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We do enterprise reporting, which means we rarely take pitches and instead look into things we think are suspicious and spend usually a couple years figuring out what's what. That is expensive. Every (tax-free) dollar you donate supports more of it:

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Update, Governor DeWine signed this bill into law today. Surely everyone currently outraged about "cancel culture" will be up in arms about this *actual* attack on the First Amendment

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Ohio is the 14th state in two years to pass a fossil fuel-backed anti-protest bill, part of a coordinated industry response to Standing Rock. Unless Gov DeWine vetoes the bill it will go into effect next year. (by @amywestervelt )

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“We’re talking about a deadly flesh-eating vapor cloud that could affect 1 million people.” —South Bay (LA county) supervisor Janice Hahn in this absolutely terrifying and infuriating piece from @sherrifflucy out today

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"Americans have a tendency to skip over accountability and straight to 'solutions,' but failing to understand how a problem came about tends to deliver…not solutions, but new problems. And on climate, examples of that abound." — @amywestervelt

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"In very simple terms, that is the attempt that’s underway: to redefine civil disobedience as organized crime." -- @amywestervelt and @ClimateConnor on the renewed wave of anti-protest laws sweeping the country, and what it means for #Line3

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Hey @joebiden you could talk about climate under every single one of these, just sayin'

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"There are a lot of myths about the way we understand the economy. One is that it's demand-driven. It's not, it's supply driven." @JKSteinberger on just one of the many incredible ways Ch 5 of the #IPCCReport explodes econ myths. Part 1 of our series:

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"Enbridge is a foreign corporation sucking Minnesota’s rivers dry, violating Anishinaabe treaty rights, and colluding financially with Minnesota’s police forces. What part of any of that is in the public interest?” — @zhaabowekwe in story from @mathsavage

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The first step to criminalizing protest is dehumanizing activists. In Drilled's new series, we're telling real human stories instead. Today, @amywestervelt talks to @jooltman , a mom facing 10 years in jail for a non-violent, non-destructive protest.

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Big action in San Francisco today ahead of @WellsFargo annual meeting, climate protestors from @oil_action @amazonwatch @xrsfbay and dozens more blocking access to WF headquarters

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ICYMI @MaryHeglar wrote the definitive “you can’t have white supremacy and solve climate change at the same time” take for us back in February

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Despite having spent 2 years+ on house arrest for the procedural “crime” of contempt (max sentence: 6 months), @SDonziger awaits sentencing Oct 1, in a case prosecuted by a private firm that previously worked for Chevron.

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"Just as companies are not allowed knowingly to sell defective products in stores, The New York Times opinion page should not knowingly be offering defective opinions in the marketplace of ideas."— @DoctorVive

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"Wearing climate goggles is a new version of this special pain, performing hope when you feel terror, preparing your kids for the worst without letting on too much." -- @amywestervelt on motherhood in the climate crisis

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On this week's Drilled, @ozhibiiige goes inside the fight against the Coastal Gas Link project in Canada, where industry groups alternate between “redwashing” (what some describe as “modern-day bead trading”) and violence to suppress First Nations protest.

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In Michigan, Enbridge is defying Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's move to shut down the Line 5 underwater oil & gas pipeline, which environmentalists and tribes fear could cause an environmental disaster. by @blok_andrew via @WeAreDrilled #climate #energy

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We are live! A multi-platform climate accountability reporting project, featuring reporting from @amywestervelt , @mathsavage , @lachancenaomi ; essays from @sarahlovescali , @MaryHeglar & more; partnership w/ @emorwee , #DrilledPodcast , @RealHotTake . Join us:

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Past 2 weeks: - IEA says no new fossil fuel development - Dutch court ordered Shell to slash operational and product emissions - Chevron shareholders demanded Chevron cut product emissions - Climate activists got on Exxon’s board US politicians have plenty of cover to act

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Today we launch DRILLED Local, a new initiative to support more climate accountability reporting in oil & gas states. 🎉 #localnews

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New episode, out now: What did the IPCC *really* say about CDR? Nothing anywhere near as positive as the summary or much of the media coverage:

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Judge grants restraining order *against Sheriff* barring them from blocking the roadway or issuing citations to Indigenous water protectors and their allies fighting #Line3 . New story from @mathsavage

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*taps mic* It’s not the meat industry or the oil industry or the tobacco industry. It’s the PR industry that’s working, and has always worked, for all of them.

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Huge update to this story!

