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A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis.

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  1. The myth of “forest management”

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    This season of the HEATED podcast, we’re debunking common myths in the climate world. First up: We can “forest manage” our way out of the wildfire crisis.

  2. Why I turned down funding for my Miami story

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    Seven years in, HEATED still answers only to its readers.

  3. The open houses at the edge of disaster

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.

  4. We asked Big Tech about AI’s fossil fuel problem. The responses were atrocious.

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    Responses from Microsoft, Google and Amazon raise serious questions about their stated commitments both to responsible AI and a livable planet

  5. Oil executives just accidentally exposed the industry’s greatest weakness

    · heated.world · Saul Elbein

    To keep drilling, Big Oil needs permission to dump treated fracking wastewater into rivers and onto cropland. We don’t have to give it to them.

  6. “What can I do?” The answer is still anything.

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    Revisiting a 2021 call to action in the wake of the Nepal-Tibet floods.

  7. We need to press Big Tech on their AI partnerships with Big Oil

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    I’ve sent off requests to Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. Let’s see how they respond.

  8. AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.

  9. The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

    · heated.world · Alex Hannaford

    Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

  10. The fossil fuel money behind the GOP’s wildfire blame game

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    As smoke from Canadian wildfires chokes the United States, Republicans are blaming everyone but the industry heating the planet. Guess why?

  11. Another stolen summer day

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    What are we still waiting to learn?

  12. Churn is upon us!

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    Help??

  13. A powerful argument against the certainty of doom

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    Retro, a new novel about time travel, is a tonic for readers who struggle with feeling hopeful about the future.

  14. I have plastic chemicals in my pee

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    And you probably do, too.

  15. The gas industry is sneaking into kids’ science classes

    · heated.world · Marin Scotten

    The Switch Energy Alliance markets its free classroom materials as “objective.” But they are backed by the fossil fuel industry, a HEATED investigation shows.

  16. Wildfire season doesn't have to be like this

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    The 2026 wildfire season was always going to be bad. But the Trump administration is making it worse.

  17. 3 facts to ruin your World Cup watch party

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    It's a tough job. But somebody has to do it.

  18. Why Sheldon Whitehouse keeps calling out Big Oil

    · heated.world · Tracy Wholf

    "If I had a motto, it would be: persist through frustration," the Senator told HEATED in an expansive interview.

  19. Can Patagonia™ own Patagonia?

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    And more importantly, should it?

  20. Why Kate Marvel left NASA

    · heated.world · Emily Atkin

    The prominent climate scientist explains how pronouns have become more important than the planet at the nation's space agency.

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