Harder Line
Amy HarderWhere to find my latest energy and climate reporting
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 33 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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What glaciers and icebergs show us about life
A seagull showing just how big this iceberg is on Spencer Glacier lake in Alaska, August 2026. Photo: Amy Harder
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My latest Finish Line column from Axios: Life lessons from a glacier
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The AI sector launches new en...
Alaska seeks oil revival while grappling with a warming future
Yours truly, in August 2026, standing at the most recent sign showing where the Exit Glacier, pictured in the foreground, reached in 2010. My goal is to go back and hike to the top before it melts much farther!
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🧊 My first...
Data center backlash echoes fossil-fuel politics
Willie Nelson and Neil Young at a 2014 Nebraska concert held to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline. | Photo credit: Amy Harder
Willie Nelson has become an unlikely barometer of America’s biggest infrastructure fights. He once protested the Ke...
Climate change is fueling wildfire risk — and anxiety
The sun setting over Queen Anne hill in Seattle on August 4, 2026, with wildfire smoke turning the sky red and tanking air quality.
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My latest on the horrific Spokane wildfires and the climate context.
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UN’s renewab...
'Demented white noise': What it's like inside the AI boom
A row of nearly 40 diesel generators are attached to this Digital Realty data center near Dulles Airport in Virginia. Photo: Amy Harder/Axios
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- Postcards from a data center tour, including video of what I’ve coined ‘demen...
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Axios national energy correspondent and host of Shocked podcast as a fellow at U Chicago.
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