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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 4d

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.

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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 6d

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!

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

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 7d

🧠 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.

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

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 14d

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

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Welcome to the Rapture! How Accelerationism Intersects with Climate

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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 14d

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...

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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 14d

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!

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

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 21d

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.

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Treesong @treesong.bsky.social · 22d

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.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 22d

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...

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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 25d

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

All we need are some sky vacuums, right?

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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

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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.

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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.

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A true-crime podcast about climate change.

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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
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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.

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · Aug 24

The Carbon Bros series by @drilledmedia.bsky.social, @amywestervelt.bsky.social and Daniel Penny is a must listen!

The total undressing of the master-bros in this episode, like Shellenberger, Weiss and Rogan is just brilliant, and funny as hell!

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Carbon Bros, Ep 3: Climate Hysteria, Doomers, and Boy Math Solutions

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · Aug 25

Hello there! I wrapped up a three-year investigation with @thexylom.com this June about how regulatory lapses and power plays by Texas Republicans led to two oil spills in the Crude Oil Export Capital of America, in partnership with @drilledmedia.bsky.social @floodlightnews.org @deceleration.news.

"All Hell Breaks Loose" | The Xylom

The Texas oil export boom has left Coastal Bend residents in harm's way. A rainbow coalition is facing an uphill battle to compel the enforcement of environmental regulations, to mixed results. Can th...

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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · Aug 25

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.

NYT just covered it. 1/n

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Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Aug 25

It's a rare feat to make something terrifying and sad somehow also really beautiful to read, and I think @roycerk2.bsky.social managed it here in his latest for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/algal-b...

“There Was So Much Death.” A Toxic Algal Bloom Is Ravaging Australia’s Southern Coast—Warming Waters Are to Blame.

Three ingredients are required for an algal bloom to get going – temperature, the right conditions and food. South Australia had all the preconditions necessary, thanks to climate change.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Aug 14

One of the key "defamation" claims Energy Transfer filed against Greenpeace over its involvement with Standing Rock centered on the destruction of sacred sites. In today's @drilledmedia.bsky.social episode we hear the whole story from @alleenbrown.bsky.social drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

SLAPP’d Episode 5 | Sacred Sites

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Aug 14

The answer to the many, many stories of shady carbon credits has been verification. Surely if these credits are audited, we can trust them, right? A new study says nope, conflict of interest abounds. @rishpardikar.bsky.social has the story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/carbon-...

New Research: The Inherent Conflict of Interest in Carbon Markets

The allure of “verified” carbon credits is obvious, but new research finds the verification process deeply flawed by the fact that auditors are hired and paid by project developers, creating a financi...

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · Jul 27

Australian courts keep ruling that climate change is a political problem; the International Court of Justice just made it a legal issue for Australia.

My report on what the Pabai Pabai decision looks like in the rear view mirror of the ICJ advisory opinion on for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.

Australia’s Courts Say Climate Change Is a Political Problem. The ICJ Just Made it a Legal Issue.

As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.

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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · Jul 27

Want to know what the ICJ climate ruling means? Here's an explainer from @rishpardikar.bsky.social & @amywestervelt.bsky.social and a deep dive from @roycerk2.bsky.social in Australia:

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Landmark Ruling Gives Paris Climate Agreement Teeth

A rare unanimous ruling from the International Court of Justice creates a pathway to hold all governments, even the climate-denying ones, legally liable for climate risk.

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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · Jul 26

Hard to believe there's any such thing as good climate news these days but...this is what it looks like:

Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Jul 26

The ruling from the International Court of Justice last week is genuinely a big fucking deal. It makes it a legal obligation for countries to address climate change. Yes, even the ones not signed on to Paris. Yes, even the U.S. More from me & @rishpardikar.bsky.social drilled.media/news/ijc-1

Landmark Ruling Gives Paris Climate Agreement Teeth

A rare unanimous ruling from the International Court of Justice creates a pathway to hold all governments, even the climate-denying ones, legally liable for climate risk.

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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · Jul 26

💚 thank you!!

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