Kate Aronoff

The White House convened a virtual summit on the climate crisis this week, with 40 leaders representing the world’s major economies pledging cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. President Joe Biden said the U.S. would cut its emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade — nearly…

The U.S. needs to rethink its foreign policy if it has any chance of meeting its climate commitments.

The number has dramatically reorganized global thinking around the climate.

Two new books, ‘Under the Sky We Make’ and ‘Overheated,’ lay out a plan to overcome our cynicism and anxiety and realize a sustainable, carbon-free future

Another Lost Decade?  Dissent

Forging a green social contract: A must-do for Asia's labor movements | Rene E. Ofreneo  Business Mirror

How to Sell the Green New Deal Without Calling It the Green New Deal  The New Republic

Electric Utilities Flooded Frank Pallone With Donations  The New Republic

Call the Fossil Fuel Industry's Net-Zero Bluff  The New Republic

Conservatives Are Seriously Accusing Wind Turbines of Killing People in the Texas Blackouts  The New Republic

Many scientists think his goal of zeroing out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is technically possible and economically affordable. The politics are another story.

Eleven Books You Absolutely Need To Read This Year To Give You Hope For Malta's Future  Lovin Malta

The selection of Deb Haaland for secretary of the interior is a hard-earned and jubilant win for progressives, who have otherwise been disappointed by the Biden transition team.

Welcome to the New Era of Cops Driving Teslas  The New Republic

Why are party leaders so scared of a policy that’s demonstrably popular?

Three new books raise the question: What does global solidarity look like at this late hour?

A striking new report reveals that the oil giant plans to increase emissions. That’s the very business model the government is enabling.

After massive outcry from activists and young voters, debate moderator Chris Wallace questioned President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden about the climate crisis at the first presidential debate. He did not include it in his initial list of debate topics. Kate Aronoff, author and staff wr…

Radical change could begin not by making people feel powerless in the face of looming climate catastrophe and government intransigence but by encouraging leadership, solidarity and optimism.

In “The Future Earth,” Eric Holthaus outlines an ambitious path toward mitigating climate change over the next 30 years.