A true-crime podcast about climate change. Hosted by award-winning investigative journalist Amy Westervelt and reported by a team of climate journalists, Drilled... more
In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled in Massachusetts vs. EPA that when the U.S. Congress passed the Clean Air Act... more
Carbon capture has always seemed a little scammy, but in a blockbuster investigation co-published with Vox this week, we discovered... more
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
When she was just 22, Disha Ravi, co-founder of Fridays for Future in India, had police show up at her... more
There's a lot of discourse happening about free speech in the context of "cancel culture" these days, but precious little... 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
Ivy Lee worked with Standard Oil and the Rockefellers for the rest of his life, helping to establish the American... more
In this season we're tackling Big Oil's big propaganda machine—its origins, the spin masters who created it, and why it's... more
Big Oil gave Hitler propaganda tips decades ago and their PR machine has only grown from there. This season we... more
In the Juliana vs. The United States case, a group of young people sued the government for incentivizing increased fossil... more
New York's fraud trial against ExxonMobil closed November 7th. Reporter Emily Gertz and Union of Concerned Scientist's Kathy Mulvey watched... more
A look at how those fossil fuel-backed deception campaigns are continuing today, behind a couple layers of energy industry organizations,... more
Two new reports highlight that, since the Paris Agreement in 2016, the fossil fuel industry has ramped up both oil... more
As the crabbers' 2018-2019 season comes to an abrupt close, they prepare for a year that could see the fishery... more
Daniel Edelman learned the tools of his trade combating Nazi propaganda in WWII, then came home and put his psychological warfare training... more