Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 1d

We're gonna take a break for all of December 🫡

Reposted by Drilled

Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 5d

An important conversation. Thanks @drilledmedia.bsky.social and @aronczyk.bsky.social larger book project led by @timmonsroberts.bsky.social (Brown University), Jennifer Jacquet (University of Miami), Carlos Milani (Rio de Janeiro State University) & Christian Downie (Australian National University)

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 6d

Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

drilled.media

5 17

Reposted by Drilled

Bettina Schwarzen @bettinaschwarzen.bsky.social · 5d

If you don't yet, do follow @amywestervelt.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social @maxboykoff.bsky.social @drkatemarvel.bsky.social on why people seem so deaf to our climate predicaments. Spoiler: they don't get told how the solutions would benefit them while delay costs them and benefits the few.

Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 6d

Said it before, will probably die saying it, we are never going to solve the climate disinfo problem if we don't fix media. As @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes here, the public by and large learns about climate change via the media, so if the media trades in false equivalence, it's damaging!

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 6d

Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

1 4

Reposted by Drilled

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 4d

In the @drilledmedia.bsky.social episode on 'The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction', Melissa Aronczyk also introduces the Greenwashing Assessment Framework—a "clear and coherent framework to identify greenwashing & to lay out a set of criteria that anyone can use"

👀🧵 by lead author 👇

Steph Hill @sahill.bsky.social · Jun 9

Revised greenwashing assessment framework just published in ecology and society! I'm really proud of the work that the spinning climate change working group put into this one and wanted to share the paper and a couple of thoughts. ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...
@cssn.org #CommSky #AcademicSky

Ecology & Society: Testing the greenwashing assessment framework

Greenwashing is of growing concern as the world struggles to respond to the triple planetary crises of pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss. New terminology to label greenwashing has enter...

ecologyandsociety.org

8 19

Reposted by Drilled

Steph Hill @sahill.bsky.social · 4d

Great to see/hear Melissa on @drilledmedia.bsky.social talking about the role of PR and discussing the greenwashing assessment framework!

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 4d

In the @drilledmedia.bsky.social episode on 'The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction', Melissa Aronczyk also introduces the Greenwashing Assessment Framework—a "clear and coherent framework to identify greenwashing & to lay out a set of criteria that anyone can use"

👀🧵 by lead author 👇

Steph Hill @sahill.bsky.social · Jun 9

Revised greenwashing assessment framework just published in ecology and society! I'm really proud of the work that the spinning climate change working group put into this one and wanted to share the paper and a couple of thoughts. ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...
@cssn.org #CommSky #AcademicSky

1 2 3

Reposted by Drilled

CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 New episode from @drilledmedia.bsky.social: The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction.

@aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social join @amywestervelt.bsky.social to discuss why understanding the media’s role in blocking climate action is crucial to solving the crisis.

buff.ly/PnGw6Jb

S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

buff.ly

7 11

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 1d

Next week's episode is focused on coal, utilities, and transport in particular!

1 1

Reposted by Drilled

tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 3d

🎙🎧"We have a lot of evidence now about the role of coal companies, utilities, car manufacturers, meat & dairy producers that have joined in efforts to delay and slow down climate policies" #CarCulture #Vegan #GreenEnergy 🚫🚗🚫🐄

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 6d

Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

drilled.media

2 6 16

Reposted by Drilled

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

The sheer amount of content coming out of @drilledmedia.bsky.social is incredible. A whole bunch of great interviews partic on climate obstruction and tactics. Haven't even finished the great 'carbon bros' series yet, too much good stuff damn it

pca.st/podcast/35c7...

3 16 49

Reposted by Drilled

Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 1d

This story from @rishpardikar.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social on how Modi's oil & coal cronies are pulling all the strings in India is *wild* not least for the story of the oil baron's son who is going around the world poaching endangered species 🤯 drilled.media/news/modi-ad...

75,000 Endangered and Exotic Animals, SLAPP Suits, and Zero Oversight

How oil and coal billionaires with close ties to the Modi government escape judicial and media scrutiny in India.

drilled.media

1 19 31

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 6d

Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

drilled.media

2 14 23

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 8d

In this week's episode, we dig into the psychology of mis/disinformation and why it works so well. We thought we knew a lot about disinformation, and then we talked to these experts!

drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

S14, Ep3 | The Psychology of Misinformation: Why Does It Work So Well?

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

drilled.media

3 28 38

Reposted by Drilled

CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 8d

🧠 The Psychology of Misinformation: Why Does It Work So Well?

The latest episode from @drilledmedia.bsky.social explores how misinformation spreads, why our brains fall for repeated falsehoods, and what makes people so vulnerable to manipulation online.

drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

S14, Ep3 | The Psychology of Misinformation: Why Does It Work So Well?

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

drilled.media

6 7

Reposted by Drilled

Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 16d

In which Jesse Bryant explains the connection between accelerationism and climate politics, and why tf Joe Rogan is always talkin about the Kali Yuga

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9b...

