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Kate Aronoff

Kate Aronoff

The Intercept

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Elon Musk’s Weird Excuse for Tesla’s Tumble: We’re Not a Car Company!

Elon Musk is prone to strange asides in all aspects of his life, but Tesla’s quarterly earnings call earlier this week found him in rare form:...

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New Republic

Kate Aronoff

If Biden Wants Young Climate Voters, He Should Back a Gaza Ceasefire

On Monday, Earth Day, Joe Biden highlighted several steps his administration is taking to make good on its climate goals: using $7 billion from the...

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New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Climate Change Will Cost $38 Trillion a Year. Who Will Pay for It?

Climate change is on track to cause $38 trillion worth of damages worldwide by 2049. That’s according to a study published this week in Nature by...

19.04.2024 9

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Will New York’s Big Socialist Climate Policy Be Led by ... McKinsey?

It’s been nearly a year since New York passed the Build Public Renewables Act via its annual budget, a rare attempt from the Empire State’s...

18.04.2024 9

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Anything Elon Musk Can Do a Bus Can Do Better

Tesla will reportedly lay off more than 10 percent of its global staff, according to the electric vehicle-centric news site Elecktrek. “There is...

16.04.2024 3

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Republicans Think Your Dishwasher Is Too Leftist

Republicans have yet to encounter a household object they won’t try to turn into a culture war. Veterans of hard-fought battles around gas stoves...

15.04.2024 4

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Jamie Dimon Has Found a New Thing to Be Wrong About

Jamie Dimon is in the strata of rich guys whose opinions on just about anything are periodically deemed newsworthy. On any given week, a Google News...

11.04.2024 20

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Kate Aronoff

The Destructive Fantasies of the New York International Auto Show

The Subaru pavilion at this year’s New York International Auto Show, which ended its week-plus run on Sunday, was built to resemble a national park....

09.04.2024 4

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Inside the Meltdown at the Sierra Club

Last year, the Sierra Club faced a $40 billion funding shortfall and “significant fundraising uncertainty due to overall economic trends,” a...

05.04.2024 10

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Kate Aronoff

Mike Johnson’s Proposed Ukraine Deal Is as Cynical as It Is Stupid

Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson is reportedly considering a deal to trade additional military aid for Ukraine—a top priority for Democrats,...

02.04.2024 40

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Kate Aronoff

The Truck-Size Loophole in the EPA’s Car Emissions Rule

If you’ve been on a road in the last 10 years, you’ve probably noticed that cars have gotten bigger. SUVs and pickup trucks have replaced compacts...

01.04.2024 4

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

The EPA Accidentally Killed Small Cars

Like the rest of us, the Environmental Protection Agency seems to have noticed that cars are an increasingly rare sight on American roads, having been...

22.03.2024 20

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Kate Aronoff

Oil Execs Happily Admit They’re Not Worried About Climate Policy

For the last few years, oil and gas industry executives have talked a big game about their commitment to an “energy transition”—not their own...

20.03.2024 30

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Kate Aronoff

Behind the “Uncommitted” Vote Against Genocide—and for Democracy

Joe Biden has premised his reelection campaign on the idea that he will defend democracy against Trumpism. This election is “all about”...

15.03.2024 5

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

No, Republicans Have Not Evolved on Climate Change

Every few months, a major publication will publish a story profiling Republicans who are reportedly “evolving” on climate change—meaning...

12.03.2024 5

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Florida Closes a Particularly Stupid, Cruel Legislative Session

Florida is in the midst of a historic crisis. Thanks to devastating climate-fueled hurricanes over the last several years, the average cost of home...

11.03.2024 5

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Big Oil Just Secured a Massive Win on Emissions

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday voted 3–2 to finalize a rule on what companies disclose about their greenhouse gas emissions and...

06.03.2024 1

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Why Has “Amtrak Joe” Turned His Back on Trains?

While campaigning for the presidency in 2020, Joe Biden promised , audaciously, to “spark the second great railroad revolution to propel our...

04.03.2024 30

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

The Fight to Keep the Plastics Industry From Drowning Us in Trash

Millennials in the United States grew up taking their ability to recycle plastic bottles, food containers, and other kinds of packaging as an article...

01.03.2024 7

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

America Doesn’t Know How to Respond to Events Like Bushnell’s Self-Immolation

Earlier this week, a 25 year old active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force walked up to the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. and lit himself on fire....

28.02.2024 4

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Recycling Doesn’t Work—and the Plastics Industry Knew It

Hardly any plastics can be recycled. You’d be forgiven for not knowing that, given how much messaging Americans receive about the convenience of...

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Kate Aronoff

Joe Biden Is Picking Cars Over the Planet

Last spring, the White House proudly rolled out new proposed regulations on tailpipe emissions as part of its effort to speed up the country’s...

22.02.2024 2

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Union Accuses Sierra Club of Plotting to Fire Strikers

On October 9, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous joined a picket-line in support of the striking United Auto Workers. “I was raised in a...

16.02.2024 5

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Biden’s Climate Law Will Cost More Than We Thought. Good!

Last week, the Congressional Budget Office—the body tasked with figuring out the expense of federal legislation—revised its estimate for how much...

14.02.2024 2

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Take a Cue From Texas: Socialize Energy

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick might not seem to have much in common with socialists. After all, he’s made headlines for claiming that Texas...

