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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Climate change, nature loss, and inactivity could cut sports industry revenues 14 per cent by 2030
The global sports economy may be booming, but climate change and nature loss threaten to wipe billions of dollars off its projected value over the coming decades.
The global sports economy may be booming, but climate change and nature loss threaten to wipe billions of dollars off its projected value over the coming decades.
Climate change, nature loss, and inactivity could cut sports industry revenues 14 per cent by 2030
Report outlines 'double imperative' for sport to safeguard natural systems that make play possible
buff.ly
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Climate change, nature loss, and inactivity could cut sports industry revenues 14 per cent by 2030
The global sports economy may be booming, but climate change and nature loss threaten to wipe billions of dollars off its projected value over the coming decades.
The global sports economy may be booming, but climate change and nature loss threaten to wipe billions of dollars off its projected value over the coming decades.
Reposted by Emily Atkin
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
Reposted by Emily Atkin
Trump has been promoting air pollution denial since at least 2017.
It’s taken different forms over the years, but the goal was always the same: to stop regulatory agencies from treating air pollution as a public health problem.
The Trump EPA has now reached that endpoint.
It’s taken different forms over the years, but the goal was always the same: to stop regulatory agencies from treating air pollution as a public health problem.
The Trump EPA has now reached that endpoint.
Air pollution denial is now EPA policy
Dirty air may kill people, but Trump's EPA won't count the bodies.
heated.world
January 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Trump has been promoting air pollution denial since at least 2017.
It’s taken different forms over the years, but the goal was always the same: to stop regulatory agencies from treating air pollution as a public health problem.
The Trump EPA has now reached that endpoint.
It’s taken different forms over the years, but the goal was always the same: to stop regulatory agencies from treating air pollution as a public health problem.
The Trump EPA has now reached that endpoint.
Reposted by Emily Atkin
Always keep your cats indoors or supervised outside. Outdoor/feral cats are driving catastrophic declines in native wildlife
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Always keep your cats indoors or supervised outside. Outdoor/feral cats are driving catastrophic declines in native wildlife
Trump has been promoting air pollution denial since at least 2017.
It’s taken different forms over the years, but the goal was always the same: to stop regulatory agencies from treating air pollution as a public health problem.
The Trump EPA has now reached that endpoint.
It’s taken different forms over the years, but the goal was always the same: to stop regulatory agencies from treating air pollution as a public health problem.
The Trump EPA has now reached that endpoint.
Air pollution denial is now EPA policy
Dirty air may kill people, but Trump's EPA won't count the bodies.
heated.world
January 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Trump has been promoting air pollution denial since at least 2017.
It’s taken different forms over the years, but the goal was always the same: to stop regulatory agencies from treating air pollution as a public health problem.
The Trump EPA has now reached that endpoint.
It’s taken different forms over the years, but the goal was always the same: to stop regulatory agencies from treating air pollution as a public health problem.
The Trump EPA has now reached that endpoint.
Reposted by Emily Atkin
Past GOP administrations tried to cook the books on deaths, disease caused by air pollution. Usually plays out via obscure EPA advisory panels and periodic 'integrated science assessments.'
But this is the first time one has pegged the monetary value of a life saved by lower soot emissions at ZERO.
But this is the first time one has pegged the monetary value of a life saved by lower soot emissions at ZERO.
The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Past GOP administrations tried to cook the books on deaths, disease caused by air pollution. Usually plays out via obscure EPA advisory panels and periodic 'integrated science assessments.'
But this is the first time one has pegged the monetary value of a life saved by lower soot emissions at ZERO.
But this is the first time one has pegged the monetary value of a life saved by lower soot emissions at ZERO.
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- cross walks (too easy to make gay)
- street lights (making it *harder* to attack people in the dark?)
- fresh fruit (bruh scurvy is fun actually)
- clean drinking water (but then how will we keep our AI shit going?)
- street lights (making it *harder* to attack people in the dark?)
- fresh fruit (bruh scurvy is fun actually)
- clean drinking water (but then how will we keep our AI shit going?)
