Kate Aronoff

Much of the country is facing brutal, potentially deadly heat. The reasons for such extreme events are not complicated.

While ​the GOP was freaking out about ​the cost of Trump’s tax bill, the cost of climate damage hit a​n unbelievable high.

A major donor to Cuomo’s mayoral campaign is urging the U.S. military to join Israel’s war with Iran. It’s hard to believe Cuomo won’t fall in line.

The president is seeking to open up national monuments for drilling. But more land isn’t what oil companies need right now.

It’s no accident that the vehicles that got torched during the Los Angeles protests were driverless cars.

The president has​ a powerful wild card for sticking it to Musk​. Wouldn’t it be great if he used it?

The Trump administration is cutting funding for a controversial green technology that won the support of fossil fuel executives and congressional Republicans.

To model risk, insurance companies rely on climate data gathered by the federal government. The Trump administration is decimating the agencies collecting it. Guess who will pay?

As we approach a summer that may be among the hottest on record, Republicans are trying to cut programs that help the poor and the elderly stay cool—and stay alive.

The GOP engineered a complicated maneuver to stop letting California set its own vehicle emissions standards. The consequences could reach far beyond air quality.

Nearly three-quarters of investments spurred on by the IRA have flowed to states that voted for Trump. We’ll soon see how committed Republicans are to snatching from their own constituents.

David Richardson’s book is loosely based on his experiences fighting in Iraq. It suggests we have a pompous, self-aggrandizing womanizer heading emergency management.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other artificial-intelligence executives are vague about what AI can do for the government. They’re very specific about what the government can do for them.

D​OGE’s ​a​ttacks on the administrative state​ threaten to undermine ​essential ​data gathering across a vast​ array of fields, from economics to the environment.

The wildly popular president of Mexico is advancing industrial policies that resemble Joe Biden’s, but they’re premised on a totally different theory of politics.

The administration is denying recovery funding and slashing money for preparedness. With hurricane season approaching, the results could be catastrophic.

Low oil prices, tariffs, and other pro-drilling policies could wreck the oil industry far faster than the Democratic policies Trump loves to complain about.

Large numbers of people currently get their information from nontraditional media sources. The information they’re getting about climate change isn’t very good.

For better and often for worse, the U.S.-led IMF and World Bank have dominated the post–World War II international economy. Project 2025 and the Trump administration could change that.

A judge has now ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze billions in Inflation Reduction Act funding. But the White House’s lawless targeting of enemies may prove tough to stop.