12.02.2024 10

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

The Plaintiffs in the Supreme Court’s Big Chevron Case Moonlight as Anti–Offshore Wind Activists

William Bright, Wayne Reichle, and Stefan Axelsson have a lot in common. They live in Southern New Jersey and run commercial fishing operations whose...

09.02.2024 3

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

The “Border Deal” Was Disgusting. Democrats Shouldn’t Be Campaigning On It.

Over the coming decades, experts estimate that upwards of a billion people could be displaced by the effects of climate change. A great many of those...

08.02.2024 20

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Kate Aronoff

The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point About Electric Cars

Elon Musk’s year is not off to a great start. His luxe compensation package from Tesla—estimated to be worth as much as $55 billion—was blocked ...

01.02.2024 4

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

The Media Coverage of Biden’s Natural Gas Decision Is Ridiculous

On Friday morning, the White House announced that it will pause new approvals for new liquified natural gas (LNG) export facilities. The decision has...

27.01.2024 7

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Why Is ExxonMobil Suing Its Own Shareholders?

Most companies aren’t in the practice of suing their own shareholders. But ExxonMobil isn’t most companies. This week, news broke that the...

25.01.2024 7

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Biden Still Hasn’t Appointed Anyone to Clean Up America’s Toxic Coal Crisis

Staring down the barrel of a tough re-election fight, the White House still has not selected a nominee to lead the Department of Interior office...

22.01.2024 7

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Billionaire Poised to See Return on Investment in Neil Gorsuch

Billionaire Philip Anschutz has made a lot of smart investments over the course of his career, having leveraged his father’s oil and gas business...

17.01.2024 4

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Carbon Offsets (Taylor’s Version)

The response of Taylor Swift’s spokesperson to December reports that the pop star had generated 128 tons of carbon dioxide from private jet...

15.01.2024 7

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Flying Sucks!

Even if your flight doesn’t catch fire, lose a door at 16,000 feet, or ruin your holiday plans, flying sucks. It’s famously not great for the...

12.01.2024 3

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

The Biden Administration Is Letting Corporate Criminals Off the Hook

2023 was by far the hottest year on record—and might be one of the coolest we’ll experience for the rest of our lives. Along similar lines, U.S....

10.01.2024 4

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

What Biden Needs to Do in the Next 12 Months to Save the Climate

New Year’s resolutions may not be worth much, but one hopes the Biden administration has set a few strong ones and intends to stick with them. In...

04.01.2024 5

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Kate Aronoff

This U.S. Agency Lent Nearly $1 Billion to Fossil Fuel Projects in 2023

While much of the country was occupied last week with holiday travel and time with family, a little-known government agency approved a $90 million...

28.12.2023 5

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Ford CEO Jim Farley Is the Biggest Loser of 2023

Jim Farley does a lot of complaining for a man who made $20 million last year. Seemingly immune to the copious amount of media training he must have...

26.12.2023 3

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Kate Aronoff

Fossil Fuel Execs Had a Fabulously Wealthy Year—and They’re Mad About It

The days leading up to the end of the year are, for many, a time for reflection: to look back on the last year and ahead to the next. That’s no...

22.12.2023 2

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

The U.N. Climate Talks Hung Poorer Nations Out to Dry

On Wednesday morning in Dubai, as U.N. climate talks stretched well into overtime, COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber left no room for comments as he...

14.12.2023 4

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

The U.S. Is Gaslighting the U.N. Climate Conference

As the U.N. climate talks in Dubai enter their final hours, negotiators have fixated on one particular term: fossil fuel phaseout. The United States...

12.12.2023 5

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

The Big Riddle of the U.N. Climate Conference

On the very first day of the UN’s climate change conference last week, negotiators notched an uncharacteristically early win: Nations agreed to...

08.12.2023 6

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

The COP28 Climate Talks: So Many Pledges, So Little Progress

Just a few days into COP28—the U.N. climate talks happening now in Dubai—world leaders have made a dizzying number of pledges. Some of the...

06.12.2023 4

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

The U.S. Is in a Spectacularly Bad Position to Talk About Climate Change Right Now

The United States is the world’s top producer of both oil and gas. That’s a fact you might forget listening to the U.S. diplomats attending this...

30.11.2023 6

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Elon Musk Wants to Have His Cake and Eat It Too

Elon Musk’s business empire has been built with government money. His spacecraft manufacturing and launching company, SpaceX, exists largely as a...

28.11.2023 1

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

U.N. Climate Talks Are Crawling with Fossil Fuel Honchos and Flacks

At the end of this month, world leaders will converge in Dubai for this year’s U.N. climate talks, COP 28. “COP” stands for “conference of...

21.11.2023 20

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Kate Aronoff

This Weird Evangelical Oil Company Supports Israel—and Seems to Have No Oil

Looking at the promoted advertising for Zion Oil & Gas that has popped up on social media feeds in recent weeks, you might think the company was like...

17.11.2023 6

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Plowing Ahead to Profit From Israeli Gas

As Israel continues to bombard Gaza, fossil fuel companies are committed to continuing business as usual. Production at Israel’s Tamar gas field...

14.11.2023 3

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Joe Manchin Wants One Thing and It’s Disgusting

“Use the same type of approach, when you have politicians that come and ask for support,” Joe Manchin advised a room full of fossil fuel...

10.11.2023 30

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Kate Aronoff

Elon Musk vs. Sweden’s Working Class

Tesla doesn’t have very many employees in Sweden, but it faces a growing headache there. Around 130 Tesla mechanics have opted to join IF Metall, a...

09.11.2023 3

New Republic

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