Bribery and Bailouts: The Ohio Utility Scandal
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 poli...
1 Aug 202020min
The Netherlands Considers a Fossil Fuel Advertising Ban
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.Addition...
14 Jul 202019min
Fracking Giant Chesapeake Energy Declares Bankruptcy
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...
30 Jun 202014min
Minnesota and D.C. File Climate Fraud Suits
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. Learn more about your a...
26 Jun 202011min
Big Oil's Multi-Billion-Dollar Blind Spot
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 Sc...
18 Jun 202023min
From Hot Take: Yes, We Still Need to Talk About Climate
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 th...
14 Jun 202028min
Naomi Klein on "Disaster Capitalism" in America
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 Orle...
7 Jun 202034min
New Investigation Finds Shell Directly Funded Climate Denial
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 hav...
29 Mai 202023min