Welcome to the Rapture! How Accelerationism Intersects with Climate

YouTube video by Drilled

www.youtube.com

2 13 41

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 16d

Reminder that you can get a copy of the book here (and you'll also be able to download a free digital copy after October 14th at this same link!): global.oup.com/academic/pro...

global.oup.com

3

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 16d

Today on the podcast, @amywestervelt.bsky.social digs into another chapter of the great @cssn.org book on global climate obstruction, focused on the role rightwing populism plays in climate obstruction. Welcome to the Rapture, people!

drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

S14, Ep2 | Welcome to the Rapture! How Rightwing Populism and Accelerationism Intersect with Climate

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

drilled.media

1 2 5

Reposted by Drilled

Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 23d

If you're a @drilledmedia.bsky.social listener you know I think social scientists are key sources if we want to understand why governments haven't acted on climate. So imagine my nerd delight to get my hands on an incredible new batch of research on climate obstruction. drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

Welcome to the World of Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

drilled.media

4 62 140

Reposted by Drilled

Treesong @treesong.bsky.social · 24d

Check out the Carbon Bros season of the Drilled podcast! (@drilledmedia.bsky.social)

Carbon Bros explores the intersection between the climate crisis and the crisis of masculinity. Great interviews and insights.

Carbon Bros

Where the climate crisis meets the crisis of masculinity.

drilled.media

1 3

Reposted by Drilled

Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 24d

People have been warning for years that the secretive Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system is a looming obstacle for climate action. A new round of claims filed by Exxon and Shell shows why (from @rishpardikar.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/groningen)

Exxon and Shell Sue The Netherlands in Secret Tribunals for Closing Europe’s Biggest Gas Field

Following billions in profits and over a thousand gas extraction-related earthquakes, the oil and gas giants filed claims against the Dutch state in four separate investor-state disputes concerning co...

drilled.media

2 43 58

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 26d

Make no mistake, the global turn toward authoritarianism is heavily oil-funded. drilled.media/news/casey-m...

The Golden Age of Oil-Funded Influence

Casey Michel, author of ‘Foreign Agents,’ on the state of lobbying and corruption in America.

drilled.media

4 64 160

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · Aug 26

Only two reporters were in the courtroom every day of this trial, and @alleenbrown.bsky.social was one of them. The judge denied requests to stream, film, or record, so her notes and meticulous coverage are now an important part of the public record. 👇

Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Aug 26

A tremendous package of stories, podcast, and documents from @alleenbrown.bsky.social on the story of Energy Transfer punishing Greenpeace for the #StandingRock protests is up @drilledmedia.bsky.social.

drilled.media/investigatio...

SLAPP’d

The story of an Indigenous nation fighting for its water, an environmental nonprofit facing extinction, and an energy giant using the courts to punish protestors.

drilled.media

14 30

Reposted by Drilled

CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · Aug 18

💡 How do gendered stories shape our response to the climate crisis?

In Carbon Bros episode 3, Amy Westervelt & Daniel Penny unpack “boy math” climate tech fixes, carbon capture, the doomer mindset & why so many solutions avoid real change.

via Non-Toxic & @drilledmedia.bsky.social

Carbon Bros: Episode 3 (Climate Hysteria, Doomers, and Boy Math Solutions)

All we need are some sky vacuums, right?

buff.ly

10 13

Reposted by Drilled

Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · Aug 21

Time to bring back up my past reporting for @thexylom.com @drilledmedia.bsky.social @floodlightnews.org @deceleration.news on how Texas Democrats have mercilessly knived the fighters in their own party to give Republicans carte blanche to harm their constituents

www.thexylom.com/post/you-nee...

The same day, Morgan LaMantia lost her State Senate seat by less than 3,000 votes, after her predecessor, Democrat Eddie Lucio Jr., endorsed her challenger, Adam Hinojosa, who accused her of supporting “overreaching regulations” on the oil and gas industry. LaMantia’s loss allowed Republicans to control South Texas in the state legislature’s upper chamber for the first time since Reconstruction.

1 21 80

Reposted by Drilled

J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · Aug 22

Finally getting around to @drilledmedia.bsky.social 's season on the Greenpeace/ Energy Transfer trial. It's very, very good and all of these people on the ET side deserve the worst, most tortured fate.

Drilled

A true-crime podcast about climate change.

drilled.media

4 17

Reposted by Drilled

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · Aug 23

Three episodes into this series by @drilledmedia.bsky.social on Greenpeace vs. Energy Transfer. Brilliant. Investigative reporting in podcast form about the biggest indigenous protest in recent US history & how & why the company filed a case that can bankrupt Greenpeace
drilled.media/investigatio...

SLAPP’d

The story of an Indigenous nation fighting for its water, an environmental nonprofit facing extinction, and an energy giant using the courts to punish protestors.

drilled.media

7 13