Kate Aronoff

Whether the outcome will be good or bad for the climate remains unclear. The process, though, was terrible.

The U.S. climate envoy seemed to come unglued this week when Farhana Yamin, a veteran environmental lawyer and climate negotiator, asked him about funding for nations recovering from climate catastrophe.

Hurricane Fiona hit the island as only a Category 1 storm. But thanks to bad management, the electrical grid immediately collapsed.

Selling off refineries doesn’t actually reduce emissions. It just passes the buck.

Details on the permitting reform demanded by Senator Manchin remain scant. Many fear it could prove a giveaway to fossil fuel companies.

Americans will feel the pain of skyrocketing rates, but so will indebted countries of the global south that are already struggling to withstand global warming–fueled disasters.

The major oil-producing state has long tried to have it both ways: regulating emissions while allowing companies to drill at will. That’s about to change.

The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, was thoroughly preventable. And it’s a vision of a disastrous future.

Rural co-operatives, serving 42 million people, will soon get money to help them transition off coal.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is the latest Republican to claim woke capitalists are discriminating against fossil fuels.

The new piece of legislation is not the final word on greenhouse gas regulation. The Supreme Court has seen to that.

Demanding E.V. parts be made domestically could slow down the energy transition—or, alternatively, fall afoul of free trade policies the United States has worked hard to enact.

Skyrocketing gas and electric bills in the UK have inspired plans for a million-person payment boycott later this year. Will it work?

Democrats everywhere ran on climate in 2020. Now they’re practically running away from it.

Jamaal Bowman's new bill hauls an old tool out of a closet the U.S. hasn't opened in decades.

"Giga Berlin" may be hiring, but it's also using huge quantities of water and alarming locals.

Passing any climate policy through this Senate is a massive achievement. But environmentalists are right to be wary of the drilling concessions Democrats had to give away to get there.

The Inflation Reduction Act doesn’t curb fossil fuels. In fact, it boosts them.

Simply declaring an emergency wouldn’t solve this problem. The Biden administration has long hesitated to back serious policies for a livable planet.

Joe Manchin’s ability to sink climate legislation is getting less attention than the January 6 hearings. But it’s just as dire a sign for democracy.