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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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August 21, 2020
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Ban Yachts
They’re floating castles of crime, polluting our air and water.
August 21, 2020
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Biden’s Setting Himself Up to Get Blamed for Lost Blue-Collar Jobs
Big Oil is collapsing. Democrats can either plan for it and win its workers or ignore the problem—and get punished for it.
August 19, 2020
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The Country’s Most Important Climate Election Is Happening in Texas
Chrysta Castañeda could become the first-time Democrat to win statewide elected office since 1994.
August 18, 2020
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Is Trump Killing His Favorite Industry?
Leasing off oil and gas permits in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge may do more harm than good for fossil fuel producers.
August 14, 2020
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A Novel Way to Fund a Green Economy
Instead of bailing out Exxon and other fossil fuel companies, a National Investment Authority could democratize finance and help ordinary people and their governments fight climate change.
August 12, 2020
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We Can’t Fight Climate Change Without China
The Democratic Party’s 2020 platform echoes President Trump’s hawkishness on China. That’s a mistake.
August 6, 2020
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The Real Reason BP Is Getting Greener
For fossil fuel companies like BP, Exxon, and Shell, slashing production is good business.
August 5, 2020
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Utility Companies’ Deadly Addiction to Profit
From wildfires to shut-off threats, utility companies have a track record of endangering consumers.
July 27, 2020
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Fossil Fuels’ United Front Is Crumbling
State politics show the coal industry is fighting a losing battle against its former allies.
July 22, 2020
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For Fossil Fuel Companies, Bankruptcy Is a Bailout
Declaring bankruptcy means executives pocket cash and workers lose livelihoods, while the public sector pays for environmental cleanup.
July 21, 2020
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Green Jobs Can Be Just as Good as Fossil Fuel Jobs
Certain leaders love to suggest that renewable power is anti-labor. The numbers don’t back that up.
July 20, 2020
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Our Towns Aren’t Equipped to Handle Climate Emergencies
Offices of emergency management across the country are a patchwork quilt of cash-strapped departments.
July 17, 2020
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The Threat of a GOP That Accepts Climate Change
The Republican Party could be ready to discard climate denial. But you might not like what comes next.
July 15, 2020
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Why Is Biden Clinging to the Dream of Green Factories?
The candidate’s plan to “win the future” through American export domination has multiple problems.
July 9, 2020
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The Limits of Democrats’ Climate Progress
The Unity Task Force climate recommendations are a huge improvement on policy proposals last election cycle. Now what?
July 8, 2020
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The Obscure Treaty That Could Kill a Global Green Recovery
The Energy Charter Treaty, with 53 signatories, allows energy companies to sue states that make their business unprofitable.
July 6, 2020
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How Anti-Pipeline Protesters Made the Fossil Fuel Industry Face Economic Reality
Energy companies have abandoned the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
July 1, 2020
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The Democrats’ New Climate Plan Is Weirdly Isolationist
A new 538-page report adopts an America First strategy to solve a global problem.
June 30, 2020
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The Fed Is Bailing Out Polluters While Cities Struggle
Fossil fuel interests have readier access to stimulus money than many local governments.
June 26, 2020
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Is BlackRock the New Vampire Squid?
The investment giant casts itself as socially responsible while contributing to the climate catastrophe, evading regulatory scrutiny, and angling to influence a Biden administration.

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