Other things that do more harm than good when you don't count the number of lives they save:
- air bags (messy)
- traffic lights (expensive)
- bridge inspections (boring)
- carbon monoxide alarms (battery low beep so annoying)
- air bags (messy)
- traffic lights (expensive)
- bridge inspections (boring)
- carbon monoxide alarms (battery low beep so annoying)
January 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
- cross walks (too easy to make gay)
- street lights (making it *harder* to attack people in the dark?)
- fresh fruit (bruh scurvy is fun actually)
- clean drinking water (but then how will we keep our AI shit going?)
- street lights (making it *harder* to attack people in the dark?)
- fresh fruit (bruh scurvy is fun actually)
- clean drinking water (but then how will we keep our AI shit going?)
It’s true! Air pollution regulations actually do way more harm than good if you don’t count all the lives they save
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
It’s true! Air pollution regulations actually do way more harm than good if you don’t count all the lives they save
Make America Healthy Again is a scam part 437
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Make America Healthy Again is a scam part 437
Reposted by Emily Atkin
The big problem with the new food pyramid is that it encourages Americans to eat more beef and dairy—two of the most environmentally destructive foods when produced at scale.
You can’t build a healthy society on top of an unhealthy biosphere.
Seems like something RFK Jr. should know.
You can’t build a healthy society on top of an unhealthy biosphere.
Seems like something RFK Jr. should know.
The problem with RFK Jr.'s food pyramid
Healthy food is not healthy if it destroys the environment that produces it.
heated.world
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The big problem with the new food pyramid is that it encourages Americans to eat more beef and dairy—two of the most environmentally destructive foods when produced at scale.
You can’t build a healthy society on top of an unhealthy biosphere.
Seems like something RFK Jr. should know.
You can’t build a healthy society on top of an unhealthy biosphere.
Seems like something RFK Jr. should know.
Reposted by Emily Atkin
Food is not the only thing that determines your health. You also need healthy soil, clean water, and a livable climate.
If the entire nation increases its consumption of meat and dairy, we will not have any of those latter three things.
If the entire nation increases its consumption of meat and dairy, we will not have any of those latter three things.
RFK Jr. forgot what makes us healthy
Healthy food is not healthy if it destroys the environment that produces it.
heated.world
January 9, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Food is not the only thing that determines your health. You also need healthy soil, clean water, and a livable climate.
If the entire nation increases its consumption of meat and dairy, we will not have any of those latter three things.
If the entire nation increases its consumption of meat and dairy, we will not have any of those latter three things.
Reposted by Emily Atkin
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
Food is not the only thing that determines your health. You also need healthy soil, clean water, and a livable climate.
If the entire nation increases its consumption of meat and dairy, we will not have any of those latter three things.
If the entire nation increases its consumption of meat and dairy, we will not have any of those latter three things.
RFK Jr. forgot what makes us healthy
Healthy food is not healthy if it destroys the environment that produces it.
heated.world
January 9, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Food is not the only thing that determines your health. You also need healthy soil, clean water, and a livable climate.
If the entire nation increases its consumption of meat and dairy, we will not have any of those latter three things.
If the entire nation increases its consumption of meat and dairy, we will not have any of those latter three things.
The big problem with the new food pyramid is that it encourages Americans to eat more beef and dairy—two of the most environmentally destructive foods when produced at scale.
You can’t build a healthy society on top of an unhealthy biosphere.
Seems like something RFK Jr. should know.
You can’t build a healthy society on top of an unhealthy biosphere.
Seems like something RFK Jr. should know.
The problem with RFK Jr.'s food pyramid
Healthy food is not healthy if it destroys the environment that produces it.
heated.world
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The big problem with the new food pyramid is that it encourages Americans to eat more beef and dairy—two of the most environmentally destructive foods when produced at scale.
You can’t build a healthy society on top of an unhealthy biosphere.
Seems like something RFK Jr. should know.
You can’t build a healthy society on top of an unhealthy biosphere.
Seems like something RFK Jr. should know.
I recently signed up for my first triathlon (a sprint) this summer, and started to incorporate swimming into my training.
Through this, I’ve made an important realization: I don’t think I actually know how to swim.
