Tom Carper Touts His Environmental Record, but a Closer Look Suggests It's Not So Clean
Carper, running for re-election against Kerri Harris, is using his environmental record to prove his progressive bona fides. But it makes the opposite case.
Kate Aronoff
Kate Aronoff is a contributor to The Intercept and a writing fellow at In These Times covering climate and American politics
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“Hothouse Earth” Co-Author: The Problem Is Neoliberal Economics
"Throw people in jail, fine them, do whatever you need to do. But make sure you get the biophysical outcome. From what I’ve seen, market mechanisms don’t always deliver that.”
DNC Pretends Respect for Workers Requires It to Take Corporate PAC Money From Big Oil
The workers that the DNC alleges to be looking out for would have been free to donate to Democrats even with the ban on fossil fuel dollars in place.
House Republicans Deeply Confused About Why Puerto Rico Might Benefit From Wind and Solar Power
Coal, oil, and gas simply must be a better solution for Puerto Rico, GOP representatives argued at a hearing this week. Anything else is just politics.
The War on Immigrants
Andrew Cuomo’s Biggest Donors Rake in Millions From ICE
Since 2011, Cuomo has accepted at least $807,483 from luxury landlords who rent space to ICE and Customs and Border Protection, a new report says.
Young Leftist Candidates Are Breathing New Radicalism Into Stale Climate Politics
Insurgent candidates are running on bold stances, but there's been less focus when it comes to preventing the potential end of human civilization.
Poland’s New Surveillance Law Targets Personal Data of Environmental Advocates, Threatening U.N. Climate Talks
Ahead of the COP24 climate conference, security concerns have become a pretext to justify data collection on NGOs, according to environmental activists.
The Trump Administration Is Reshaping the Country Under the Guise of National Security. The Energy Sector Is Next.
Rick Perry's plan to bail out coal plants has produced an odd-bedfellows coalition of opposition that includes the gas industry and environmentalists.
Who Is Pedro Sánchez and What Does Spain's New Socialist Government Want?
After a raucous several days in parliament, Spain, much to the surprise of the country's Socialist Workers’ Party, is now helmed by Pedro Sánchez.
Rep. Ro Khanna to Introduce Compromise "Jobs for All" Bill
The federal job guarantee bill would provide public, private, and nonprofit employers a subsidy to hire temporary employees for up to 18 months at a time.