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Alexander C. Kaufman

Climate, environment and business reporter New York
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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.

31 Articles

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.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Energy, Politics | April 22nd 2022

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.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News, Energy | December 1st 2021

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.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News, Energy, Politics | August 19th 2021

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.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | July 6th 2021

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.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News, Energy | February 10th 2021

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.
News | December 9th 2020

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.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | November 24th 2020

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.
News | October 26th 2020

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?
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Politics | October 2nd 2020

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.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News, Politics | September 30th 2020
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