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Kate Aronoff
Don’t Believe Recent Headlines. The Inflation Reduction Act Worked.
By its own standards, the landmark piece of climate legislation was a smashing success. Its future, however, could be decided on Election Day.
August 16, 2024
August 15, 2024
Liza Featherstone
Seven Years in Prison for Playing the Cello in New York?
The trumped-up contempt charges against a climate protester are only the latest example of extreme punishments for peaceful protests.
August 14, 2024
Nick Romeo
The British Economist Who Became a Celebrity With an Anti-Growth Pitch
Tim Jackson found unlikely fame by arguing that slower growth will actually make us happier—and more prosperous.
August 2, 2024
Heather Souvaine Horn
Why Harris Is Backpedaling on Fracking
Fracking and corn-based ethanol have a lot in common.
July 31, 2024
Liza Featherstone
Harris Should Focus on Pleasing Young Voters, Not Donors and Centrists
Rejecting conventional wisdom is what got the party this current momentum. Don’t give it up now.
July 26, 2024
Heather Souvaine Horn
What Kind of Climate Candidate Will Kamala Harris Be?
Some clues suggest her approach to climate policy might differ subtly from President Biden’s.
July 19, 2024
Kate Aronoff
What Does Military Readiness Mean in a Warming World?
NATO seems worried about climate change. But stopping climate change probably means cutting defense spending.
July 19, 2024
Heather Souvaine Horn
Will Heat Waves Become a Voting Issue?
More people recognize that climate change is driving deadly heat waves than believe either Trump or Biden would make a good president.
July 18, 2024
Liza Featherstone
Democrats’ Defeatism Is a Form of Climate Denial
Democrats seem resigned in the wake of Biden’s stubborn refusal to step aside and Trump’s high poll numbers. But just waiting around for four years is not an option.
July 17, 2024
Kate Aronoff
Democrats Can’t Stop Climate Change. They Can’t Even Stop Trump.
This election should never have been as close as it’s now gotten.
June 24, 2024
Genevieve Guenther
The New Climate Denial Is Based on These Six Terms
The new obstructionist approach doesn’t say global warming isn’t happening. Instead, it argues we don’t need to phase out oil and gas.
June 21, 2024
Liza Featherstone
Kathy Hochul Has Been a Climate Disaster
The New York governor is getting soundly roasted on congestion pricing. But it’s not her only policy failure this year.
June 12, 2024
Kate Aronoff
The Day the Meat Wars Came for Joey Chestnut
Banning a guy from a hotdog-eating competition just because he signed a deal with a company that makes vegan meat substitutes is weird.
June 7, 2024
Liza Featherstone
Here’s How We Know That Vermont’s New Climate Law Will Work
Making polluters pay for the damage they cause isn’t radical. The federal Superfund law has been notching up successes for decades.
June 7, 2024
Kate Aronoff
Kathy Hochul Just Cost You 100 Hours of Your Life
The governor’s attempt to cancel New York City’s congestion pricing means more than just greater emissions.
May 30, 2024
Heather Souvaine Horn
You’d Be Amazed How Many People Want Big Oil Charged With Homicide
A new poll shows overwhelming support for holding oil and gas companies accountable via the courts.
May 29, 2024
Liza Featherstone
AIPAC’s Disgraceful War on Jamaal Bowman
The congressman from New York has been a remarkably effective champion for climate policy. Now, because he’s critical of Israel, AIPAC and local Democrats are supporting his opponent.
May 21, 2024
Aaron Regunberg
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Donald Braman
A Big Tool to Fight Climate Change Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Civil forfeiture is usually used against people suspected of drug offenses. Instead, we could be using it to make Big Oil pay for its role causing mass death.
May 8, 2024
Kate Aronoff
The Sierra Club and Its Union Are Trading Accusations
A new unfair labor practice charge alleges that the environmental group plans to lay off half of the union’s bargaining committee, including an employee who is pregnant.
May 2, 2024
Lydia Millet
If Corporations Are People, Then Animals Should Be Too
Enshrining the rights of nonhuman entities in law would help us protect them before it’s too late.
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