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

Australia's Voice referendum once enjoyed bi-partisan support of more than 60%. But since an aggressive No campaign began in April... 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