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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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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.
January 21, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Republicans’ Climate Change Plan Is Big Oil’s Climate Change Plan
Three GOP legislators have proposed a set of policies that look mighty familiar.
January 18, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Is Joe Biden a Climate Radical Now?
Calling for emissions-related sanctions is a far cry from Obama-era policies.
January 17, 2020
Kate Aronoff
The New U.S. Trade Deal Is Climate Sabotage
It's also great for fossil fuel companies.
November 16, 2019
Kate Aronoff
Climate Change’s Great Lithium Problem
The crisis in Bolivia has an urgent message for environmental policy in the United States.
August 7, 2017
Kate Aronoff
Are the Democratic Socialists of America For Real?
DSA has experienced a surge in membership. The question is whether it can translate that enthusiasm into actual change.

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