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🚨BREAKING🚨: A federal appeals court just threw out Judge Kaplan’s key contempt finding against me. This is huge. Read the press release:

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The fossil fuel industry has always presented itself as an ally to labor, but its latest lobbying effort tells a different story ... one of putting workers at risk and then pushing hard to avoid any accountability for it.

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#BREAKING Judge finds Donziger guilty of contempt. After nearly 2 years on house arrest for a crime that comes with 6 months, now he'll face sentencing. Story from @mathsavage

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Worth noting: this is also Chevron’s attorney, and the spokesman for all of the oil companies in some two dozen climate liability cases. And that his firm represents a large percentage of the oil & gas industry, which is currently pushing legislation to criminalize protest

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We are thrilled to honor @BoutrousTed with a Freedom of the Press Award for his work protecting journalists’ newsgathering rights. Register for free now to join us on Sept. 28 as we celebrate the journalists and media lawyers who keep you informed!

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"Catastrophic climate change is a symptom of an intertwined web of problems. Untangling that web and the various forces that created it is not just a worthy exercise, it’s absolutely critical to developing solutions that actually work." — @amywestervelt

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Terrific shoutout from @billmckibben "The team at Drilled News has put together the most comprehensive list I’ve seen of all these rollbacks." Read more: Policy tracker is here: Support this project:

Will the Coronavirus Kill the Oil Industry?

As a result of the virus, we may well have already seen the peak demand for petroleum on planet Earth.

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Lots of folks are saying there's "nothing new" in these docs. We disagree. For a start, this is the first time the government has called Big Oil's relationship with elite universities into question, and these docs reveal a LOT of previously unknown details about that relationship

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There's a fossil fuel disinfo hearing tomorrow, which means a new batch of documents have been released, which means me and @mollytaft have been poring over them for days for @WeAreDrilled . Here's the first of several deep dives coming your way!

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If you want to learn more about the "Mad Men fueling the [climate] madness" that @antonioguterres mentioned today, we have a lotta resources for you! S3 of Drilled (2020): The Mad Men of Big Oil - + companion web stories: 🧵

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Meet the spin masters who created corporate propaganda to help polluting industries get around democracy.

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‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief calls for ban on fossil fuel ads - sounds like Guterres has been listening to @amywestervelt @WeAreDrilled on the long history of fossil fuel PR

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"We can dicker and rearrange words on pieces of paper that are always meant to treat nature as property...and the problem remains the same: our laws are designed to serve an economic paradigm that treats nature as a commodity." — @melissat22

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Australia's Voice referendum once had over 60% bi-partisan support. But that's plummeted after an aggressive No campaign from Atlas Network think tanks. On Drilled, @amywestervelt talks to @DrJeremyWalker bout his paper on the topic, "Silencing the Voice."

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And here's the story. Key new things about this case vs. other climate cases: -2 big new defendants, API and Koch -State consumer protection *not* common law tort (nuisance) like others -Focus on climate justice -Call to share internal climate research

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Big news from the 9th circuit today. Full story from @mathsavage shortly but California climate cases will proceed in state court, where they have a much better shot at securing damages for oil companies’ role in climate impacts (including delaying action on climate change)

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As climate change intensifies the fire season in Arizona @SteveAHorn takes a look at what that means for imprisoned firefighters in the state, who outnumber paid firefighters 2 to 1.

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Yes @amywestervelt quit twitter, but you can follow her reporting here, and her commentary @RealHotTake , and follow other projects via @CriticalFreqPod . This just frees her up to do more of all of it!

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Today's episode is a collab with our sister show @inheritedpod . @Mo_Isu_ looks at one of the reasons climate activists worldwide are protesting: they're already facing impacts of climate change. Mo traces the cycle of loss and rebuilding in rural Nigeria.

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"In an entirely just world the folks who profit would pay. Right now the onus is falling on general taxpayers." -- Honolulu's chief resiliency officer Josh Stanbro. Today Honolulu filed its climate liability suit against fossil fuel companies.

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In a state currently considering for (FOUR?!) different variations of the oil-backed criminal infrastructure law that would increase fines and jail time for pipeline protests

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“Defunding the police has nothing to do with climate change” Minnesota law enforcement are literally throwing Indigenous people and allies into jails right now using funds from Enbridge.

