And Then There Was COVID
Just as the fossil fuel industry was starting to worry about demand for single use plastics, along comes a global pandemic that they could leverage to push more of it. And they did! But was it enough ...
30 Juli 202121min
Fighting Formosa in Louisiana
Diane Wilson couldn't keep Formosa Plastics out of her Texas town, but down the coast in St. James Parish, Louisiana, Sharon Lavigne is fighting like hell to keep the petrochemical giant out. See omn...
23 Juli 202126min
Don't Mess with Texas
How did the fracking boom lead to a plastics boom? We examine how the gas and plastics industries have embedded themselves in society through the story of one petrochemical company operating on the Gu...
16 Juli 202124min
Coming Soon: The Bridge to Nowhere
Season 6 explores the natural gas industry in three parts, following he story of Formosa Plastics to explain the direct connection between the fracking boom and plastics surge. Formosa Plastics is a c...
17 Juni 20213min
Update: Steven Donziger's Trial in New York
Steven Donziger went to trial for the criminal contempt charge that's kept him on house arrest for 600 days and counting. Paul Paz Y Mino of Amazon Watch brings us an update. See omnystudio.com/liste...
27 Maj 202119min
How Big Oil Made You Feel Guilty About Climate Change
Harvard science historian Naomi Oreskes reveals how the fossil fuel companies use language targeted specifically to downplay the reality of climate change and shift responsibility entirely onto consum...
17 Maj 202118min
The Heath Impacts of the Coal-to-Gas Transition: Harvard's New Study
A new study out from Harvard University sheds light on the health impacts of transitioning from coal to other combustible fuels. These findings are important for climate policy, particularly the fact ...
11 Maj 202117min
Rep. Ro Khanna on Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
The first Congressional hearing on Earth Day 2021 is focused on fossil fuel subsidies. The elimination of such subsidies was written into Biden's infrastructure bill, and House Democrats want to make ...
22 Apr 202110min
