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Air pollution denial is now EPA policy
Dirty air may kill people, but Trump's EPA won't count the bodies.
 • Emily Atkin
RFK Jr. forgot what makes us healthy
Healthy food is not healthy if it destroys the environment that produces it.
 • Emily Atkin
It's time to embrace climate conspiracy
Trump’s Venezuela oil play exposes what climate reporting has documented for decades—if we’re willing to say it out loud.
 • Emily Atkin
Exxon’s new greenwashing ploy
The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.
 • Emily Sanders
The anti-Teflon chef
Andrew Zimmern talks about why he supported California’s proposed PTFE phase-out—and what he thinks of the celebrity chefs who opposed it.
 • Emily Atkin
Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?
The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.
 • Emily Atkin and Miranda Green
Al Gore's case for optimism
Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight.
 • Emily Atkin
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
 • Emily Atkin
Climate disaster is not ambiance
Especially not for an illicit affair with a politician who helped a climate-denying administration come to power.
 • Emily Atkin
Bari Weiss vs. climate change
At The Free Press, Weiss consistently rebrands tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent.
 • Emily Atkin
The fall of the CBS News climate team
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
 • Emily Atkin
What’s “essential” to Trump’s EPA? More mercury pollution.
As thousands of EPA workers are sent home during the shutdown, the ones dismantling mercury rules for coal plants are still clocking in.
 • Emily Atkin
What should we expose next?
An invitation to shape the future of HEATED's climate coverage.
 • Emily Atkin
The political killings you don’t hear about
Across the globe, standing up for the planet can be a death sentence—and the perpetrators are almost never held accountable.
 • Siri Chilukuri
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