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Frackalachia: The Fracking Jobs Myth in Appalachia
13 maart 2021 · 37 min
When a report makes oil and gas companies—and the politicians they help elect—this mad, you know the author is on to something. Lees meer
Researcher Sean O'Leary, with the Ohio River Valley Institute, talks about his new report, which found that the local economic benefit of fracking to communities in the Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia gas corridor was slim to none.
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The API Was Pushing Climate Denial Way Earlier Than Anyone Thought
5 maart 2021 · 23 min
Stanford researcher Ben Franta joins to talk about a bombshell new discovery: the American Petroleum Institute not only knew about climate change back in the 70s, it started pushing climate denial as early as 1980. Lees meer
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¿Ahora Que?: What's Next for Donziger, Chevron and Ecuador
19 december 2020 · 27 min
Steven Donziger remains under house arrest and collecting the Ecuadorian settlement seems impossible, so what happens next? We explore what this case says about accountability, the power of oil companies, and the options that remain for Ecuadorians seeking justice. Lees meer
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The Kill Step: Chevron Fights the Ecuadorian Government
11 december 2020 · 20 min
Chevron pushes its fight against the Ecuadorian judgement, while Steven Donziger loses his RICO appeal and faces disbarment and contempt charges. Lees meer
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The Judge: Corruption Charges Hit the Courts
4 december 2020 · 38 min
As the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) case gets underway, corruption charges against the United States and Ecuadorian judges surface. Lees meer
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Damages: Chevron's Shocking Racketeering Claim
20 november 2020 · 27 min
Chevron's legal team shocks the Ecuadorian plantiffs with a massive racketeering claim in the United States, alleging fraud, witness tampering, and bribery. Lees meer
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The Linchpin: Joe Berlinger
13 november 2020 · 40 min
Chevron's attorneys go after Joe Berlinger, the filmmaker behind Crude, the documentary about the Lago Agrio case. They subpoena his outtakes, kicking off a years-long First Amendment battle. Lees meer
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Big Oil's Bad Bet on Plastic
7 november 2020 · 19 min
A new Carbon Tracker report finds that the fossil fuel industry is pinning its hopes on a plastic boom. Try as it might, demand isn't materializing. The report's author, Kingsmill Bond, joins us. Lees meer
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Update: Steven Donziger Faces Criminal Contempt with No Representation
7 november 2020 · 25 min
New York District Court Judge Loretta Preska has denied repeated requests to delay Steven Donziger's criminal contempt trial, leaving him without legal representation. He'll stand trial Monday November 9, after which he could face six months of jail time. Reporter Karen Savage updates on the latest and we hear from attorneys Lauren Regan and Ronald Kuby about the precedent this ruiling sets. Lees meer
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The Charge: Chevron Faces a Verdict
30 oktober 2020 · 23 min
The Lago Agrio case takes a bizarre turn with a sting operation, United States subpoenas, and accusations of frad and bribery before a verdict is finally reached. Lees meer
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The Big Guns: Chevron's Legal Offensive
23 oktober 2020 · 32 min
As Ecuadorian plaintiffs gain press, public support, and an endorsement from the country's president, Chevron kicks things up a notch, bringing in new lawyers and a PR firm to rewrite the story. Lees meer
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The Secret Tribunal: Chevron vs. Ecuador
16 oktober 2020 · 45 min
In September 2009, Chevron filed an international arbitration claim against the Ecuadorian government over the Lago Agrio case. In the years since, Chevron has pointed to the decisions of the arbitral panel as akin to court decisions, but they're not one in the same—arbitral tribunals exist to help companies protect their profits and are largely conducted in secret. Marcos Orellana explains how this shadowy system impacts global climate action. Lees meer
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The Trial: Oil and Justice in Ecuador
9 oktober 2020 · 23 min
The fight for justice in Ecuador's Amazon moves to the courtroom, while an election changes the political landscape and a global PR war kicks into high gear. Lees meer
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The Colonizers: How Oil and Missionaries Shaped the Amazon
2 oktober 2020 · 29 min
How did the Amazon's oil conflict come about in the first place? We go back to the 1960s, the early days of oil colonialism in Ecuador, when the partnerships between oil men and missionaries began and disrupted Indigenous communities. Lees meer
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La Lucha En La Jungla: Pollution in the Amazon
25 september 2020 · 26 min
In August 2019, an American lawyer was placed under house arrest while awaiting trial for criminal contempt, stemming from a decades-long case that began with polution in the Amazon. The cas has since spanned continents and courtrooms while the victims—indigenous tribes in the Ecuadorian Amazon—continue to seek justice. This is season 5: La Lucha En La Jungla. Lees meer
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Big Oil vs. Divestment
22 augustus 2020 · 13 min
