Why America’s Climate Emissions Surged in 2025
America’s estimated greenhouse gas emissions rose by 2.4% last year — which is a big deal since they had been steady or falling in 2023 and 2024. More ominously, U.S. emissions grew faster than our gr...
21 Jan 40min
Heatmap’s Annual Climate Insiders Survey Is Here
Every year, Heatmap asks dozens of climate scientists, officials, and business leaders the same set of questions. It’s an act of temperature-taking we call our Insiders Survey — and our 2026 edition i...
14 Jan 33min
Why Trump’s Oil Imperialism Might Be a Tough Sell for Actual Oil Companies
Over the weekend, the U.S. military entered Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife. Maduro will now face drug and gun charges in New York, and some members of the Trump adm...
6 Jan 52min
Shift Key Classic: California’s Rooftop Solar Question
Shift Key is off for the holidays, but we hope you’ll enjoy this classic episode.Rooftop solar is four times more expensive in America than it is in other countries. It’s also good for the climate. ...
31 Dec 20251h 4min
The Biggest Energy and Climate Stories of 2026
2025 has been a rough year for climate and energy news. But enough about that. Let’s start looking at 2026!On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob is joined by some of Heatmap’s writers and editors t...
23 Dec 202544min
Say ‘Guten Tag!’ to This New Kind of Geothermal Tech
Over the past decade, the oil and gas industry has sharpened its drilling skills, extracting fossil fuels at greater depths — and with more precision — than ever before. What if there was a way to tap...
17 Dec 202544min
Why the Rest of the World Is Buying Chinese EVs
China’s electric vehicle industry, it’s now well understood, is churning out cars that rival or exceed the best products coming out of the West. Chinese EVs are cheaper, cooler, more innovative, and h...
10 Dec 202559min
The Biggest Lessons of a Not-So-Great Year for Climate Policy
2025 has been incredibly eventful for decarbonization — and not necessarily in a good way. The return of Donald Trump, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and the rise of data centers and artificial intel...
3 Dec 20251h 1min
