What Ecuador's Yasuní Referendum Really Means for Oil, in Yasuní and Beyond
Last year, headlines all over the world proclaimed victory for the environment: finally, after more than a decade of promises, there would be no more drilling in Yasuní National Park, a large swath of...
20 Feb 202425min
Introducing: Hazard NYC
Check out the limited-run series Hazard NYC from The City, all about how climate change intersects with Superfund sites in New York City. Start with episode one here. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
19 Feb 20242min
The Past, Present, and Future of Climate Protest with Dana R. Fisher
Sociologist Dana R. Fisher draws on years of research in her new book, Saving Ourselves, to explore what makes climate protests effective, what a protest "working" even means, where the climate moveme...
13 Feb 202445min
The "EcoTerrorist" Panic
The United States' governments definition of "ecoterrorism" has long fueled backlash against environmental activists. Investigative reporter and Drilled senior editor Alleen Brown uncovers how the Dep...
31 Jan 202438min
Meet the United Nations' First Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders
Michel Forst became the United Nations' first Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders in 2022, monitoring the increasingly onerous laws and aggressive tactics being used against climate protesto...
23 Jan 20241h 12min
How UK Courts Became the New Battleground for Climate Protest
A decade after United Kingdom courts made history with the first "climate necessity" ruling in history, the UK government has passed new laws that not only restrict what protesters can do, but also ho...
16 Jan 202432min
What Happened At Bayou Bridge? The Other End of the Dakota Access Pipeline
While protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation drew international attention, the southern end of the pipeline saw a quieter, but no less intense crackd...
19 Dec 202344min
Seven Years Later: The Dakota Access Pipeline Environmental Impact Statement
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closes the comment period on its draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 1,172-mile pipeline that’s been pumping 500,000 barrels of oil ...
7 Dec 202336min