TheTrump administration proposed a rule that would make it harder for financial managers to investment retirement funds in environmentally or socially responsible ways. The fossil fuel industry praised the rule, noting that the divestment movement has become a serious problem and reduced its access to capital. Journalist David Sirota broke that story and joins us to explain. PLUS: a sneak peek of season 5 of Drilled. Lees meer
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Bribery and Bailouts: The Ohio Utility Scandal
1 augustus 2020 · 21 min
The FBI arrested Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Larry Householder for racketeering or, as the state attorney general put it, "bribery, that's what it was." Private utility FirstEnergy paid politicians, including Householder, to pass a corporate bailout to keep coal and nuclear plants open while blocking renewables. Leah Stokes, University of California Santa Barbara political science professor and author of Short Circuiting Policy, explains how it all went down. Lees meer
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The Netherlands Considers a Fossil Fuel Advertising Ban
14 juli 2020 · 20 min
An advocacy group in the Netherlands is calling for a ban on fossil fuel ads. Campaigner Femke Sleegers joins us to explain the roots of the campaign, its goal, and the initial response to it. Lees meer
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Fracking Giant Chesapeake Energy Declares Bankruptcy
30 juni 2020 · 15 min
Despite tax breaks, royalty cuts, and other COVID-19 incentives, Chesapeake Energy, a pioneer in the American fracking industry, has declared bankruptcy. We explore why the pandemic isn't to blame and what the says about government bailouts for struggling fossil fuel companies. Lees meer
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Minnesota and D.C. File Climate Fraud Suits
26 juni 2020 · 12 min
Two new lawsuits, in Minnesota and D.C., were filed within 24 hours of each other and allege the same thing: that fossil fuel companies misled consumers about climate change. Lees meer
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Big Oil's Multi-Billion-Dollar Blind Spot
18 juni 2020 · 24 min
A new Carbon Tracker report finds that oil and gas companies have been grossly underestimating the cost for plugging and abandoning wells, particularly for fracking wells. The report co-authors Rob Schuwerk and Greg Rogers break down the scale of the problem, the cost, and who will ultimately foot the bill. Lees meer
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From Hot Take: Yes, We Still Need to Talk About Climate
14 juni 2020 · 28 min
Amid nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, some climate activists have been saying "now's not the time to talk about climate." On Hot Take, Mary Annaise Hegler and Amy Westervelt discuss the idea that climate and racial justice are connected and influence one another. Find Hot Take here. Lees meer
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Naomi Klein on "Disaster Capitalism" in America
7 juni 2020 · 35 min
Naomi Klein describes how "disaster capitalism," the corporate feeding frenzy that happens in the wake of major crisis, is playing out in America right now. On a research trip to post-Katrina New Orleans for her book The Shock Doctrine, she connected her work on human rights and labor to climate, and shares what needs to happen, including the Green New Deal, to spur a justice-focused transformation in the United States. Lees meer
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New Investigation Finds Shell Directly Funded Climate Denial
29 mei 2020 · 23 min
A major investigative report from the Netherlands has uncovered new evidence that Royal Dutch Shell directly funded climate science denial in the 1990s. Reporters Alexander Beunder and Jilles Mast have been combing through 150+ boxes of documents from the personal archive of Fritz Böttcherone, one of the Netherlands' top climate skeptics during the 1990s, and made a shocking discovery: throughout his career Böttcher received direct funding from Royal Dutch Shell. It's part of a large project called the Shell Papers at the Platform for Authentic Journalism, in the Netherlands. Lees meer
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From Hot Take: Why the GOP's "Climate Lockdown" Narrative is Wrong
22 mei 2020 · 10 min
The New York Times recenty ran a story on the GOP's new climate narrative: that the Dems imposing climate action will be worse than the pandemic quarantine. In this episode from Hot Take, Mary Annaise Heglar and Amy Westervelt look at how the narrative emerged, why it's striking a nerve, and how to wrestle the climate story back. Find Hot Take here. Lees meer
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The Death of Fred Singer and the Endurance of Climate Deniers
19 mei 2020 · 41 min
In April 2020, Fred Singer, longtime "king" of the climate deniers, died at the age of 95. Singer played a key role in shaping the history of science denial. Investigative reporter Dan Zegart, author of the book Civil Warriors, and Connor Gibson, an investigator with Greenpeace, discuss the climate denial machine Singer built, the legacy he leaves behind, and whether the COVID-19 pandemic may topple science denial and fake free marketeteering forever. Lees meer
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A Lawsuit Could Force FERC to Consider Climate Impacts of New Oil and Gas Projects
9 mei 2020 · 17 min
A lawsuit filed against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over a small Massachusetts project could have nationwide implications. The lawsuit aims to force FERC to evaluate the overall emissions and climate change impact of any new energy project—something the courts ordered the agency to do yers ago and has particular relevance right now as FERC has been rapidly approving new energy infrastructure. Adam Carlesco, lead attorney for the plantiffs, walks us through the case. Lees meer
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What Planet of the Humans Gets Wrong About Climate Change
