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Two big new suits, 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 ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Experts Rob Schuwerk and Greg Rogers reveal the shocking underestimation of costs for plugging and abandoning oil and gas wells, especially fracking ones. They discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the industry and who will bear the financial burden.

Amid nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, some climate activists have been saying "now's not the time to talk about climate." In this episode we bring you an encore presentation of the latest Hot Take episode, in which Amy and Mary Annaise Heglar talk about how justice is justice; the idea that climate and racial justice are all the same thing, and can't be separated. To access the full-length episode, and weekly roundups of climate justice and accountability writing, reporting and analysis, please consider becoming a Hot Take premium subscriber: https://realhottake.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine focused on what she calls "disaster capitalism," the sort of corporate feeding frenzy that happens in the wake of major crises. It was on a research trip for that book, to post-Katrina New Orleans, that she connected her work on human rights and labor to climate. Klein shares that journey here, explains the Green New Deal, and talks about what needs to happen to spur a justice-focused transformation in the U.S.You can find Naomi's many great books here: https://naomiklein.org/books-and-films/Support us: https://www.drillednews.com/support-us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guests Alexander Beunder and Jilles Mast reveal shocking discovery that Shell funded a top climate skeptic in the 1990s. They discuss direct funding from Royal Dutch Shell, impact on Dutch policy, scientist's shift to skepticism, and Shell's financial backing of climate denial.

Last week, The New York Times ran a story on the GOP's favorite new climate narrative: If you think quarantine is bad, just wait til the Dems impose climate action on you. In this special ep from Hot Take, with Mary Annaise Heglar and Amy Westervelt, we look at how that narrative came about, why it's striking a nerve, and how to wrestle the climate story back.Subscribe to Hot Take: https://realhottake.substack.com/subscribeListen to Hot Take: https://podlink.to/realhottake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In April 2020, Fred Singer, longtime king of the climate deniers, died at the age of 95. In this episode, investigative reporter Dan Zegart, author of the book Civil Warriors, about the 1990s tobacco litigation, joins to talk about Singer's place in the history of science denial. Connor Gibson, an investigator with Greenpeace also joins to talk about the climate denial machine Singer built, the legacy he leaves behind, and whether the COVID-19 pandemic may topple science denial and fake free marketeering forever.Singer obituary: https://www.drillednews.com/post/fred-singer-obituary-climate-denierSupport our work: https://www.drillednews.com/support-us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lawsuit filed against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over a small project in Massachusetts could have big implications. It aims to force FERC to comply with an order the courts gave it back in 2017, and that it's been ignoring ever since: to evaluate the overall emissions and climate change impact of any new energy project. The case has particular relevance right now as FERC has been rapidly approving every project that crosses its desk. Adam Carlesco, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, joins to walk us through the case.Support our work: https://www.drillednews.com/support-us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political scientist and environmental policy expert Leah Stokes joins us to discuss the many things the new film Planet of the Humans gets wrong about renewable energy, environmentalists and the fight for climate action.Related stories:https://www.vox.com/2020/4/28/21238597/michael-moore-planet-of-the-humans-climate-changehttps://www.drillednews.com/post/planet-of-the-ecofascistshttps://www.drillednews.com/post/is-your-power-company-a-climate-denierSupport our work: https://www.drillednews.com/support-us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the week of the 10-year anniversary of the BP Deepwater oil spill, we head to Louisiana to talk petrochemicals, petroleum, plastic, fossil fueled philanthropy, and how the pandemic is affecting it all.Fossil-Free Fest: https://www.fossilfreefest.org/fff2020/Bucket Brigade: https://labucketbrigade.org/Healthy Gulf: https://www.healthygulf.org/Support us: https://www.drillednews.com/support-us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices