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Regunberg
is a progressive organizer and senior climate policy counsel at Public Citizen.
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November 11, 2024
Aaron Regunberg
Trump Stole Bernie’s Working-Class Story. Dems Should Steal It Back.
Sanders’s time as a presidential candidate has passed, but his ideas are still valuable for a party that needs to persuade voters to return home from MAGA.
November 1, 2024
Aaron Regunberg
Why Is the Anti-Defamation League Running Cover for Trump?
Yes, it’s fair to compare Trump’s Madison Square Garden spectacle to the Nazi rally of 1939.
September 4, 2024
Aaron Regunberg
Big Oil Sold Stuff They Knew Was Dangerous. There’s a Law for That.
Prosecuting fossil fuel executives for reckless endangerment could help millions of victims of climate change–related disasters get justice.
August 30, 2024
Aaron Regunberg
Goodbye, Merrick Garland. Hello, Jamie Raskin.
No, it’s not too early to talk about who should lead the Justice Department in a Harris administration—and one person stands out from the pack.
July 25, 2024
Aaron Regunberg
Switching Candidates Was the Right Call. Will Dems Learn the Lesson?
Kamala Harris’s candidacy is off to a great start. But for weeks, party leaders stuck their heads in the sand or even attacked those who questioned Biden.
May 21, 2024
Aaron Regunberg
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Donald Braman
A Big Tool to Fight Climate Change Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Civil forfeiture is usually used against people suspected of drug offenses. Instead, we could be using it to make Big Oil pay for its role causing mass death.
March 10, 2024
Aaron Regunberg
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David Arkush
The Case for Prosecuting Fossil Fuel Companies for Homicide
They knew what would happen. They kept selling fossil fuels and misleading the public anyway.
November 9, 2023
Aaron Regunberg
The Grim Truth Behind Our Beloved Children’s Books
My toddler loves books like “But Not the Hippopotamus,” “Babar the Elephant,” and “Yertle the Turtle.” But the world he’s inheriting is losing these animals at an astonishing rate.
August 19, 2022
Aaron Regunberg
The Case for Harassing the Climate Arsonists Among Us
Let’s put lawyers, public relations consultants, and all the other well-paid white-collar workers who support the fossil fuel industry on notice: Find different clients.
August 16, 2022
Aaron Regunberg
Celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act. Then Double Down on Demonizing Fossil Fuels.
Incentivizing renewables is good—but this bill shows how desperately we need to build support for serious fossil fuel restrictions.
August 1, 2022
Aaron Regunberg
Why I’m Changing My Consumption—Even Though Climate Policy Is More Important Than Personal Choice
The point of biking or going vegan isn’t the impact of a single person’s choice. It’s about throwing everything we’ve got at a problem that feels overwhelming.
July 12, 2022
Aaron Regunberg
How the Calvinball Supreme Court Upended the Bar Exam
All across the country, law students are studying for a test that the high court has made obsolete.
May 19, 2022
Aaron Regunberg
The Fed Is Neglecting Its Duty on Climate Change
Global warming is introducing unprecedented risk into the financial system. The Fed has the power to limit that risk. Instead, Jerome Powell is sitting on his hands.
September 2, 2021
Aaron Regunberg
Climate Change Means Teaching Kids to Love What They Might Soon Lose
Will my son grow up with monarch butterflies?
August 13, 2021
Aaron Regunberg
How to Tell Your Child About the End of the World
We can still avoid total catastrophe. But eventually kids will realize that we’re not on course to do that.
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