What Emily Atkin thinks about energy
Climate journalist; founded HEATED in 2019 after reporting on climate at The New Republic and ThinkProgress.
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10 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Emily Atkin has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsFossil fuel money is one of the most powerful forces in American politics. It is the biggest obstacle we face in preserving a livable climate for everyone on Earth.
- 13 days earlier
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Their wordsIt’s because we’ve all been subject to a decades-long industry influence campaign targeted at politicians and the public, designed to convince us that methane gas is “natural” fuel that’s good for our bodies and the environment.
↗Why smart people believe the myth that natural gas is cleanheated.world
- 8 days earlier
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Our readingExxon used advertising as a tool to mislead consumers about the risks of its business model.
Their wordsThe reason this testimony is so important is that it shows how Exxon used advertising as a tool to mislead consumers about the risks of its business model.
↗Exxon scientist says the company knew its algae biofuel ads were BSheated.world
- 5 weeks earlier
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Their wordsdata centers are nowhere near the biggest climate problem with artificial intelligence.
↗We asked Big Tech about AI’s fossil fuel problem. The responses were atrocious.heated.world 1st of 3 in this piece
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Our readingCloud providers' AI tools are being used by oil companies to increase fossil fuel production.
Their wordsAmazon's technology explicitly helps oil companies increase production.
↗We asked Big Tech about AI’s fossil fuel problem. The responses were atrocious.heated.world 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their words"Carbon intensity" is a greenwashing term: It measures pollution per barrel, allowing oil companies to claim climate progress even as rising production drives up total overall emissions.
↗We asked Big Tech about AI’s fossil fuel problem. The responses were atrocious.heated.world 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 4 weeks earlier
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Their wordsthey found that Big Oil's use of AI to produce more oil and gas could create 3.3 to 13.3 times more climate pollution than powering AI's data centers.
↗AI’s climate problem is worse than we thoughtheated.world 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsAI had to help renewable energy four to five times more than fossil fuels just for emissions to break even.
↗AI’s climate problem is worse than we thoughtheated.world 2nd of 3 in this piece
- 3 weeks earlier
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Their wordsfossil fuel money is an immensely powerful, intensely corrupting force in American politics that limits not only what conversations we can have about massive problems, but what we can do to solve them
↗The fossil fuel money behind the GOP’s wildfire blame gameheated.world 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsPolluters and their cronies are not trying to win the climate argument, merely to prolong it in perpetuity so there's never enough public consensus for action.
↗Another stolen summer dayheated.world 1st of 2 in this piece