Kate Aronoff

The overarching lesson of Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall is that the gauzy philosophical natterings of CEOs are just meant to distract us from their real goal: accumulating cash without interference.

The resumption in climate talks this week is a welcome sign for those serious about preventing climate catastrophe.

America’s approach to loss and damage financing for developing nations is eerily reminiscent of the fossil fuel industry’s delay tactics for stalling climate policy.

File under: Answers that only raise more questions.

Negotiators from the developing world are worried about 2024. But they also don’t expect much to change if Democrats prevail.

Climate envoy John Kerry has proposed relying on carbon credits to fund renewable energy in developing countries. What that really means is that the U.S. doesn’t want to pay up.

Without the Senate, its ability to pass sweeping legislation will be limited. But the GOP could still slow down or even reverse climate policies passed in the last year.

Oil companies aren’t people whose hearts can be persuaded toward better behavior. They have a single purpose: to deliver a return on investment.

Many groups want to use next week’s COP27 conference in Sharm El Sheikh to highlight the country’s imprisonment of political dissidents. Others, including Greenpeace, are shying away from it.

At this week’s North American Gas Forum in D.C., industry representatives weren’t celebrating their record profits. They were whining about “being attacked on a daily basis” by Democrats and environmentalists.

Day two of the North American Gas Forum closed with a bang on Tuesday.

The president’s response to rising gas prices amounts to a subsidy to the fossil fuel industry, but for some reason CEOs—and Republicans—are whining about it.

Heavily indebted nations’ threat to stop payment on debts is a last-ditch effort to get rich countries to pay attention to their plight.

Defeating Bolsonaro in this month’s runoff election is the beginning, but it’s not enough.

Hurricane Ian is highlighting the limits of the insurance industry to help navigate the climate crisis.

In a year full of climate disasters wrecking homes and lives, global warming ought to be treated like the kitchen-table issue it is.

The winds may have died down, but for many of the hardest hit, the long struggle to recover has only just begun.

The country most responsible for climate change basically leaves the poor to fend for themselves. That’s true whether disaster occurs in Pakistan, Puerto Rico, or Florida.

Now that Manchin’s bill has failed to win enough support, there’s space for a better debate about how to streamline the approval process for new energy projects.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the single largest recipient of campaign funds from NextEra energy, whose pipeline project could get fast-tracked with the deal Schumer recently brokered.