Kate Aronoff

@KateAronoff

The last time Democrats controlled Washington, they blew their chance to address climate change. Will Joe Biden and Joe Manchin repeat the party’s mistakes?

America’s disastrous response to Covid-19 is an unsettling preview of how it might respond to the climate change crisis.

The Georgia runoff shows that climate activists are more practical and strategic than Democrats give them credit for.

The climate accord will only succeed if the Biden administration can think outside of it.

The promise of negative emissions is baked into most “net zero” pledges. But putting that into practice is easier said than done.

The selection of Deb Haaland for secretary of the interior is a hard-earned and jubilant win for progressives, who have otherwise been disappointed by the Biden transition team.

A two-pronged approach can help the planet now while building the necessary voter support for major change in the future.

Towns looking to green police departments, instead of defunding them, are turning to an interesting luxury brand.

Brian Deese, expected to head the Biden administration’s National Economic Council, is a longtime adherent of a disastrous energy strategy.

Biden is getting the Obama gang back together. Their old pro-shale positions were pretty bad for the climate.

Why are party leaders so scared of a policy that’s demonstrably popular?

His inclusive approach to governing will give fossil fuel companies far too much power over his climate agenda.

Climate activists are worried—and mobilizing to steer the president-elect in a more ambitious direction.

Establishment politicians are claiming that progressives cost the party seats. But reverting to the status quo could cost it much more in 2022.

After decades of voter suppression, organizing efforts pay off.

Exit polls suggest a large majority of voters want to slow global warming. So why was this election so tight?

The presidential election is still up in the air—and America’s influence on the global climate fight hangs in the balance.

The Texas Railroad Commission is the most important climate race you’ve never heard of. And GOP candidate Jim Wright is pretty sketchy.

The president’s latest electoral Hail Mary: He’s considering ordering federal agencies to produce a report on fracking that will emerge months after the election and which no one will read.

Ford and GM knew about climate change 50 years ago—and have spent decades since then funding denial and inaction.