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Those “radicals” at the IEA saying what even leftist politicians won’t

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NEW: New fossil fuel projects must be stopped immediately to meet climate goals, @IEA says. You read that right. For my early risers

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Around the world, extractive industries are leaning on governments to silence their critics. In our new series @amywestervelt traces this trend, starting with a look at global tactics, “redwashing” in Canada, and the story of @disharavii 's arrest in India.

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What a case: 17,000 Dutch citizens and several environmental groups have asked the The Hauge to rule that SHell must abide by the Paris accord's goals. by @Dana_Drugmand via @WeAreDrilled

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Get healthcare policy wrong? "a new policy could literally stop the bleeding from one day to the next. The same is not true of climate. A compromise today may well be smart politics, but it is also genocide." @amywestervelt on Manchin's climate deal.

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“I’m done with fossil fuels. They’re done,” @MadMoneyOnCNBC 's @JimCramer says after oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron reported Q4 earnings this morning. “We’re in the death knell phase.”

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"...by 1989 the private utilities were actively promoting climate denial." --from @leahstokes brilliant new book on utilities' role in delaying climate action. Read an excerpt here:

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Now that @SDonziger has been released the Chevron-Ecuador case is getting some new coverage. Encourage folks to listen to the season we did on it -- not because we're being self-serving but because it's impossible to do it justice in one news story

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On this week's Drilled: Meet the shadowy global network vilifying climate protestors. @amywestervelt explains why it’s no coincidence that the backlash against climate protest looks the same from country to country. @LyndalRowlands @GeoffDembicki @DeSmog

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Cool ad for BP @CNBC

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BP's CEO chides AOC and Bernie Sanders for their 'completely unrealistic' Green New Deal ideas

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Out now, the first two episdoes of #DrilledPodcast season 3! Hear about Big Oil's big propaganda machine—its origins, the spin masters who created it, and why it's been so effective. Listen in @ApplePodcasts :

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ICYMI: Drilled is back and this season, @amywestervelt is working with reporters around the world to tell stories about the criminalization of climate protest. Make sure to follow or subscribe:

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"If state legislators and members of Congress believe Black lives matter, they should reject all pending anti-protest bills and repeal those currently on the books."

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We officially launch in just a week! can’t wait for you to read @amywestervelt on the climate-plastic connection, @sarahlovescali on crying about climate change at dinner parties, @mathsavage on how tf Chevron’s attorney & Jane Mayer are being honored at the same awards + more!

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"If the air quality is better now, if fewer people die from breathing in pollution, this is not a welcome development so much as an indictment of the way things were before." by @DrKateMarvel via @WeAreDrilled

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Air pollution has dropped 60% in some cities under coronavirus lockdown. A new report on major cities found: 🇮🇳 New Delhi: down 60% 🇰🇷 Seoul: down 54% 🇨🇳 Wuhan: down 44% (cleanest air on record) 🇺🇸 Los Angeles: down 31% #EarthDay

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Out now in partnership with @RollingStone and with support from @pulitzercenter , a look at how the oil and gas industry smuggles pro-fossil-fuel propaganda into schools, with help from an unlikely source: Discovery.

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More details on today's Ninth Circuit decision, which could bring forth another wave of suits. "It's really going to open the door to lots of other public plaintiffs that may be considering similar suits." -- @cmuffett1 at @ciel_tweets . Story by @mathsavage

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2024 is a big election year in multiple countries and regions and climate is on the ballot. Which means the climate disinfo machine is getting cranked to 11. With that in mind, we gathered up all our recent reporting on disinfo in one handy guide:

The Drilled 2024 Guide to Climate Disinformation

The terms and narratives the fossil fuel industry is using to obstruct climate action.

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@RyanTheMato @gautambak But it’s only “cheap” artificially and as the result of lobbying and propaganda. It’s also driven by more than energy companies/sources/consumption so the comparison to ice cream is flawed because it’s a systemic problem that doesn’t just come down to one product. Keep digging!

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"...the industry has debt stacked upon debt, upon a business model built around higher oil prices than it’s seen in five years, and might never see again." -- Will Pandemic Relief Become a Petroleum Industry Slush Fund? by @amywestervelt

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Just because demand is down doesn’t mean we’ll see a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across the board. In Texas, corona-related deregulation has massively increased methane emissions at refineries in the Permian.

