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.

18 Articles

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. Photo: Flickr/CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2019–Source: EP

Austria’s new coalition government stokes fears of climate 'nightmare'

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz may have traded his far-right governing partners for the progressive Greens, but his anti-Muslim views haven’t changed.

Race Against Climate Change

By Alexander C. Kaufman in News | January 23rd 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the airport in Bagotville, Que. on June 7, 2018 for the G7 meeting hosted by Canada in Malbaie. File photo by Alex Tétreault

Trump's latest environmental rollback a middle finger to common sense

The new proposal would mean federal agencies wouldn't have to weigh effects on climate when reviewing infrastructure projects.

Race Against Climate Change

By Chris D'Angelo & Alexander C. Kaufman in News, US News | January 13th 2020

113th Congressional Portrait, Democratic Senator, Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts,

US climate advocates unhappy Elizabeth Warren supporting new NAFTA deal

In a split with progressive rival Bernie Sanders, the Massachusetts senator pledged her vote for a reworked NAFTA pact.

Race Against Climate Change

By Alexander C. Kaufman in News, US News | January 8th 2020

Naomi Klein: ‘We are literally and politically flammable’

The intellectual godmother of the Green New Deal movement laid out what, exactly, such a plan must entail to be successful.

Race Against Climate Change

By Alexander C. Kaufman in News, Politics | January 7th 2020

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by: Gage Skidmore. Flickr [CC BY-SA 2.0]

Bernie Sanders won't take the bait

The Vermont senator repeatedly flipped the premise of questions to focus on the stakes of failing to curb emissions.

By Alexander C. Kaufman in News, US News | December 22nd 2019

Warming waters in the Gulf of Maine are straining New England's historic fishing industry. Photo by Pxfuel licence to use Creative Commons Zero - CC0

Climate change eliminated 16% of New England fishing jobs

Climate shocks and significant deviations from the average temperatures blamed for 16% fishing job loses in New England’s coastal counties, according to new study

Race Against Climate Change

By Alexander C. Kaufman in News, US News | December 11th 2019

Attached to the Imperial Oil refinery, these are Esso holding tanks. Author: TheKurgan (Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0])

28 years ago, big oil predicted carbon tax was necessary to stop global warming

Big oil understood the climate effects of burning fossil fuels for decades before embarking on a public relations effort to seed doubt over the realities of global warming.

By Alexander C. Kaufman in News, US News | December 5th 2019

As COP25 host, Spain offers a just green vision

The progressive bloc set to rule Europe’s fifth-largest economy has endorsed a Green New Deal but risks fueling a resurgent fascist movement.

Race Against Climate Change

By Alexander C. Kaufman in News | December 3rd 2019

Disappearing shrimp sign of climate crisis

As global temperatures rise, plans for dealing with the climate crisis are all but silent on the oceans and the plight of the coastal seafood industry.

Race Against Climate Change

By Alexander C. Kaufman in Features | November 11th 2019

Fires burned on the side of the road in Altamira on Sunday at dusk. Débora Álvares/HuffPost Brasil

In Brazil’s Amazon, fire hit ‘like an erupting volcano.’ Then came the smokescreen

In the forested state hardest hit by fires, far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's Orwellian messaging is taking hold.

Wildfires

By Alexander C. Kaufman in News | August 27th 2019