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GOP Senator accidentally creates amazing ad for climate activists
2024-05-02 by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackSenator John Kennedy’s profanity-laden rant at Wednesday’s Senate hearing is now being used against him.
Nobel Prize-winning economist calls for climate tax on billionaires
2024-04-24 by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackAnd she called for the money to be sent directly to the world's most climate-vulnerable people.
How Exxon tried to twist climate science for profit
2023-09-19 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackNew internal documents reported by the Wall Street Journal illustrate exactly why thousands are taking to the street to protest fossil fuels this week.
Tagged under: Exxon | Fossil Fuels
How Vivek Ramaswamy makes money from climate denial
2023-08-29 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackAt Wednesday's debate, Ramaswamy said he was the "only candidate who's not bought and paid for." That couldn't be further from the truth.
The curious origins of the anti-ESG movement
2023-08-24 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackThe anti-"woke investing" movement was not created by financial experts. It was created by two of the fossil fuel industry's most notorious climate disinformers.
Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance
Lahaina used to be a wetland
2023-08-14 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackNature didn't turn the historic Hawaiian community into a tinderbox. People did.
Tagged under: Wetlands
Why the Senate's loudest climate advocate may vote to approve a fracked gas pipeline
2023-06-02 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackIn an interview on Thursday morning, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said he doesn't believe the Mountain Valley Pipeline's approval will automatically derail the nation's climate goals.
Tagged under: Fracking | US Politics
Willow is not just an “environmentalist” concern
2023-03-16 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackHEATED analyzed 30 national news stories about the Willow project and found that 75 percent framed its importance as primarily political.
The fossil fuel industry’s deceptive campaign to kill offshore wind
2023-02-10 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackA climate denial group is trying to turn public opinion against clean energy by disguising their agenda as pro-environment.
Tagged under: Public Opinion | Wind Power
The climate case against Elon Musk
2022-11-19 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackA detailed breakdown of the new Twitter owner's impact
How Joe Manchin controls the climate - by Emily Atkin
2021-10-25 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackThe fossil fuel loyalist is supported by more than just oil money.
Tagged under: US Politics
The climate colonizer mentality - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2021-10-13 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackMusk, Bezos, and Gates believe the natural world can be bent to accommodate humanity’s existing behavior—and they are obsessed with doing the bending.
Why won't anyone ask why? - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2021-06-25 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackA Colorado journalist's analysis of local heatwave coverage reveals a systemic failure to inform.
Tagged under: Colorado State | Heatwaves
Breaking the climate news bubble - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2021-03-01 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackWith her new project Floodlight, Emily Holden hopes to bring hard-hitting climate journalism to the people who need it most.
Liar, 70, dies - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2021-02-19 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackRush Limbaugh was one of the pioneers of climate denial. The consequences will outlive us all.
The climate is drunk again - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2021-02-16 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackIt sounds funny, but it's not really.
Twitter's Big Oil ad loophole - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2021-02-02 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackClimate groups can't pay Twitter to spread political content. But the oil industry can, and it's ramping up its efforts alongside Biden's climate push.
Tagged under: Joe Biden
Exxon's climate plan doesn't actually commit to reducing emissions
2020-12-15 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackIts tricky language is just cover for the fossil fuel giant's real plan to increase oil and gas production.
Tagged under: Exxon
Climate news Trump can use - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2020-10-26 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackHEATED analyzed 30 news articles about Biden's climate policy, and found that 25 adopted Trump's preferred framing.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Donald Trump
Proud Boys and petro-masculinity - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2020-10-02 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackThe hate group Trump called out at Tuesday's debate subscribes to a version of masculinity that researchers say is a driving force behind climate denial.
Tagged under: Donald Trump
Welcome to Citu - Citu
2020-09-08 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackDiscover beautifully designed homes in Sustainably built places.
Some real shady behavior - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2020-07-27 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackThe nation's largest gas utility is trying to prevent regulators from learning more about its anti-climate political tactics.
Fact-check of viral climate misinformation quietly removed from Facebook
2020-07-20 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackA Daily Wire climate article rated “partly false” by seven scientists was brought to the highest levels at Facebook before the rating was removed.
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation
This didn't go well, folks - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2020-07-14 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackWe tried to "bridge the generational divide" on climate change. We failed.
Tagged under: Climate Change
Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers
2020-06-24 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackA group with ties to the fossil fuel industry plans to use Facebook's op-ed loophole to spread climate misinformation.
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation
The cutting room floor - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2020-06-09 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackDr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson shares the B-side of “I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet.”
Lessons from a Big Oil investor call - by Emily Atkin
2020-05-19 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackI had my research assistant listen to Shell's recent quarterly earnings call. Here's what we learned.
Tagged under: Shell
Coronavirus won't save the planet - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2020-04-16 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackHEATED asked several experts to weigh in on the potential climate impacts of the oil industry's recent unprecedented downturn.
Big Oil's new climate campaign mimics liberal groups and NASA
2020-01-29 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | Substack"This rhetoric is what they’ve been selling for the last century," a fossil fuel ad researcher said.
Trump's magical mystery climate solutions - by Emily Atkin
2020-01-27 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackIn Davos, the president promised secret "scientific breakthroughs" to fight climate change. Here's why, and what they might be.
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Climate Change
Microsoft's climate goals don't include cutting off Mitch McConnell
2020-01-23 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackMicrosoft, purported climate wunderkind, is still bankrolling the re-election campaign of America's most insidious climate denier.
The climate cost of war - by Emily Atkin - HEATED
2020-01-06 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackA declared war with Iran would almost certainly doom the effort to prevent climate catastrophe.
Tagged under: Iran
HEATED | Emily Atkin | Substack
2019-11-25 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackA newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis. Click to read HEATED, by Emily Atkin, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of readers.
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