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"The number of reported deaths in 2019 is more than the previous five years combined, despite a drop in the number of people working offshore." @SaraSneath in this collaboration between us, @southerlymag and @WWNO

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W. Howard Chase was Edward Bernays' intellectual progeny, responsible for the best-known example of greenwashing: the "crying Indian ad," which introduced the idea of "litter bugs" & individual responsibility for pollution. More on the new #DrilledPodcast :

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The United Steelworkers Union’s silence about oil and gas throwing workers under the bus in the pandemic is deafening. Who is protecting oil and gas workers?

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So many variations on the "what could $45 billion do for climate" tweet, not enough on how does a society with that much wealth in the hands of a few create the climate crisis in the first place

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Tomorrow! #DrilledPodcast is back for its third season, this time tackling the fossil fuel propagandists who invented fake news and spin, while killing our best shot at acting on climate change. Make sure you’re subscribed! @ApplePodcasts

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We kicked off our third season yesterday with two special episodes. Hear about big oil’s very first PR guy, his ties to Nazi Germany and how he contributed to fossil fuel propaganda. Listen and make sure to subscribe in your favorite podcast app!

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"We can all try to pitch in and do more as individuals. But the fact remains: Both police violence against Black people and the climate crisis are structural problems." -- @kayla_nikayla and @leahstokes

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As with the pandemic, in the aftermath of national protests erupting, the Trump administration moved swiftly to deliver unprecedented environmental rollbacks. By @amywestervelt and @ejgertz

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Re-upping this episode because you can now watch the documentary about this case @netflix ! Youth v Gov premieres today; here's an update on where the case is at now: And here's a link to the doc!

Watch Youth v Gov | Netflix

This documentary follows the journey of 21 young plaintiffs suing the US government for its actions in creating the climate crisis.

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Hey folks S6 has been on pause while @amywestervelt deals with California wildfire craziness but we’re working on a new ep, stay tuned!

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Lol. Somebody realized they were actually just promoting us

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Aaand we’re back! In part 2 of @amywestervelt 's season on global criminalization of protest, @ozhibiiige heads to Canada, where the Wet'suwet'en fight against the Coastal Gas Link project shows how the fossil fuel industry views Indigenous protest. Listen:

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Update: @SDonziger is officially off house arrest, after serving more than 900 days for something that carries a maximum 6-month sentence. You can listen to the whole wild story here:

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On this week's #DrilledPodcast , @amywestervelt tells the story of Edward Bernays, whose PR strategies manipulated the masses in favor of clients like Standard Oil, the American Tobacco Company and General Motors. Listen at

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"JPMorgan is the largest financier of the fossil fuel industry as a whole and among the top financiers of tar sands oil, Arctic oil and gas, ultra-deepwater oil and gas, fracking, and liquified natural gas projects." -- @mathsavage

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Ohio is the 14th state in two years to pass a fossil fuel-backed anti-protest bill, part of a coordinated industry response to Standing Rock. Unless Gov DeWine vetoes the bill it will go into effect next year. (by @amywestervelt )

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The same industries and political groups that fought against hard-fought social justice victories in the 60s and 70s are mounting new attacks in response to protests & lawsuits brought over the past 5 or so years.

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There’s a new #DrilledPodcast out, and it’s a doozy. E. Bruce and Patricia Harrison pioneered the use of the industry coalition as a front for lobbying and spin. Today, Patricia is the president and CEO for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. Listen at

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Check out our feature in @guardian 's Hear Here! From @NellFrizzell : "Amy Westervelt works with journalists from Nigeria, Australia and Bengaluru to share examples of climate action and how it is being oppressed."

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Best podcasts of the week: Meet the tech millionaires in search of eternal life

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Why has all the coverage of the so-called "anti-Greta" left out the fossil fuel connection? Great question @lachancenaomi

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D.C. sues BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell for misleading consumers about climate change, the role of fossil fuel products in it, and what they're doing about it.

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As the youth climate movement has picked up steam, BP and other oil majors have shifted from science denial to greenwashing, claiming to be part of the transition while expanding fossil fuel extraction, @LoynoLaw 's Karen Sokol writes:

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Subscriber exclusive: how Big Oil invented “corporate free speech” and why it matters today. More coming soon on a crossover ep with @climateone and eventually on a new season of Drilled!

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Here it is! On @ApplePodcasts On Ghost: On @Patreon

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FERC has been rubber stamping oil and gas projects and ignoring court mandates to consider the climate impacts of energy proposals. A new lawsuit aims to change that

‎Drilled: The U.S. Government Has Been Rubber-Stamping New Oil and Gas Projects—This Lawsuit Hopes...

