HEATED A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis.
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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.
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Where does the climate movement go from here?by Emily Atkin on July 31, 2025In the face of Trump's climate assault, Bill McKibben proposes a sun-soaked path forward.
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He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil.by Emily Atkin on July 17, 2025A former Microsoft product manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.
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Abbott says megafloods are “just part of nature.” The fossil fuel industry disagrees.by Emily Sanders on July 10, 2025In leaked audio from a meeting last month, gas industry representatives acknowledged that extreme weather is getting wackier and more dangerous.
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The “green” corporations funding anti-climate groupsby Casey Quinlan on July 7, 2025HEATED reached out to five companies with strong public climate commitments to find out why they're still funding major climate policy obstructors.
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This is exactly what Project 2025 proposedby Emily Atkin on July 1, 2025Analysts called it "extreme" and "unlikely." Now, it's almost reality.
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The Senate is about to destroy clean energy to give tax cuts to billionairesby Michael Thomas on June 29, 2025The bill could pass within the next 24 hours.
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It's hot. Fossil fuels made it hotter.by Emily Atkin on June 23, 2025And it'll still be the coldest summer of your life if Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" passes this week.
