The Best of Emily Atkin
10+ most popular Emily Atkin articles, as voted by our community.
I edit and sometimes write HEATED, a newsletter devoted to climate accountability journalism. skeetin at emorwee@bsky.social. She/her.
Emily Atkin on Climate Crisis
The IPCC makes it clear: fossil fuels must go
Averting dangerous warming requires “a substantial reduction in overall fossil fuel use," the world's leading climate scientists said Monday.
Emily Atkin on Future
"What can I do?" Anything.
The battle for a livable future is a battle against fossil fuels. Right now, it's all hands on deck.
«The most harmful lie being spread about climate change today is not that it is fake. It’s that nothing you can do can help save the world.»
Emily Atkin on Media
Semafor's infuriating climate misinformation
Ben Smith's news outlet promised to be "something new," but it's spreading tired fossil fuel industry propaganda just like the rest.
Emily Atkin on Mentality
The climate colonizer mentality
Musk, Bezos, and Gates believe the natural world can be bent to accommodate humanity’s existing behavior—and they are obsessed with doing the bending.
Emily Atkin on Public Relations
Edelman’s dirty PR
The PR giant is breaking its climate promise by creating glowing campaigns for an anti-climate lobbying group.
Emily Atkin on Society
The climate movement's silence
On insidious anti-blackness in climate activism, and the rise of Climate Chads.
Popular
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Stop calling Charles the "climate king"
The new British monarch has not earned such a title, say climate activists from colonized nations
I don't like IPCC report day
If this is the only day we communicate climate science to the public, it's no wonder people don't understand the problem.
«You’ll learn the world is ending, and you will not know who to blame.»
Nothing to see here, folks
News outlets continue to ignore climate change in articles about California's record-breaking weather.
This didn't go well, folks
We tried to "bridge the generational divide" on climate change. We failed.
Bezos breaks his climate pledge
The richest man in the world hasn't issued a single grant for the $10 billion climate fund he announced seven months ago.
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