Drilled17 Loka 2023

The Tomato Soup “Controversy”: Do Disruptive Climate Protests Actually Work?

Climate activism has shifted over the past few years—it's more constant now and includes more direct action than ever before. Some of that action has sparked backlash from critics, including climate scientists and advocates, worried that protest will turn the public away from the urgent need to act on the climate crisis. Social science researchers who study structural change and protest say there's no evidence to back up that fear and that the only time social movements have ever affected change is when they've been wildly disruptive. We hear from social scientists on how radical or not climate protests really are, and what factors make direct action work or fail.

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The Bell Labs of Energy: How Exxon Led Early Climate Research

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29 Elo 201816min

Exploiting Scientists' Kryptonite: How Oil Companies Weaponized Uncertainty

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Drilled: A True Crime Podcast About Climate Change

Launching November 14th, Drilled is a limited series investigative true-crime podcast about the crime of the century: the creation of climate denial. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

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