Mary Annaïse Heglar
I write, rant, & rave about climate justice (mostly). Co-host of @RealHotTake. She/her. Opinions+ideas=mine. Lit agent: @adamschear. Media: @jomogs
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Senate 2020: In South Carolina, a Political Newcomer Gives Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham a Run for His Money
Graham, running for a fourth term, and Democrat Jaime Harrison both talk about addressing climate change. But in 18 years in office, Graham has yet to deliver.
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
Did y’all know Lindsey Graham is out here cosplaying as a climate champion?
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Seriously, WTF Is it Going to Take?
Plus fire + disinformation, prisoners + extreme weather, media climate silence + more
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
This week, in the @RealHotTake newsletter, I dug into what happens to incarcerated people when there’s a hurricane or a wildfire and an evacuation order. It is not pretty, but we can’t look away.
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Katrina at 15
Plus: Louisiana Is a Petrostate, Eff George W. Bush, Blaming Laura Victims,
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
A couple weeks ago, we gave away the newsletter for free, if you want to see the sort of thing we’re up to
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Exxon Knew about Climate Change Almost 40 Years Ago
A new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation
Seeing Hurricane Katrina in 2020 Vision
I thought I understood time until 2020. There are regularly days when I am not sure which day of the week it is until it’s time to go to bed. Then there are weeks where I’m not sure what year it is. This week, as we neared the anniversary of...
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
“When I mentally overlaid the images from Katrina’s aftermath w/ the scientific predictions, I began to ask myself: what happens to Black people in a climate crisis? I feared I already had the answer. In 2020, it’s even clearer.” My latest in @EARTH3R
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Floodlines
The story of an unnatural disaster. Hosted by Vann R. Newkirk II. Coming March 12.
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
This week is the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Please go listen to Floodlines.
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Hurricane, Fire, Covid-19: Disasters Expose the Hard Reality of Climate Change
Twin emergencies on two coasts this week — Hurricane Isaias and the Apple Fire — offer a preview of life in a warming world and the steady danger of overlapping disasters.
Hot Take with Mary Annaïse Heglar and Amy Westervelt
An intersectional look at the climate crisis and the climate conversation.
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
Earnest tweet/Shameless plug: I am extremely proud of the episodes @amywestervelt and I are putting out as part of @RealHotTake season 2. Season 1 was great, but we’re really taking this to new heights. Make sure you’re subscribed
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All we can save
A collection of provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
I’m in a book with ALICE WALKER, y’all! I don’t even think @ayanaeliza and @DrKWilkinson knew they were making this dream come true, but I cannot and will not contain myself! Also, you should order a copy! allwecansave.earth pic.twitter.com/9pY61hnBS5
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
@TricksyRaccoon @yumcoconutmilk @wawagatheru @jnoisecat @HeatherMcTeer @Tamaraity @amywestervelt @Meeratweets @rgunns @zhaabowekwe Honestly you should just follow @drewcostley’s work. Closely.
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Chapter 3. Organizing for Survival
Excerpted from What We’re Fighting for Now Is Each Other: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Climate Justice (Beacon Press). Copyright 2015 by Wen Stephenson Already, climate change is sh…
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
And if you think those connections ended with slavery? You’re wrong. Here’s a chapter from one of the climate books that had one of the strongest influences on me by @wenstephenson to show it, in grim detail
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This Juneteenth and every Juneteenth I will remind you of the connections between climate change and slavery
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We Don't Have To Halt Climate Action To Fight Racism
It's time to stop #AllLivesMattering the climate crisis
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
“It’s not just time to talk about climate — it’s time to talk about it as the Black issue it is. It’s time to stop whitewashing it. In other words, it’s time to stop # AllLivesMattering the climate crisis.”
My latest in @HuffPost
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Climate Change Isn’t the First Existential Threat
People of color know about building movements, about courage, about survival
A Debate Over Racism Has Split One of the World's Most Famous Climate Groups
Extinction Rebellion US promised to prioritize communities of color. That was a problem for some of its activists.
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
Idk who needs to hear this, but you can’t tell Black and brown people to go fuck themselves and then wonder why they don’t want to be part of the climate “movement”
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EAT OFFBEAT
EAT OFFBEAT
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
New Yorkers: if you are sick of cooking, may I suggest ordering a care package of amazing food from @EatOffbeat, a refugee-focused catering company? You can even donate food to frontline workers at check out! There’s vegan options and a Ramadan special!
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What the 'Humans Are the Virus' Meme Gets So Wrong
There’s been a line of thinking burbling around certain corners of the internet that the coronavirus is good, actually. That it’s nature’s way of healing itself or alternately punishing us, Old Testament-style.
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
“If the virus shows us anything, it’s that rebuilding our relationship is essential and the rest of nature is ready to reconcile. Imagine what would happen if we actually put in the work.”—@blkahn
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I Am a Mad Scientist
No, there is no silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic for climate change.
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
“The Earth is healing, they say. Nature is returning. Why wouldn’t I be glad about it? Friends, I’m definitely not happy. I’m not even sad. What I am, more than anything, is angry.”—@DrKateMarvel in @WeAreDrilled
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In a shrinking world, what will we pass on to our children? - The Boston Globe
There’s a very specific role I want to play in my young nephew's life, and it has everything to do with the world he's entered: one shaped by a climate in decline and pandemics on the rise.
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Mary Annaïse Heglar
As a Climate Woman, I’ve been asked again and again how the climate crisis has influenced my thoughts on having children. So I finally wrote about it. In a pandemic. Whatever you’re expecting, this probably isn’t it.
My latest in @BostonGlobe
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