HEATED - Igniting a spark
Welcome back to HEATED—Emily here. Tomfoolery here, as promised. Hi everyone! I’m on vacation this week, so in lieu of the usual rage-inducing hard news, I thought I’d share a story about how our journalism is slowly but surely moving the needle. This was huge news, because the AGA plays an enormous role in delaying climate progress. Every year, the AGA spends millions obstructing climate policy and spreading climate misinformation—millions that come directly from consumer payments to AGA’s power utility members, like Eversource. Eversource leaving the AGA meant the AGA would have less money, and therefore less power, to obstruct climate policy in the future. But I wondered: Did it have to stop there? If Eversource could work up the guts to leave AGA over climate principles, then why couldn’t other major electric utilities do the same? I decided the best path forward was to ask. I identified four major electric utilities who publicly claim to care about climate change—Con Ed, National Grid, PG&E, and Xcel—and posed two questions: If you care about climate change so much, then why are you still members of AGA? And given Eversource’s departure, will you consider leaving too? We published a newsletter with their responses and non-responses in August. Then, in September, we heard that activist readers had taken up the cause. Inspired by HEATED’s reporting, they decided to start a pressure campaign against PG&E to leave the AGA. And over time, they got 20 environmental organizations—including national groups like Earthjustice and Public Citizen—to join the call. On April 10, Senate Budget Chair Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) joined the Gas Leaks Project to launch a new campaign called “Ditch the AGA.” During the press conference, Markey called on power utilities across the U.S. to “follow Eversource’s lead and break ties with the AGA.” Catch of the Day: If you subscribe for any reason, subscribe to soothe Pookie, this woeful pop submitted by reader Shaun. Pookie worries that climate change’s disproportionate affect on the ocean ecosystem will reduce the number of tiny shorebirds that he loves to chase on the northwestern California coast. Want to see your furry (or non-furry!) friend in HEATED? It might take a little while, but we WILL get to yours eventually! Just send a picture and some words to catchoftheday@heated.world. You're currently a free subscriber to HEATED. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. |
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Thursday, May 2, 2024
Senator John Kennedy's profanity-laden rant at Wednesday's Senate hearing is now being used against him. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Following the release of new internal documents, Sharon Eubanks told the Senate Budget Committee that there is evidence for a DOJ climate case against Big Oil. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
New internal Big Oil documents just dropped
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
The Senate Budget Committee is officially reviving the House Oversight Committee's investigation into fossil fueled climate delay. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Behind the billionaire climate tax
Thursday, April 25, 2024
One economist explains why taxing the rich and paying the poor isn't as far-fetched as you'd think. actually has a chance of becoming a reality ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Nobel Prize-winning economist calls for climate tax on billionaires
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
And she called for the money to be sent directly to the world's most climate-vulnerable people. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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