Emily Atkin
@emorwee.bsky.social
I run HEATED, a weekly-ish newsletter devoted to climate accountability reporting and opinion. Philly-based. She/her.
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Emily Atkin
@emorwee.bsky.social
· May 27
Wider lens, sharper focus
How HEATED will cover the second Trump era.
heated.world
PSA for freelance climate journalists: I'm taking pitches for HEATED
These are the types of stories I'm interested in.
Particularly looking for stories in categories 2 and 3.
These are the types of stories I'm interested in.
Particularly looking for stories in categories 2 and 3.
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“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Matt Yglesias consistently treats net zero as if it’s some arbitrary goal that activists want, not a goal that scientists say is necessary to preserve a livable planet for all. He so badly wants a solution that sounds "reasonable" that he's willing to ignore and dismiss scientific reality.
Matthew Yglesias did it again
No, Democrats shouldn't embrace oil and gas.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Matt Yglesias consistently treats net zero as if it’s some arbitrary goal that activists want, not a goal that scientists say is necessary to preserve a livable planet for all. He so badly wants a solution that sounds "reasonable" that he's willing to ignore and dismiss scientific reality.
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FYI because there will be false claims:
Carbon capture has never been used successfully at a commercial gas-fired power plant in the U.S., and no existing carbon capture facility has ever consistently achieved a 90 percent capture rate.
heated.world/p/exxons-new...
Carbon capture has never been used successfully at a commercial gas-fired power plant in the U.S., and no existing carbon capture facility has ever consistently achieved a 90 percent capture rate.
heated.world/p/exxons-new...
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.
heated.world
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
FYI because there will be false claims:
Carbon capture has never been used successfully at a commercial gas-fired power plant in the U.S., and no existing carbon capture facility has ever consistently achieved a 90 percent capture rate.
heated.world/p/exxons-new...
Carbon capture has never been used successfully at a commercial gas-fired power plant in the U.S., and no existing carbon capture facility has ever consistently achieved a 90 percent capture rate.
heated.world/p/exxons-new...
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Exxon has a new plan to sell more fossil fuels: stick carbon capture on massive gas-fired power plants for AI and brand them as climate friendly.
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
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.
www.exxonknews.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Exxon has a new plan to sell more fossil fuels: stick carbon capture on massive gas-fired power plants for AI and brand them as climate friendly.
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
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This from a huge story about the buildout of methane gas plants to fuel data centers for the AI bubble written by @emdashsanders.bsky.social and edited by @emorwee.bsky.social.
Today's must-read!
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
2/2
Today's must-read!
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
2/2
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.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This from a huge story about the buildout of methane gas plants to fuel data centers for the AI bubble written by @emdashsanders.bsky.social and edited by @emorwee.bsky.social.
Today's must-read!
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
2/2
Today's must-read!
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
2/2
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Promising at 90% capture rate at methane power plants is the zombie greenwashing that WILL NOT DIE, no matter how often point-source carbon capture fails in the real world. 🧟♂️
At least Exxon still feels the need to lie about their business! That's ... hopeful?
1/2
At least Exxon still feels the need to lie about their business! That's ... hopeful?
1/2
December 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Promising at 90% capture rate at methane power plants is the zombie greenwashing that WILL NOT DIE, no matter how often point-source carbon capture fails in the real world. 🧟♂️
At least Exxon still feels the need to lie about their business! That's ... hopeful?
1/2
At least Exxon still feels the need to lie about their business! That's ... hopeful?
1/2
Bro I will literally become the Joker right now I’m not even kidding
President Trump's live address to interrupt 'Survivor' finale on CBS
The episode will air in its entirety, ensuring no part of the finale is skipped.
local12.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Bro I will literally become the Joker right now I’m not even kidding
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Reminder that Trump solicited & received a massive bribe from Big Oil & Gas, and our billionaire media treated it as a one-day A12 story never to be mentioned again
Maybe worth mentioning again now that he’s explicitly sending our kids off to die so Big Oil & Gas can profit?
Maybe worth mentioning again now that he’s explicitly sending our kids off to die so Big Oil & Gas can profit?
