HEATED A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis.
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Air pollution denial is now EPA policyby Emily Atkin on January 13, 2026Dirty air may kill people, but Trump's EPA won't count the bodies.
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RFK Jr. forgot what makes us healthyby Emily Atkin on January 9, 2026Healthy food is not healthy if it destroys the environment that produces it.
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It's time to embrace climate conspiracyby Emily Atkin on January 7, 2026Trump’s Venezuela oil play exposes what climate reporting has documented for decades—if we’re willing to say it out loud.
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Exxon’s new greenwashing ployby Emily Sanders on December 18, 2025The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.
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The anti-Teflon chefby Emily Atkin on December 11, 2025Andrew Zimmern talks about why he supported California’s proposed PTFE phase-out—and what he thinks of the celebrity chefs who opposed it.
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Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?by Emily Atkin on December 10, 2025The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.
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Al Gore's case for optimismby Emily Atkin on December 4, 2025Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight.
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AI’s water problem is worse than we thoughtby Emily Atkin on November 25, 2025A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
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Climate disaster is not ambianceby Emily Atkin on November 21, 2025Especially not for an illicit affair with a politician who helped a climate-denying administration come to power.
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Bari Weiss vs. climate changeby Emily Atkin on November 6, 2025At The Free Press, Weiss consistently rebrands tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent.
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The fall of the CBS News climate teamby Emily Atkin on October 31, 2025David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
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What’s “essential” to Trump’s EPA? More mercury pollution.by Emily Atkin on October 22, 2025As thousands of EPA workers are sent home during the shutdown, the ones dismantling mercury rules for coal plants are still clocking in.
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What should we expose next?by Emily Atkin on October 10, 2025An invitation to shape the future of HEATED's climate coverage.
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The political killings you don’t hear aboutby Siri Chilukuri on September 29, 2025Across the globe, standing up for the planet can be a death sentence—and the perpetrators are almost never held accountable.
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Trump delivers dumbest climate speech of all timeby Emily Atkin on September 24, 2025The president's easily-debunked 10-minute climate tirade at the U.N. was so stupid and unoriginal, it was actually kind of funny.
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Charlie Kirk was a fossil fuel industry plantby Emily Atkin on September 18, 2025Big Oil's money gave Kirk a larger platform to spread baseless climate conspiracy theories—as well as other extremist views.
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Trump sends fracking CEO to Europe to sell climate denial—and gasby Emily Atkin on September 12, 2025Debunking some of Chris Wright's most egregious lies
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A call to merge the climate and immigration movementsby Emily Atkin on August 21, 2025On Hurricane Katrina's 20th anniversary, a Louisiana native makes the case for solidarity.
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Meet the backpacker making Trump's Arctic drilling push go viralby Leah Garden on August 15, 2025Bentley Hensel prepared for eight months to show people the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—and nearly drowned while doing it.
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Stop saying "the clean energy revolution is inevitable"by Emily Atkin on August 7, 2025A little rant on a pet peeve.
