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Kate Aronoff

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Is Jimmy Carter Where Environmentalism Went Wrong?

Carter’s austerity was part of a bigger project. It didn’t really have much to do with environmentalism.

by Kate Aronoff via The New Republic on April 18, 2023
Puerto Rico Can Blame Its Total Blackout on Predatory Companies and Poor Decisions in Washington

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

by Kate Aronoff via The New Republic on September 20, 2022
Sea Shanties and the Whale Oil Myth

Oil companies like to point to the demise of the whaling industry as an example of market-based energy solutions. The reality is much more complicated.

by Kate Aronoff via The New Republic on January 22, 2021
How Puerto Rico Recovered Before

The island’s New Deal history offers an alternative to disaster capitalism.

by Kate Aronoff via In These Times on September 26, 2017

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President Obama wipes the sweat from his forehead at a press conference.

We Now Know the Full Extent of Obama’s Disastrous Apathy Toward the Climate Crisis

Obama’s official oral history contains new evidence of his indifference and foot-dragging on the most important issue of our time.

by Nathan J. Robinson via Current Affairs on June 5, 2023

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