Kate Aronoff

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How the car industry persuades people to buy the big cars they don’t need

Employees at the prominent environmental organization describe chaos, threats, and escalating conflict.

He’ll support aid for Ukraine, he hints, in return for undoing the pause on new natural gas export terminals.

Automakers can choose how they meet the standard. As long as their fleet as a whole is in compliance, they can keep making pretty much whatever cars they want.

How one quick trick in 2012 changed the way America drives—and undermined its climate rules

They don’t expect fossil fuels to be phased out anytime soon.

Voters protesting U.S. policy in Gaza are sending a powerful message about the lack of choice in contemporary elections.

News articles periodically claim the GOP is ready to fight global warming. Nope!

Lawmakers voted to ban lab meat and keep teenagers working in heat waves, rather than tackle the state’s collapsing insurance market.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to require some companies to disclose emissions. The rule is far weaker than originally proposed—and the industry will probably sue anyway.

Fans once hoped Biden would revolutionize public transport. Instead, he’s prioritizing cars—and not very consistently, at that.

New York is one of a few states trying to cut through the industry’s decades of misinformation. But more sustainable plastic probably just means less plastic.

American society doesn’t know how to respond to tragedies like this one.

The industry knew decades ago that recycling was never viable in the long term, and now we’re all being poisoned by its product.

The White House’s decision to roll back its own emissions regulations points to a broader problem with Biden’s climate policy.

A union representing staff has filed multiple unfair labor practice charges against management under Ben Jealous’s leadership.

The Inflation Reduction Act’s rising price tag is a sign that the law is working.

Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says the state should step in if the private sector fails to build natural gas facilities. How about renewables instead?

Before Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the fishermen who brought the case were focused on New Jersey wind projects.

Climate crises are making parts of the planet unlivable. Fortifying the border is a particularly cruel response to that.