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It is very difficult to get television news networks to tell climate change stories —especially ones that place the blame on fossil fuels. The House Oversight Committee’s ongoing investigation into Big Oil, and its role in misleading the American public about climate change, is an example. According to Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), who is leading the investigation with committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn B...

Today’s newsletter is a collaboration with Emily Holden at Floodlight , a new non-profit news organization dedicated to investigating the corporate and ideological interests holding back climate action. ICYMI, we ran an interview with Holden about Floodlight’s launch last month . Our article today investigates how decision-makers at major banks have conflicts of interest on climate, and what that...

Below is a written transcript of Episode 6 of the HEATED podcast,  out today on all your podcast apps , or at the audio file at the top . My guest is MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi . This is the last episode of our limited-run mini series on COVID-19 and climate change! Next week, HEATED’s publishing schedule will return back to normal. Free subscribers will get at least one email a week, and paid subscr...

Today’s newsletter contains the audio and edited transcript for Episode 5 of the HEATED podcast,  out today on all your podcast apps . My guest is climate justice essayist and Columbia University writer-in-residence Mary Heglar. But before we get into that, I want to talk real quick about what’s happening to the oil industry. I keep hearing these January and February quotes from CNBC financial ana...

Below is a written transcript of Episode 4 of the HEATED podcast,  out today on all your podcast apps , or at the audio file at the top. My guest is pediatrician and Harvard C-CHANGE interim director Dr. Aaron Bernstein. In it, he makes the case that fighting climate change is essential preventative care for the next pandemic. My favorite quote from Dr. Bernstein comes at the very end: “The health...

Hey there, paid subscribers! ICYMI, episode 3 of the HEATED podcast is out now . You should have gotten an email with the final cut and written transcript about an hour ago. The above audio file contains my raw, unedited interview with Climate Justice Alliance policy coordinator Anthony Rogers-Wright. Do not listen to it if you do not like cursing. Actually maybe don’t listen to the episode in gen...

Below is a written transcript of Episode 3 of the HEATED podcast, out today on all your podcast apps , or at the audio file at the top. My guest is climate justice advocate Anthony Rogers-Wright. Today’s interview is extremely timely, coinciding with the release of troubling racial data about COVID-19 cases and deaths . Just like climate change, coronavirus is disproportionately harming the most v...