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Kate Aronoff

Kate Aronoff is a staff writer at The New Republic. She is the author of Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet—and How We Fight Back, and co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal. Kate is also a fellow at The Roosevelt Institute, and serves in Dissent’s editorial board.

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April 9, 2026
Kate Aronoff
Sam Altman Is Giving OpenAI a Makeover to Woo Democrats
The embattled tech company released a policy brief that seems expressly engineered to appeal to the party that may sweep the midterms. Will libs be gullible enough to buy it?
April 7, 2026
Kate Aronoff
Gas Prices Are Going Through the Roof. Automakers Aren’t Bothered.
American car manufacturers have banked on a wealthy sliver of the population to buy their huge and hugely expensive vehicles. But what happens if the rich start to feel the pinch too?
April 2, 2026
Kate Aronoff
The Iran War Is Forcing an Energy Transition. But What Kind?
The war is pushing oil- and gas-importing Asian countries toward renewables. The trouble is, they’re also turning to coal.
March 27, 2026
Kate Aronoff
Markets Are In Denial About the War in Iran
​Investors have been weirdly chill about a spiraling crisis that shows no signs of ending. Remind anyone of climate denial?
March 26, 2026
Kate Aronoff
Trump Thinks He Can Magically Control the Price of Oil
And he has zero understanding of the complexity of the markets his Iran war is messing with.
November 28, 2025
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The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy
It was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?
September 26, 2025
Kate Aronoff
The So-Called Energy Transition Never Happened
Countries around the world are fully on track to make it impossible to hit global warming targets. If Trump isn’t gloating, he should be.
September 18, 2025
Kate Aronoff
I​t’s Time to Broaden Our Definition of Political Violence
In conversations about Charlie Kirk’s murder, pundits and politicians are using the term ​in troublingly narrow ways.
September 16, 2025
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The Union Organizer Held in a Secret Detention Center He Helped Expose
The government claims that Alfredo Juarez Zeferino’s work organizing farmworkers had nothing to do with why ICE targeted him.
September 12, 2025
Kate Aronoff
Republicans Want to Scare You off Mass Transit. Cars Are Scarier.
A fatal stabbing on Charlotte Light Rail set off a panic about the risks of public transportation. There’s just one thing: It’s worlds safer than cars.
September 9, 2025
Kate Aronoff
ICE’s Raid on Hyundai Was as Stupid as It Was Cruel
​Trump is cheering an immigration crackdown on​ a ​new​ plant​ in Georgia. Now how exactly was he planning to make American manufacturing great again?
September 4, 2025
Kate Aronoff
It’s Time for the MAHA Moms to Turn on RFK Jr. Too
The health and human services secretary campaigned on curbing environmental toxins. He’s done next to nothing to limit microplastics in our brains and our bodies.
August 4, 2025
Kate Aronoff
Fighting Wildfires Is Hellish Work. It’s Even Worse Under Trump.
As the Trump administration’s climate denial collides with its quest to incapacitate the federal workforce, wildfire fighters are taking a hit.
July 30, 2025
Kate Aronoff
Trump’s EPA Is Hurting the Automakers It’s Claiming to Help
EPA head Lee Zeldin is touting his agency’s plans to deregulate tailpipe emissions as good for car manufacturers. But fewer rules will actually weaken the U.S. auto industry.
July 24, 2025
Kate Aronoff
Trump’s EPA Is Now Flouting the World’s Highest Court
A new ruling from the International Court of Justice means that, at least in theory, the U.S. could be held liable for trashing climate regulations—and made to pay up.
July 23, 2025
Kate Aronoff
Yet Another Way Republicans Are Making Life More Expensive
Trump ran on bringing down inflation. Instead, as climate change relentlessly drives up food prices, his administration is hell-bent on ignoring the problem.
July 18, 2025
Kate Aronoff
The Common Thread Between Epstein Denial and Climate Denial
There’s a reason Donald Trump’s claims about the Jeffrey Epstein “hoax” sound so familiar.
July 16, 2025
Kate Aronoff
New York City Subways Flooded (Again). Blame Trump’s Funding Cuts.
Republicans’ frantic project to end “woke” climate research has led them to axe funding aimed at helping mass transit cope with extreme weather events.
July 11, 2025
Kate Aronoff
The EPA’s Lee Zeldin Is Unleashing a Chemical Nightmare
Under Zeldin, the Environmental Protection Agency is ​t​orching regulations that protect us from ​a terrifying range of toxic substances. And that’s just the beginning.
July 10, 2025
Kate Aronoff
Climate Disasters Are Catnip for Cynical Republicans
​While Democrats are ignoring the climate crisis, the right​ is using ​it as a handy source of chaos they can exploit to advance their own aims.

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