Articles by Alexander C. Kaufman
Alexander C. Kaufman is a Senior Business Editor at The Huffington Post.
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![Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon pictured at a meeting in Beijing, China.]()
![Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon pictured at a meeting in Beijing, China.]()
Former U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon just endorsed Democrats’ fight for a Green New Deal
Yet the South Korean diplomat said the United Nations should continue to “welcome” the fossil fuel industry to participate in climate talks.
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![President Trump talks to journalists during a meeting of his Cabinet at the White House on January 02, 2019.]()
![President Trump talks to journalists during a meeting of his Cabinet at the White House on January 02, 2019.]()
Senate confirms 4 Trump nominees to top environmental posts in last-minute vote
It’s a mixed bag of bureaucrats and industry allies.
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![A man runs on a field against a cloudy sky, with the United States Capitol in the background.]()
![A man runs on a field against a cloudy sky, with the United States Capitol in the background.]()
CBO dismisses costs of global warming, posing hurdle for climate legislation
Amid mounting climate damage, the Congress’ official budget scorekeeper said global warming poses little economic risk in the next 30 years.
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![Protesters seen holding placards during the Sunrise Movement protest inside the office of US Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to advocate that Democrats support the Green New Deal, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.]()
![Protesters seen holding placards during the Sunrise Movement protest inside the office of US Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to advocate that Democrats support the Green New Deal, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.]()
Green New Deal has overwhelming bipartisan support, poll finds. At least, for now.
Sixty-four percent of Republicans — including 57 percent of conservative Republicans — back the core tenets of the sweeping proposal.
