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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.

Jan 13 • Emily Atkin

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RFK Jr. forgot what makes us healthy

Healthy food is not healthy if it destroys the environment that produces it.

Jan 9 • Emily Atkin

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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.

Jan 7 • Emily Atkin

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December 2025

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.

Dec 18, 2025 • Emily Sanders

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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.

Dec 11, 2025 • Emily Atkin

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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.

Dec 10, 2025 • Emily Atkin and Miranda Green

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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.

Dec 4, 2025 • Emily Atkin

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November 2025

AI’s water problem is worse than we thought

A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.

Nov 25, 2025 • Emily Atkin

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Climate disaster is not ambiance

Especially not for an illicit affair with a politician who helped a climate-denying administration come to power.

Nov 21, 2025 • Emily Atkin

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Bari Weiss vs. climate change

At The Free Press, Weiss consistently rebrands tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent.

Nov 6, 2025 • Emily Atkin

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October 2025

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.

Oct 31, 2025 • Emily Atkin

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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.

Oct 22, 2025 • Emily Atkin

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