The Battle Over the Clean Air Act
In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled in Massachusetts vs. EPA that when the United States Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1970, climate science was “in its infancy,” implying that government official...
15 Elo 202428min
How Big Oil Sold a “Climate Solution” and Stuck Taxpayers with the Bill
Carbon capture has always seemed flawed as a climate solution, but in a blockbuster investigation co-published with Vox, we discovered just how scammy it really is. Carolyn Raffensperger, executive di...
30 Heinä 202435min
Silencing Activists: How an El Savador Cold Case Murder Became a Tool to Criminalize Activism
In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to pass an outright ban on mining to protect the country's water and people. Now, self-proclaimed "coolest dictator in the world" Nayib Bukel...
17 Heinä 202438min
From Damages: Could Oil Companies Be Charged with Murder?
With the Supreme Court reshaping the legal landscape, we've been getting a ton of emails about what legal strategies might be available for climate accountability. In this episode of Damages, our clim...
9 Heinä 202433min
The Great “Greening” of LNG: How Fossil Fuel Lobbying Fuels Climate Delay
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is increasingly marketed as a “green” or “clean” energy solution, but the reality tells a different story. As part of our ongoing series looking into new climate problems t...
3 Heinä 202438min
How Management Consultancies Data-Wash Climate Solutions
Fossil fuel companies can't push ideas like "low carbon gas" or oversell technologies like carbon capture alone. Management consultations play a critical, and often overlooked, role in shaping climate...
25 Kesä 202435min
The Coordinated Attack on Shareholder Activism
The backlash against ESG continues, with a string of lawsuits aimed at shutting down shareholder activism. Andrew Behar, CEO of shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, joins us to explain what's going ...
18 Touko 202451min
Climate News Update: New Carbon Majors Report and Swiss Elders' Historic Win
The landmark Carbon Majors report has been updated with some surprising new data and the European Court of Human Rights has sent down an historic ruling that will shape how EU legislators look at ener...
16 Huhti 202441min