29 april 2020 · 26 min
The Michael Moore–produced documentary Planet of the Humans sparked controversy around renewable energy. Political scientist and environmental policy expert Leah Stokes joins us to discuss the many things the new film gets wrong about environmentalists and the fight for climate action. Lees meer
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Earth Day in Louisiana: A Petro-state Fights Back
22 april 2020 · 28 min
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and a decade after the BP Deepwarter oil spill, we head to Louisiana to examine petrochemicals, petroleum, plastic, fossil fuel philanthropy, and the impact the pandemic is having on it all. Lees meer
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Art, Autodesk, and What Accountability Looks Like for the Tech Industry
22 april 2020 · 21 min
Joanie Lemercier has been a thorn in software company Autodesk's side for more than a year now, since the French artist first pointed out that Autodesk's computer-aided drafting (CAD) software keeps Europe's largest coal mine operating. Tech reporter Maddie Stone investigates how the software is used by not only coal mines but also to design oil and gas pipelines, raising urgent questions about climate accountability in tech. Lees meer
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How Big Oil is Using COVID-19 to Push Plastic
16 april 2020 · 18 min
A new report from the Center for International Environmental Law examines how oil, gas, and petrochemical companies are leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic to push policy and increase profits. Carroll Muffet walks us through key points of the report, including how the industries are using the pandemic to boost single-use plastics. Lees meer
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Held Hostage by Fracking: Colorado Seniors Shelter In Place
15 april 2020 · 11 min
As shelter-in-place orders went into effect, residents of Broomfield, Colorado faced exposure to flowback-driven air pollution thanks to their proximity to oil and gas operations. When the city issued an emergency decree to local operations to cease fracking flowback during the pandemic, Extraction Oil filed for a restraining order to block the city's decree. It's the first test of Colorado's 2019 law prioritizing public health and safety over oil and gas production, which allows local governments to set stringent safeguards. Lees meer
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New Research Shows Fossil Fuels Are Not As Essential As The Industry Would Like You to Believe
7 april 2020 · 22 min
Fossil fuel use has certainly grown GDP, but it has had no effect on life expectancy. In other words, the industry's "benefit" has acrrued to relatively few humans. Lees meer
Dr. Julia Steinberger, professor of social ecology and ecological economics at the University of Leeds, has published research debunking classic fossil fuel narratives around the industry's importance to society and human wellbeing. Read her study, "Your Money or Your Life?" Environmental Research Letters, here.
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Texas Shale Refineries Release "Unimaginable" Amounts of Methane Emissions
3 april 2020 · 12 min
Field investigator Sharon Wilson has spotted a troubling increase in methane emissions from refineries in the Permian Basin, in Texas. Things went from bad to worse in January 2020, and really blew up in early March ... almost as though they knew regulators wouldn't be watching. Lees meer
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Why ExxonMobil and Chevron Oppose a Shale Gas Bailout
1 april 2020 · 15 min
The American Petroleum Institute, ExxonMobil and Chevron have been amongst the biggest opponents to bailouts for shale gas companies as part of the coronavirus relief package. DeSmog's Justin Mikulka explains why. Lees meer
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How Big Oil Exploited the COVID-19 Pandemic
28 maart 2020 · 22 min
The oil and gas industry was headed for financial collapse long before COVID-19, but now the Trump administration wants to use the pandemic to put it on life support. Meanwhile, the American Petroleum Institute is using the pandemic to get the industry's deregulation wishlist. Lees meer
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From Hot Take: Seeing Climate Through Coronavirus Glasses with David Wallace-Wells
25 maart 2020 · 1 uur 34 min
Hot Take hosts Mary Annaise Heglar and Amy Westervelt talk to David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth and deputy editor of New York magazine, about the intersection of climate change and the coronavirus pandemic. Lees meer
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Tackling Disinformation: Jay Rosen & Nicholas Johnson on the Media’s Role
29 februari 2020 · 30 min
What can be done about Big Oil disinformation now? New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen and former FCC commissioner Nicholas Johnson join us to talk about everything from the Fairness Doctrine to cable access to today's "post-fact" world, and where we can really go from here. Special thanks to Mary Catherine O'Connor for additional reporting. Lees meer
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Meet the Harrisons: Architects of Greenwashing and Environmental PR
28 februari 2020 · 29 min
E. Bruce and Patricia Harrison launched the E. Bruce Harrison Company in 1973, working for a mix of chemical companies, oil and gas companies, and tobacco companies. E. Bruce is considered the father of environmental public relations—or by his critics, "the godfather of greenwashing." Lees meer
The Harrisons ran multiple cross-industry coalitions and front groups, aimed primarily at stopping regulation on everything from smoking to carbon emissions. Today, Ms. Harrison is the president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a position she's held since 2005.