Through this, I’ve made an important realization: I don’t think I actually know how to swim.
January 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I recently signed up for my first triathlon (a sprint) this summer, and started to incorporate swimming into my training.
Through this, I’ve made an important realization: I don’t think I actually know how to swim.
Through this, I’ve made an important realization: I don’t think I actually know how to swim.
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
America First!
Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities
Communities in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude will worsen “environmental racism” along the Gulf.
capitalbnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
America First!
“If the greatest lie the devil ever told was to convince us that he wasn’t real, the greatest lie the oil industry ever told us is to convince us that they don’t want oil.”
This @emdashsanders.bsky.social interview with @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social is a must-read
This @emdashsanders.bsky.social interview with @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social is a must-read
On Venezuela and ‘the greatest lie the oil industry ever told us’
Author and investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, an expert in wars fought over oil, weighs in on U.S. oil companies’ efforts to distance themselves from Trump’s raid in Venezuela.
www.exxonknews.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
“If the greatest lie the devil ever told was to convince us that he wasn’t real, the greatest lie the oil industry ever told us is to convince us that they don’t want oil.”
This @emdashsanders.bsky.social interview with @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social is a must-read
This @emdashsanders.bsky.social interview with @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social is a must-read
Reposted by Emily Atkin
Ty for asking these questions!!! @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social had some very helpful takes on how it's not just to distance themselves from Trump but also a public negotiating tactic (which you also allude to in your piece, re: Trump now saying US taxpayers should finance it!)
On Venezuela and ‘the greatest lie the oil industry ever told us’
Author and investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, an expert in wars fought over oil, weighs in on U.S. oil companies’ efforts to distance themselves from Trump’s raid in Venezuela.
www.exxonknews.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Ty for asking these questions!!! @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social had some very helpful takes on how it's not just to distance themselves from Trump but also a public negotiating tactic (which you also allude to in your piece, re: Trump now saying US taxpayers should finance it!)
bUt tHeY dOnT eVeN wAnT tHe OiL
Chevron Could See $700 Million-a-Year Boost From Venezuelan Oil
Chevron Corp. could grow its cash flow by as much as $700 million a year from increasing oil production in Venezuela as the Trump administration seeks to control the South American country’s crude sup...
www.bloomberg.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
bUt tHeY dOnT eVeN wAnT tHe OiL
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I know this is corny to say but this is the real America, man. This is what it’s all about. This is what those freaks are trying to destroy & we won’t let them
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I know this is corny to say but this is the real America, man. This is what it’s all about. This is what those freaks are trying to destroy & we won’t let them
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🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
Randomly inserting Trump’s age into general news headlines about him is so diabolical lmao
January 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Randomly inserting Trump’s age into general news headlines about him is so diabolical lmao
Why are all of these oil industry "leaders" refusing to go on the record?
If they really don't want Venezuela's oil, why won't they own it?
And why is everyone granting anonymity to representatives of an industry known for lying?
If they really don't want Venezuela's oil, why won't they own it?
And why is everyone granting anonymity to representatives of an industry known for lying?
January 8, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Why are all of these oil industry "leaders" refusing to go on the record?
If they really don't want Venezuela's oil, why won't they own it?
And why is everyone granting anonymity to representatives of an industry known for lying?
If they really don't want Venezuela's oil, why won't they own it?
And why is everyone granting anonymity to representatives of an industry known for lying?
Reposted by Emily Atkin
A typically excellent @joshuabenton.com piece today, on the demise of Pittsburgh’s only daily newspaper. (I also learned that the Toledo Blade had a London bureau til 1983!)
Via @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/will...
Via @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/will...
Will Pittsburgh become America’s most important city without a newspaper?
One of the country's oldest newspapers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, says it's shutting down in May. Not going digital-only — just disappearing. But the delayed closure could also spur some long-delay...
www.niemanlab.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
A typically excellent @joshuabenton.com piece today, on the demise of Pittsburgh’s only daily newspaper. (I also learned that the Toledo Blade had a London bureau til 1983!)
Via @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/will...
Via @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/will...