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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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March 17, 2020
Kate Aronoff
A Moderate Proposal: Nationalize the Fossil Fuel Industry
We’re facing a shale crash, a likely recession, and a surefire climate crisis. One particular policy could help solve all three problems.
March 13, 2020
Kate Aronoff
A Golden Opportunity for a Green Stimulus
New polling finds support for big, earth-friendly spending—fighting both the coronavirus-fueled recession and climate change at once.
March 11, 2020
Kate Aronoff
The Political Realignment From Hell
Trump’s coronavirus response stimulus package would bail out big oil. Biden-style Democrats will decry the cost. The planet will suffer.
March 10, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Joe Biden’s Sketchy Climate Record
His attempt to take undeserved credit for the Paris Agreement only scratches the surface of his questionable decisions as vice president.
March 4, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Is a Green New Deal Fantasy
We love Gourmet Makes because we hate how capitalism has distorted our relationships to food and one another.
March 2, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Nationalizing the Power Industry Isn’t Radical
The United States has a long history of nationalizing in times of crisis. Bernie Sanders’s publicly owned clean power proposal is actually pretty tame.
February 26, 2020
Kate Aronoff
We’re All on This Sick Planet Together
The racist, right-wing isolationism favored by the Trump administration is as bad an answer to the coronavirus as it is to the climate crisis.
February 25, 2020
Kate Aronoff
The Planet Is Screwed, Says Bank That Screwed the Planet
A report from two economists at JP Morgan Chase pushes back against traditional economic wisdom on climate change.
February 24, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Beware a Bezos Bearing Gifts
A field guide to corporate climate pledges
February 20, 2020
Kate Aronoff
The Coronavirus’s Lesson for Climate Change
What society can learn from the tragedy’s impact on carbon emissions
February 19, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Obama’s Climate Legacy and the Lie of “Energy Independence”
The crude export ban was repealed in 2015, with White House support—and disastrous effects for global warming.
February 14, 2020
Kate Aronoff
This Is Why the GOP Can’t Have Nice Climate Plans
Some Republicans want to respond to moderates’ concerns about global warming. Others are appalled by any concessions at all.
February 11, 2020
Kate Aronoff
The EU Says It Cares About Climate Change. Ireland Could Test That.
Sinn Féin's victory could give it a chance to enact an ambitious climate platform.
February 10, 2020
Kate Aronoff
We’re Debating Climate Predictions While Rome Burns
Either three or five degrees of warming would be catastrophic—and in both cases, we already know what we have to do.
February 6, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Fossil Fuels Aren’t Even a Very Good Investment
Turbulence in the oil industry is making for strange bedfellows.
February 4, 2020
Kate Aronoff
If Bloomberg Really Cared About Climate Change, He Wouldn’t Be Running
Both Mike Bloomberg and Tom Steyer could be spending their prodigious wealth in much more effective ways. Instead, they're funding vanity campaigns.
January 31, 2020
Kate Aronoff
What the Green New Deal Could Mean for Iowa
Ahead of the caucus, climate advocates are arguing that 2020's most hotly debated environmental proposal can be good for small farmers.
January 29, 2020
Kate Aronoff
How Medicare for All Could Help Fight Pandemics
The climate crisis could make outbreaks like the coronavirus more common. Is America's for-profit health care system ready?
January 28, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Selling the Green New Deal to Texas Unions
The AFL-CIO's endorsement of Mike Siegel suggests a new way forward for environmentalists and labor.
January 23, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Why Climate-Conscious Plutocrats Still Like Trump
Attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week say they're worried about global warming. But they're also looking out for their business models.

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