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The Cooldown
U.S. center-left, climate advocacy
The Cool Down is a digital media and lifestyle brand focused on climate change, clean energy, and sustainable living. It was founded in 2022 and acquired in October 2025 by Palmetto, a clean-energy home services company. Its editorial orientation is center-left, and its coverage of the Trump administration's environmental rollbacks is broadly critical.
Owned byPalmetto, a private clean-energy company; previously independently owned by founders Dave Finocchio and Anna Robertson
LeaningU.S. center-left, climate advocacy
On the administrationbroadly critical
6average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun