In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to pass an outright ban on mining. It was... more

This week, we bring you an episode from our climate litigation podcast, Damages, because we've been getting SO MANY emails... more

As part of our ongoing series looking into new climate problems the fossil fuel industry is peddling as solutions, we... more

Fossil fuel companies can't push ideas like "low carbon gas" or overstate the emissions-reduction potential of technologies like carbon capture... more

The backlash against ESG is continuing, with a string of lawsuits aimed at shutting down shareholder activism. We don't often... more

Lots of news lately on stories we've been following, so in today's episode: an update! The landmark Carbon Majors report... more

In France, the unthinkable has happened for polluting industries: the working-class Yellow Vest movement, racial equity movements, and progressive climate... more

Late last year, Brown University's Climate and Development Lab put out a comprehensive report looking at the opposition to wind... more

Shell announced in late 2023 that it would be shutting down all of its onshore activities in Nigeria and concentrating... more

Last year, headlines all over the world proclaimed victory for the environment: finally, after more than a decade of promises,... more

Check out the limited-run series Hazard NYC from The City, all about how climate change intersects with Superfund sites in... more

In her new book Saving Ourselves, Dana R. Fisher compiles years worth of research on protest in general and climate... more

The U.S. government's definition of what constitutes an "ecoterrorist" has long driven backlash against environmental activists and in recent years... more

In June 2022, Michel Forst became the first UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders. In that role he has spent... more

About a decade after UK courts made history with the first "climate necessity" ruling in history, the UK government has... more

While protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation garnered international news coverage, at the... more

This month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closes the comment period on its draft Environmental Impact Statement for the... more

As we resume our season focused on the global criminalization of climate protest, reporter Martha Troian brings us to Canada,... more

Abeer Butmeh, coordinator of the Palestinian NGOs Network, one of the most important Palestinian environmental organizations, spoke to senior editor... more

We'll be back with the rest of our anti-protest season soon, but in the meantime, welcome to a new Drilled... more

Globally, climate activism has shifted over the past few years. It’s more constant now and includes more direct action than... more

From Ecuador to North Dakota, British Columbia to New Zealand, the backlash against Indigenous-led environmental protest is always particularly harsh,... more

A new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) looks at the details of Guyana's planned... more

In April 2023, Joanna Oltman Smith walked into the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. with fellow activist Tim Martin, and... more

From our pals over at Inherited, in today’s episode, Mo Isu looks at one of the reasons climate activists all... more

It’s no coincidence that the backlash against climate protest looks the same from country to country. Not only is industry... more

President Biden made his first trip to Vietnam as President this week, with the intention of "upgrading" diplomatic relations between... more

Since the 2019 passage of the "Dangerous Attachment Devices" bill in response to anti-coal protests in Queensland, Australia's states have... more

There's a lot of discourse happening about free speech in the context of "cancel culture" these days, but precious little... more

When she was just 22, Disha Ravi, co-founder of Fridays for Future in India, had police show up at her... more

Media Matters senior researcher Evlondo Cooper put out a fascinating study earlier this month looking at how the media has... more

In the lead-up to our season on the criminalization of protest we're bringing you part 1 of this excellent two-part... more

Around the world, climate and other environmental protestors are being harassed, attacked, and arrested at an alarming rate. Laws are... more

In more than 30 climate cases making their way through U.S. courts today, oil companies are using an argument they've... more

Worried that all their work creating Mobil's personality and a multi-pronged issue advertising campaign to go with it would go... more

In the 1970s, Mobil Oil had invented the advertorial and was aggressively pursuing an entirely new type of marketing, branding... more

ExxonMobil, Chevron and other petrochemical giants are increasingly organizing against grassroots environmental justice activism in Louisiana that are part of... more

Ever since the Securities and Exchange Commission announced its intention to make Environmental Social and Governance metrics actually mean something... more

This week Amy's on the other side of the mic in an interview with Samantha Hodder, who writes the excellent... more

Living Planet is a podcast and radio program from Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle (DW). Hosted by Charli Shield and... more

Jake Bittle's book The Great Displacement looks at how extreme weather events are likely to drive Americans to move from... more

Electrification offers an opportunity to rethink how we use energy and how we get around. Researcher Thea Riofrancos wants to... more

We’re sharing an episode from a podcast we love called The Carbon Copy. In January 2023, a new study showing... more

The Congo Basin contains the world’s second-largest rainforest at a staggering 178 million hectares (just under 440 million acres). It... more

The day after our season finale last week, we got some incredible news from Guyana: the High Court ruled against... more

In the last episode of our "Light, Sweet Crude" season we look at what's next for Guyana, and for other... more

What's happening in Guyana isn't just happening there. All over the globe, oil companies are racing to tap as many... more

When we first started reporting this story, people unfamiliar with it would suggest talking to local environmental groups. Surely they... more

The tension between addressing global poverty and acting on the climate crisis is one the fossil fuel industry, and those... more

Melinda Janki has filed seven separate cases aimed at blocking oil drilling in Guyana, but only one of them explicitly... more

One person in Guyana knows both the inner workings of oil companies and the intricacies of Guyanese environmental law better... more

After a year’s worth of pressure from local press and civil society groups, the Guyanese government released its contract with... more

Five years ago, Kiana Wilburg was a new reporter when ExxonMobil executives and Guyanese government officials announced they had found... more

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows exactly how accurate oil company scientists' climate models were back in... more

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows exactly how accurate oil company scientists' climate models were back in... more

On paper, the small South American country of Guyana is the fastest-growing economy in the world, thanks to its oil... more

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows that not only did Exxon scientists suspect climate change driven by... more

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows that not only did Exxon scientists suspect climate change driven by... more

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows that not only did Exxon scientists suspect climate change driven by... more

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows that not only did Exxon scientists suspect climate change driven by... more

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows that not only did Exxon scientists suspect climate change, driven by... more

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows that not only did Exxon scientists suspect climate change, driven by... more

In this special sneak preview of our next season, we hear from Melinda Janki, a lawyer who's fighting to keep... more

The House Oversight Committee wrapped up its investigation into climate disinformation earlier this month and published a second tranche of... more

A new report from Influence Map shows that despite all their talk of "clean trucks," truck manufacturers are lobbying heavily... more

November was a big month for climate litigation! The first-ever climate RICO was filed on behalf of 16 Puerto Rican... more

Loss and damage was a big focus of #COP27 and, ultimately, one of the few things global negotiators could agree... more

Investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki's new book The Petroleum Papers looks at the fascinating history of climate denial in Canada, and... more

COP27 is underway in Egypt. Everyone agrees that the stakes have never been higher so why is longtime fossil fuel... more

The annual Conference of the Parties —a global meeting of negotiators and heads of state to discuss a path forward... more

Beginning with Standard Oil of New Jersey (now Exxon) in the late 1940s, oil companies have invested heavily in universities,... more

Taped live at the Harvard Faculty Club, an interview with Naomi Oreskes about her forthcoming book "The Big Myth," focused... more

Three Congressional hearings shone a light on climate disinformation this week, with one looking at oil companies' role, another looking... more

From its state treasurer to its attorney general to its Senator, West Virginia is leading the charge on climate obstruction... more

West Virginia v EPA isn't the only big climate case before the Supreme Court this year, from questioning the SEC's... more

Jesse Coleman, senior investigator for Documented, joins to walk us through an eye-opening investigation into the State Financial Officers Federation,... more

Everyone else might have moved on but we're still plodding through the latest IPCC report over here. Carbon dioxide removal,... more

The Supreme Court is dragging its feet releasing a ruling in the controversial West Virginia v EPA case. Today we... more

Jennie King, lead author of a new report on climate disinformation from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, joins to discuss... more

As we wait to hear whether the Supreme Court will toss WV v EPA altogether or apply the major questions... more

Floodlight's Miranda Green is back with a new story about the push for natural gas in southern California. This time... more

I have been wondering for months what possible sense it makes for every right-wing think tank to have an amicus... more

In the response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the gas industry is now fully embracing it's new role. Right alongside... more

This weekend Australians will vote in the first national election since catastrophic bushfires burned tens of millions of acres and... more

Even before the gas industry got into the front group business it was using some questionable tactics to stave off... more

A year after San Luis Obispo took the lead in Southern California on a gas ban, the coastal town... more

For more than a decade, even environmental advocates promoted the idea of fossil gas as part of the solution on... more

In April 2020 when San Luis Obispo announced a plan to become the first city in Southern California to ban... more

Fossil fuel companies and others have spent decades casting doubt on climate science to allow them to continue to profit.... more

The IPCC mitigation report dropped this week and it is a *doozy*. We'll be digging into it throughout the month... more

When Tūhoe negotiated legal personhood for their homeland Te Urewera, the global rights of nature community cheered. But in this... more

Last episode we told the story of Ecuador's rights-of-nature journey, today Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic, directors of Invisible Hand... more

Ecuador was the first country to adopt rights of nature into its constitution, but its Constitutional Court (Ecuador’s equivalent... more

A case argued at the Supreme Court this week—West Virginia v EPA—has potentially huge implications for regulating greenhouse gas emissions.... more

Rights of nature first started making its way into U.S. courtrooms via an unlikely source: Disney. Today it's a huge... more

Damages is following the hundreds of climate lawsuits currently happening all over the country. First up, in Season 1, a... more

Right-wing funders don't just work on climate change, or voter suppression, or attacks on public schools, they tackle all of... more

Back in 2015, twenty-one young people sued the United States for its actions to drive and exacerbate climate change. The... more

Guardian journalist Chris McGreary joins to discuss ExxonMobil's attempts in Texas to cast litigation against it as a conspiracy to... more

For decades, the fossil fuel industry has successfully framed environmentalists as silly, elitist, radical, and out of touch. And for... more

A conversation with Max Berger, a longtime progressive organizer who helped incubate the Sunrise Movement and has also worked in... more

In several countries around the world, including Ecuador, New Zealand, and the U.S., some people are trying to protect the... more

Groundbreaking new research from Brown University's Dr. Robert Brulle shows just how much oil companies have spent on PR in... more

In a new study, sociologist Robert Brulle examined which PR firms work for the various industries obstructing climate action. Only... more

As the rest of the world is beginning to realize that fracking comes with more downsides than upsides, Australia is... more

Melissa Aronczyk, media studies scholar at Rutgers University, is one of my go-to sources on all things disinformation. In this... more

Reporter Katie Worth has been researching climate education in the U.S. for years and that research forms the basis of... more

Over the last five episodes we've tracked how long the fossil fuel industry has been investing in schools, why, and... more

Bringing you our entire interview with Stanford researcher Ben Franta on fossil fuel influence at universities because it was just... more

We're wrapping up our series with Earther this week, with a look at how fossil fuel companies influence curricula and... more

In the third episode of our mini-series with Earther, we head to high school, where the fossil fuel industry's efforts... more

Steven Donziger, the attorney who's been on house arrest for more than two years on a contempt charge that arose... more

Since the 1920s, oil companies have been creating music, activities, coloring books, comic books, movies and more to shape how... more

Drilled host Amy Westervelt is co-hosting this season of the documentary podcast Scene on Radio, all about the climate crisis—what... more

Fossil fuel companies didn't start infiltrating schools when climate change appeared on the scene, they were there shaping the minds... more

In this collaboration with Earther, we look at the fossil fuel industry's influence in school—not just in shaping our understanding... more

In the final episode of part 1 in our Bridge to Nowhere season, we look at the chronic whack-a-mole problem... more

The team at UnEarthed, an investigative journalism project funded by Greenpeace in the UK, went undercover and got ExxonMobil execs... more

Just as the fossil fuel industry was starting to worry about demand for single use plastics, along comes a global... more

Diane Wilson couldn't keep Formosa out of her town, but down the coast in Louisiana the community in St. James... more

This time we're doing something a little different: a season in three parts, all about the gas industry and how... more

A new season about the natural gas industry, presented in three parts. Coming soon, Part 1: Pipelines to Plastic about... more

Steven Donziger went to trial for the criminal contempt charge that's kept him on house arrest for 600 days and... more

A new study from Harvard science historians Naomi Oreskes and Geoffrey Supran points to the use of language targeted specifically... more

A new study out from Harvard University explores the health impacts of transitioning from coal to other combustible fuels. The... more

It's Earth Day 2021 and the first Congressional hearing of the day is focused on fossil fuel subsidies. Their elimination... more

Steven Donziger, the American attorney we profiled in S5 is scheduled for trial May 10th, but his lawyers have filed... more

We talked about rights of nature a bit in the Ecuador-Chevron season, the Latin American country was the first in... more

The Biden Administration has rolled out its Build Back Better plan and it includes a lot of progressive wishlist items,... more

Local activists and legislators have been fighting the Enbridge natural gas compressor in Weymouth for years. It's too close to... more

Fossil fuel-backed anti-protest laws have been passed in 14 states and are making their way through statehouses in several more... more

When a report makes oil and gas companies—and the politicians they help elect—this mad, you know the author is on... more

A special presentation of the podcast Hot Take, featuring investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz on all the many ways oil, war,... more

Stanford researcher Ben Franta joins to talk about a bombshell new discovery: the American Petroleum Institute not only knew about... more

Donziger is still on house arrest and disbarred, the settlement seems impossible to collect, now what? In this episode we... more

Chevron makes good on its promise to fight the Ecuadorian judgement until hell freezes over ... and then fight it... more

Corruption charges against both the Ecuadorian judge and the American judge fly as the RICO gets underway.Support our work: patreon.com/Drilled Learn... more