December 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reminder that Trump solicited & received a massive bribe from Big Oil & Gas, and our billionaire media treated it as a one-day A12 story never to be mentioned again
Maybe worth mentioning again now that he’s explicitly sending our kids off to die so Big Oil & Gas can profit?
Maybe worth mentioning again now that he’s explicitly sending our kids off to die so Big Oil & Gas can profit?
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This idiocy is governance as Grand Guignol. It will cripple atmospheric science in this country. “What we are seeing is the administration canceling the freedom of scientific thought and inquiry.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This idiocy is governance as Grand Guignol. It will cripple atmospheric science in this country. “What we are seeing is the administration canceling the freedom of scientific thought and inquiry.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Holy fuck
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Holy fuck
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Sigh.
Ford retreats from EVs, takes $19.5 billion charge as Trump policies grip industry
It's the most dramatic example yet of the auto industry's retreat from battery-powered models in response to the Trump administration's policies and weakening EV demand.
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Sigh.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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It is important to promise, now, that whatever Trump builds at the White House will be torn down as soon as he leaves.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
If He Builds It, Tear It Down
Pendulums must swing.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It is important to promise, now, that whatever Trump builds at the White House will be torn down as soon as he leaves.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
If you enjoyed last month’s “international climate change summit catches on fire,” you may also enjoy:
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If you enjoyed last month’s “international climate change summit catches on fire,” you may also enjoy:
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The exclusion of trans people from public and academic spaces, removal of protections by human rights institutions, dehumanising language used by state news media, judicial tolerance of trans directed hate crime, withdrawal of medical care: all of this is very familiar to genocide scholars.
Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn
Universities ‘afraid to be trans inclusive’ after Supreme Court ruling and OfS Sussex fine, leaving staff fearing ‘hostile environment’
share.google
December 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The exclusion of trans people from public and academic spaces, removal of protections by human rights institutions, dehumanising language used by state news media, judicial tolerance of trans directed hate crime, withdrawal of medical care: all of this is very familiar to genocide scholars.
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What a horrifying weekend of news. Too much.
December 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What a horrifying weekend of news. Too much.
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The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
December 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
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A desperately needed paper on the power of fossil capital to repress civil liberties around the world.
We (@crossdale.bsky.social, Christina Pantazis, @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social, Tiê Franco Brotto and I) present the first academic peer-reviewed article, studying the criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest as a global phenomenon. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A desperately needed paper on the power of fossil capital to repress civil liberties around the world.
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Great reporting by @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @emorwee.bsky.social probing at why so many celebrity chefs keep defending non-stick pans made with toxic PFAS, given everything we've learned about these "forever chemicals."
atmos.earth/political-la...
atmos.earth/political-la...
Why Are Famous Chefs Fighting to Keep ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Cookware? | Atmos
What unfolded in California wasn’t just a one-off fight. It was the blueprint for a larger lobbying campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware
atmos.earth
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Great reporting by @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @emorwee.bsky.social probing at why so many celebrity chefs keep defending non-stick pans made with toxic PFAS, given everything we've learned about these "forever chemicals."
atmos.earth/political-la...
atmos.earth/political-la...
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Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
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.
heated.world
December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
Reposted by Emily Atkin
As someone who covered the restaurant beat for years and knows these chefs, so many of them suck ass to a T. Bad bosses, bad people. I'm never gonna write a book, but if I did it would be about the odious celebrity chef culture machine
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
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.
heated.world
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
As someone who covered the restaurant beat for years and knows these chefs, so many of them suck ass to a T. Bad bosses, bad people. I'm never gonna write a book, but if I did it would be about the odious celebrity chef culture machine
Reposted by Emily Atkin
This is a good article and I would like to add that Teflon sucks and you have to replace your pan regularly making them an expensive option in the long run.
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
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.
heated.world
December 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This is a good article and I would like to add that Teflon sucks and you have to replace your pan regularly making them an expensive option in the long run.
Running a short interview with him tomorrow! Subscribe to get it (it’s free): heated.world
Andrew Zimmern, who I did not have on my environmental activist bingo card told them they were all full of shit.
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
December 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Running a short interview with him tomorrow! Subscribe to get it (it’s free): heated.world