Alexander C. Kaufman
Climate, environment and business reporter | New York
About Alexander C. Kaufman
Alexander Kaufman is a climate, environment and business reporter at HuffPost, based in New York. Email him at [email protected]. You can reach him by encrypted email at [email protected] or direct message him on Twitter @AlexCKaufman for his phone number on Signal.
NYC’s contentious and big clean energy project just got the green light
The hotly debated transmission buildout divided environmentalists, but experts say it was the only real hope for the state's — and the country's — climate goals.
Is it time for a nuclear energy renaissance?
We’ve heard these claims before. But the mounting scale of the climate and energy conundrum is fuelling more money and favourable policies into atomic power.
Pressure mounts on Biden to yank Line 3 pipeline permits
More than two dozen Democrats in Congress are demanding the White House pause construction on the oil project and carry out new environmental studies.
This is how you die in extreme heat
Record temperatures across North America have already killed hundreds. Here’s what actually happens when overheating turns fatal.
Fossil fuel air pollution linked to 1 in 5 deaths worldwide: study
The new research out of Harvard will likely amplify calls to rapidly transition off of oil, gas and coal for reasons beyond curbing climate change.
Could tidal power be the missing piece to the green energy puzzle?
Solar and wind are energy powerhouses until the sky is dark or the air is still. An ancient source of energy — the tides — could soon offer a predictable alternative.
The pandemic has barely made a dent in climate-changing pollution levels
To the atmosphere, this year’s “return to nature” — a silver lining for some amid a deadly virus — was virtually meaningless.
Electric cars, heating could save the climate and $2,500 per U.S. household
New research shows the U.S. could rapidly decarbonize with existing technology and no real lifestyle changes.
The soil revolution that could save farming and the climate
Joe Biden and other Democrats are backing regenerative farming, which pulls carbon from the atmosphere and restores nutrients to soil. But is it ready for prime time?
BP and Shell still backing associations that lobby against greenhouse gas regulation
An Unearthed and HuffPost investigation identified at least eight trade associations the companies failed to disclose in transparency reports.