Kate Aronoff

@KateAronoff

The conservatives’ defeat is good news, but the incoming Labor Party’s policies show why climate activists can’t relax even under liberal governments.

The runoff with Jessica Cisneros remains too close to call. The actions of Steny Hoyer, Nancy Pelosi, and Jim Clyburn, on the other hand...

Musk’s rant about ESG aligns with a growing conservative movement to denounce sustainable investment as a left-wing plot.

Companies that run the electrical grid have long been accused of anti-competitive and abusive practices. Now a massive coalition of 235 organizations is pressuring the Federal Trade Commission to investigate them.

The shooter’s manifesto makes clear, climate denial and ecofascism are two sides of the same right-wing coin.

It’s tempting to believe high prices are all about price gouging. But the reality is far wilder.

Chuck Schumer’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act shows the perils of trying to pass climate policy to make America more “competitive.”

Clean energy tax credits won’t help the climate if they come with more funding for fossil fuels.

The three banks have rejected shareholder resolutions to make their lending practices consistent with climate targets.

Joe Manchin isn’t the final word on policy in this country. The president still has a lot of power.

Poor countries need debt relief fast. The International Monetary Fund’s new “sustainability” idea probably won’t help and might even make the climate crisis worse.

Joe Biden’s climate adviser denies reports that she has resigned. But if she does decide to bounce, she’d have good reason.

The far-right candidate facing French President Emmanuel Macron in a runoff election favors picturesque localism: no wind turbines or immigrants.

Demanding that we source lithium domestically will just slow down the transition to clean energy.

From a climate perspective, that’s suicidal. And from a political perspective, it’s ineffective.

The full report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says we need to stop burning fossil fuels right now. But that reality was excluded from a summary for the people who need to hear it most: policymakers.

State GOP lawmakers are pushing bills to blacklist financial institutions that make net-zero pledges, but a new report shows that banks’ promises don’t match their balance sheets.

Cryptocurrency, climate, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are starting to intersect in strange ways.

With the “Green New Deal Champions” pledge, progressive groups are reorienting for 2022—and 2030.

Walkable cities, e-bikes, and clean air: What’s not to love?