Chevron's legal team shocks the Ecuadorian plaintiffs with a massive racketeering claim in the U.S. alleging fraud, witness tampering, and... more

Chevron's attorneys go after Joe Berlinger, the filmmaker behind the documentary about the case, Crude. They subpoena his outtakes, kicking... more

A new report from Carbon Tracker finds that the fossil fuel industry is pinning its hopes on a plastic boom—and... more

New York District Court Judge Loretta Preska has denied repeated requests to delay Donziger's criminal contempt trial until at least... more

The case takes a bizarre turn with a sting operation, U.S. subpoenas, accusations of fraud and bribery, and finally a... more

With the Ecuadorian plaintiffs racking up good press and an endorsement from the country's president, Chevron kicks things up a... more

In this episode of Generation Green New Deal, Drilled host Amy Westervelt co-hosts with Sam Eilertsen to look at what... more

In September 2009, Chevron filed an international arbitration claim against the government of Ecuador over the Lago Agrio case. In... more

The trial gets underway in Ecuador, an election changes the calculus, and a global PR war kicks into high gear.Support... more

How did this case come about in the first place? We go back to the early days of oil colonialism... more

In August 2019, an American lawyer was put on house arrest as he awaited trial on criminal contempt charges. The... more

In addition to S5 of Drilled (coming soon!), Critical Frequency is putting out a terrific slate of great climate and... more

A few weeks ago the Trump administration quietly proposed a rule that would make it harder for financial managers to... more

The FBI arrested Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, Larry Householder, this month for racketeering, or as the state... more

What if you were told buying a piece of land in the Mojave Desert could help you be rich one... more

An advocacy group in The Netherlands began campaigning for a ban on fossil fuel ads, including event sponsorships, earlier this... more

Despite tax breaks, royalty cuts, and other COVID-related incentives, Chesapeake Energy—a pioneer in the American shale gas (fracking) industry—declared bankruptcy... more

Two big new suits, in Minnesota and D.C., were filed within 24 hours of each other and allege the same... more

A new report from Carbon Tracker finds that not only have oil and gas companies not been budgeting for plugging... more

Amid nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, some climate activists have been saying "now's not the time to talk about climate."... more

Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine focused on what she calls "disaster capitalism," the sort of corporate feeding frenzy that... more

Reporters Alexander Beunder and Jilles Mast have been combing through 150+ boxes of documents from the personal archive of one... more

Last week, The New York Times ran a story on the GOP's favorite new climate narrative: If you think quarantine... more

In April 2020, Fred Singer, longtime king of the climate deniers, died at the age of 95. In this episode,... more

A lawsuit filed against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over a small project in Massachusetts could have big implications.... more

Political scientist and environmental policy expert Leah Stokes joins us to discuss the many things the new film Planet of... more

On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the week of the 10-year anniversary of the BP Deepwater oil spill,... more

French artist Joanie Lemercier has been a thorn in Autodesk's side for more than a year now, since he first... more

In a new report, the Center for International Environmental Law looks at the way oil, gas and petrochemical companies are... more

Because of their proximity to oil and gas operations, residents of Broomfield, Colorado were at risk of exposure to flowback-driven... more

Dr. Julia Steinberger, professor of social ecology and ecological economics at the University of Leeds, has published some really interesting... more

Field investigator Sharon Wilson has spotted a troubling increase in methane emissions from refineries in the Permian Basin, in Texas.... more

The American Petroleum Institute, ExxonMobil and Chevron have been amongst the biggest opponents to bailouts for shale gas companies as... more

The oil and gas industry was headed for broke long before COVID-19. Now the Trump administration wants to use the... more

Drilled will be back with bonus episodes soon. In the meantime, check out one of our other climate podcasts, Hot... more

This season we've traced the creation of Big Oil's big propaganda machine. In this episode, the season finale, we look... more

E. Bruce and Patricia Harrison launched the E. Bruce Harrison Company in 1973 and ran it until 1996, working for... more

John Hill, founder of Hill & Knowlton, was an Ivy Lee devotee who worked for Standard Oil in the 1930s,... more

Sigmund Freud's nephew, Edward Bernays, coined the term "public relations" when propaganda started to become a negative term. His specialty... more

We'll be back with more Mad Men tales next week, we promise! While we're out chasing leads, listen to this... more

In part two of our episode on former Mobil VP Herb Schmertz, we dig into how Schmertz's approach bred false... more

Mobil Oil's longtime PR guy Herb Schmertz really started to aggressively manipulate the media. He introduced so many new bells... more

Daniel Edelman learned the tools of his trade combating Nazi propaganda in WWII, then came home and put his psychological... more