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GOP Senator accidentally creates amazing ad for climate activists

  2024-05-02 by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | Substack

Senator John Kennedy’s profanity-laden rant at Wednesday’s Senate hearing is now being used against him.

  Tagged under: Activism


Nobel Prize-winning economist calls for climate tax on billionaires

  2024-04-24 by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | Substack

And she called for the money to be sent directly to the world's most climate-vulnerable people.

  Tagged under: Economics


How Exxon tried to twist climate science for profit

  2023-09-19 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | Substack

New 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 | Activism


How Vivek Ramaswamy makes money from climate denial

  2023-08-29 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | Substack

At 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 | Substack

The 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 | Substack

Nature 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 | Substack

In 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 | Substack

HEATED 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 | Substack

A 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 | Substack

A 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 | Substack

The 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 | Substack

Musk, 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 | Substack

A 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 | Substack

With 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 | Substack

Rush 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 | Substack

It 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 | Substack

Climate 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 | Substack

Its 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 | Substack

HEATED 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 | Substack

The 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 | Substack

Discover 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 | Substack

The 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 | Substack

A 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 | Substack

We 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 | Substack

A 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 | Substack

Dr. 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 | Substack

I 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 | Substack

HEATED 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 | Substack

In 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 | Innovation


Microsoft's climate goals don't include cutting off Mitch McConnell

  2020-01-23 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | Substack

Microsoft, 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 | Substack

A 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 | Substack

A 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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