is Joe Manchin a Radical Urbanist?
The Democratic senator claims to be worried about electric vehicles relying on foreign lithium. The best way to fix that would be walkable cities and great public transit.
January 26, 2023
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This Company Is Suing the U.S. Over the Keystone Pipeline Cancellation. Taxpayers Are Footing the Bill.
The lawyers, meanwhile, are living handsomely.
January 24, 2023
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The Atlanta Police Shooting Is a Warning Sign for the Safety of Environmental Activists
Environmental defenders get killed at appalling rates in other countries. Could that trend come to the U.S.?

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