‎Show Drilled, Ep The U.S. Government Has Been Rubber-Stamping New Oil and Gas Projects—This Lawsuit Hopes to Change That - May 8, 2020

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There's a new Drilled episode in your feeds! This week, @amywestervelt talks to Dr. Narasimha Rao about the fossil fuel industry's leaning on the tension between addressing global poverty and acting on the climate crisis. Listen at

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S3 out now! It's not a stretch to say the fossil fuel industry has been using psychological warfare to secure its position for decades. Subscribe now so you don't miss an episode, this season is full of surprises!

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Psst hey night owls, the new #DrilledPodcast ep is up and it is a doozy:

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Trial against @SDonziger starts today and the judge has worked weirdly hard to keep the public out. More on the back story and what’s happening now:

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Thrilled that @SusanSarandon will attend my Chevron-orchestrated "trial" tomorrow with @rogerwaters to bear witness to the nation's first corporate criminal prosecution. Requests to watch are pouring in from around the world. Judge Preska must restore Zoom access.

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In one week, Drilled returns with a new season, our first cross-border investigation. @amywestervelt and reporters around the world look at the growing criminalization of protest, and the role of polluting industries in that growth. Make sure to subscribe

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Out now, as we wait for #SCOTUS to rule in West Virginia v EPA, a look at a novel legal strategy to push for greenhouse gas regulation: applying the Toxic Substances Control Act.

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Thread connecting Tucker Carlson to climate obstructionism and highlighting the surprising role of public media in it all

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Somewhere, somehow Tucker Carlson is blaming his hippie mom for this

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On our new episode, @amywestervelt talks to Guyanese lawyer Melinda Janki about the amount of royalties companies like #Exxon give to countries around the world. Guyana's cut? Just 2%. Listen at

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What the oil & gas industry innocently refers to as "brine," a waste product from fracking, can have 443x the radium the Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows in the discharge pipe of a nuclear power plant. Great profile of a brine hauler from @JustinNobel

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On #DrilledPodcast Episode 3: As a master media manipulator, Herb Schmertz didn’t just focus on placing certain stories, he aimed to fundamentally change the relationship between corporations and the media. And he taught these tactics to Big Oil. Listen at

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As a birthday present to @amywestervelt and a celebration of our new podcast season coming in July, please take a minute and rate and/or review the show! Takes two seconds and really helps us out 🙏

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Hey hey hey! Excellent news. You can learn more about & listen to our AWARD-WINNING Mad Men of Climate season here:

Covering Climate Now

@CoveringClimate

3 years

Audio/Radio Winner: @amywestervelt ! Drilled Season 3: The Mad Men dug into the deep historical roots of the fossil fuel industry’s long record of using disinformation to deny climate change. @CriticalFreqPod

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@amywestervelt @mathsavage @lachancenaomi @sarahlovescali @MaryHeglar @emorwee @RealHotTake Writers, please pitch us: pitches @drillednews .com (cc: @WritersofColor ). Collaborators, let's talk about co-reporting projects! Want to syndicate our content? You can do that too: amy @drillednews .com. Let's do this!

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The great @lachancenaomi on the many non-ad ways media enables Big Oil. First up, a look at the podcast Vox made for the American Enterprise institute; Politico's nonstop spon-con, conference oil buffet; and Axios' fossil fueled newsletters.

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🚨New project alert: The Climate-COVID-19 Policy Tracker. As we've been covering for weeks, the fossil fuel industry wasted no time leveraging this pandemic for policy and profits. We're collecting and mapping all the examples. … #COVID19

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Spot a fossil fuel ad? Submit it to @emorwee 's Fossil Fuel Ads archive!

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4 years

Absolutely right. Reader support keeps us going AND subsidizes access to those who can't afford to pay right now.

Ana Marie Cox

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4 years

I cannot emphasize this enough: PAY FOR NEWS…even when you don’t have to. Whose writing lifts your spirits and/or informs your decisions? Who helps you get through the fucking day? Look at who you RT’d today, see where they work ➡️ Pay. Donate. Subscribe.

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Check out this terrific @mollytaft essay on the deeply entwined relationship of extractive industry and...cleantech, co-published with @thenation

I Saw the Future of Climate Technology—and Its Big-Oil Investors

At the Cleantech North America conference, the fates of climate-tech start-ups are tangled into the balance sheets of companies who caused the crisis in the first place.

www.thenation.com

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