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Heatmap News
U.S. left-leaning, climate-focused
Heatmap News is a subscription-based digital outlet launched in March 2023 by veterans of The Week magazine, covering climate change, clean energy, and related policy exclusively. It leans left and aligns with the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change, favoring aggressive decarbonization. Its coverage of the Trump administration's second term is broadly critical, particularly of policies that redirect or roll back clean energy programs.
Owned byPrivately held; co-founded by Nico Lauricella, Randy Siegel, and Sara O'Connor — all alumni of The Week magazine — with venture capital backing from Autumn Road Capital
LeaningU.S. left-leaning, climate-focused
On the administrationbroadly critical
4average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun