Kate Aronoff

Oil and gas CEOs rip into the president over the “chaos” and “uncertainty” produced by his policies.

In pursuit of gold, lithium, and other materials, the White House wants to intervene in the private sector and expand government rather than shrink it.

Protesters are the least of this company’s problems.

Trump is cutting power to the EV industry. It’s unclear if it can recover.

The new energy secretary says climate disasters are just the price you pay for “building the modern world.” A startling number of business and world leaders seem to agree with him.

With each passing day, this White House seems to have more in common with its crypto-scammer allies.

The ax has come down on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and that could have unexpectedly deadly consequences for your pets—not to mention your own health.

Programs projected to prevent thousands of deaths and even more illnesses are on the chopping block, while Republicans propose handing $4.5 trillion to millionaires and billionaires.

In changing the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America” on its website, the major green group has caved even as other environmental groups, and also the Associated Press, hold firm.

The administration’s assault on government regulations was expected. But how do you fight a budding dictator in court?

The big bet on artificial intelligence has turned tech billionaires from vocal climate advocates into Trump toadies.

The new secretary of transportation says the Biden administration didn’t do enough to prevent plane crashes. But all his department seems to be focusing on is broadcasting anti-wokeness and raising costs for consumers.

The wealthy will ride out the crisis on private islands—or so the story goes. Instead, they’re sticking around, distorting housing and insurance markets.

Popular narrative suggests insurance companies have to raise rates due to fire risk. In reality, the companies are doing pretty well.

Tesla could launch the robotaxis by year’s end, and Wall Street is banking on the incoming president to clear any regulations that stand in the way.

This should surprise no one. And it shows the practical considerations that have always undergirded these sorts of moves.

In Taylor Sheridan’s new Paramount+ show, fossil fuel managers and executives spout endless B.S. and make terrible decisions—but they don’t get called on it.

The president’s last-minute climate announcement doesn’t overshadow the troubling practical tools he’s putting in the hands of his successor.

In sabotaging Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bid for leadership of the Oversight Committee, party elders have doubled down on a failed strategy.

The rush to build new computing and energy infrastructure for artificial intelligence comes with a lot of unintended consequences—especially if this new infrastructure isn’t actually needed.