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The Tobacco-Oil-Plastic Triangle
27 februari 2020 · 25 min
John Hill, founder of Hill & Knowlton, was an Ivy Lee devotee who worked for Standard Oil in the 1930s, strategized against labor movements and the New Deal, and wound up representing the American Petroleum Institute and the Tobacco Industry Research Committee—a fake research group formed by the CEOs of all the major tobacco companies in the 1950s—at the very same time. His manipulation skills were so good they even fooled the legendary Edward R. Murrow. Lees meer
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The Origins of Corporate PR Manipulation
25 februari 2020 · 27 min
Sigmund Freud's nephew, Edward Bernays, coined the term "public relations" when propaganda started to become a negative term. His specialty was using psychological know-how to manipulate the masses and orchestrate cultural shifts in his clients' favor (clients like Standard Oil, the American Tobacco Company, and General Motors). Lees meer
Decades later, W. Howard Chase built onto that foundation with the idea of issues management—predicting an industry's potential issues, and manipulating political, social, and cultural forces to neutralize them. Chase is responsible for one of the best-known examples of greenwashing, the so-called "crying Indian ad," which introduced the idea of "litter bugs" and individual responsibility for pollution.
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Guardian Bans Fossil Fuel Ads: Emily Atkin Talks with CEO Anna Bateson
18 februari 2020 · 23 min
We'll be back with more Mad Men tales next week, we promise! While we're out chasing leads, listen to this great interview from Emily Atkin with The Guardian's interim CEO Anna Bateson about that publication's decision to stop taking ads from fossil fuel companies. Lees meer
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Oil Slick, Part 2: False Equivalence and Free Speech
11 februari 2020 · 16 min
In part two of our episode on former Mobil VP Herb Schmertz, we dig into how Schmertz's approach bred false equivalence, and why he pushed so hard for the extension of First Amendment rights to corporations. Lees meer
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Oil Slick, Part 1: Mobil's PR Mastermind and the Rise of the Corporate Persona
4 februari 2020 · 20 min
Mobil Oil's Herb Schmertz humanized the oil company, creating the "corporate persona," fighting for First Amendment rights to extend to corporations, and laying the groundwork for decades of aggressive media manipulation. Lees meer
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Psychological Warfare and Big Oil
28 januari 2020 · 21 min
Daniel Edelman learned the tools of his trade combating Nazi propaganda in WWII, then came home and put his psychological warfare training to work for American industry, including tobacco and Big Oil. Lees meer
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The Oil-Nazi-Propaganda Triangle
21 januari 2020 · 21 min
Ivy Lee worked with Standard Oil and the Rockefellers to establish the American Petroleum Institute in 1919, as well as a petrochemicals partnership with German chemical giant IG Farben. That job took Lee to Germany, to meet with Goebbels and Hitler and advise them on dealing with the American press. He was under investigation by Congress for his role in Nazi propaganda at the time of his death. Lee's work building the API was one of his most important contributions to fossil fuel propaganda—it's the foundation on which the next 100 years was built. Lees meer
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The Father of Public Relations
21 januari 2020 · 15 min
In order to understand Big Oil's propaganda machine, and why it's been so effective, we have to go back more than 100 years to Standard Oil, John D. Rockefeller and his son, a bloody miners' strike, and the very first PR guy who swooped in to clean it all up. Lees meer
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Coming Soon: The Mad Men of Climate Denial
5 december 2019 · 3 min
Big Oil gave Hitler propaganda tips decades ago and their PR machine has only grown from there. Explore the history of fossil fuel propaganda and the "Mad Men of climate denial" PR strategists that shaped it. Lees meer
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Youth Climate Suits and Inter-generational Injustice
28 november 2019 · 27 min
Young people around the world are taking governments to court over climate change—and winning global attention in the process. We breakdown the Juliana vs. United States case, where a group of young people sued the government for incentivizing increased fossil fuel dependence, thereby robbing the next generation of the pursuit for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Others, like Greta Thunberg, filed a complaint with the United Nations that top fossil fuel-producing countries were violating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. As both suits move forward, we take a look at how they differ from climate liability cases, what makes them so compelling, and where they might head next. Lees meer
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ExxonMobil NY Fraud Trial Recap: What the Verdict Means for Big Oil
8 november 2019 · 20 min
New York's fraud trial against ExxonMobil closed November 7th. Reporter Emily Gertz and Union of Concerned Scientist's Kathy Mulvey bring us their takes on this and Exxon's next fraud trial. Lees meer
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