Drilled

The podcast explores the use of trumped-up tax evasion charges in Vietnam to suppress civil society groups and imprison climate activists. It discusses the political motives behind the charges, the impact on open debate, and President Biden's visit. The chapters cover the imprisonment of activists, the lack of democratic control in Vietnam, the criminalization of climate activism, and the alarming increase in human rights abuses.

The podcast discusses the criminalization of environmental protest in Australia, the expansion of fossil fuel projects, and the tactics employed by the industry to hinder climate action. It also highlights the introduction of new laws targeting environmental activists and the dangerous consequences of increasing fossil fuel production.

Explore the push to criminalize environmental and climate protest, the tactics used by extractive industries and the framing of opponents as criminal threats. Learn about the redefinition of violence to include harm to property, the chilling effect on environmental activism, and the criminalization of activists opposing oil pipelines.

Disha Ravi, co-founder of Fridays for Future India, talks about her arrest at 22, the criminalization of protest, and the suppression of environmental activism in India. She reflects on her journey as a climate activist, the formation of coalitions, and her determination to continue her work for climate justice despite the challenges she faces.

Evlondo Cooper, Media Matters senior researcher, discusses how flawed media coverage has helped the fossil fuel industry criminalize climate protest. The podcast explores the influence of media on public perception of climate activism, the lack of coverage on the criminalization of climate protests, and the media's role in overlooking the funding and influence of the fossil fuel industry. It emphasizes the need for understanding, context, and rapid improvement in media reporting on climate change and environmental issues.

Around the world, climate and other environmental protestors are being harassed, attacked, and arrested at an alarming rate. Laws are being passed that levy life-altering prison sentences and fines on protestors arrested near anything deemed “critical infrastructure,” which is defined so broadly it’s hard to find a public space that wouldn’t be near it anymore. Corporations are suing protestors and NGOs, comparing protest to organized crime. Governments are growing increasingly comfortable branding environmental protestors as “domestic terrorists.” And so far the media is largely participating in the rhetorical “othering” of protestors, opting in most cases to focus on the disruption that protest causes rather than the change it seeks, and to marginalize activists. In this print and audio series we’ll take an in-depth look at how climate protest has evolved in recent years, where this backlash is coming from, how it’s grown so quickly, and what it feels like to be someone who’s concerned enough about the future of humanity to join a protest, only to find themselves facing police violence and several years in jail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In more than 30 climate cases making their way through U.S. courts today, oil companies are using an argument they've been laying the legal groundwork for since the 1970s: that since everything they've ever said about climate change was in the interest of shaping policy or blocking regulation, it's protected speech, even if it was misleading. In this episode we take a look at how those cases are playing out and the likelihood that this new take on "corporate free speech" could make it all the way to the Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Worried that all their work creating Mobil's personality and a multi-pronged issue advertising campaign to go with it would go to waste if the TV networks deemed it all "propaganda" Herb and his boss looked to the courts for protection. In this episode we follow the "corporate free speech" movement through the courts, where it got a big assist from tobacco lobbyist-turned-Supreme Court justice Lewis F. Powell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 1970s, Mobil Oil had invented the advertorial and was aggressively pursuing an entirely new type of marketing, branding the company as a person with a unique personality and opinions that deserved to be heard. When public backlash threatened to undermine their approach, they launched a campaign that would change the course of U.S. history. Transcript Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ExxonMobil, Chevron and other petrochemical giants are increasingly organizing against grassroots environmental justice activism in Louisiana that are part of the Beyond Petrochemicals campaign. The companies have joined with pro-industry politicians and local Chambers of Commerce to form a “sustainability council,” focused not on environmental sustainability but on the longevity of the petrochemical industry on Louisiana's Gulf Coast.  Jo Banner of The Descendants Project and Shamyra Lavigne of RISE St. James, two key organizers in the area, join us to talk about why the industry is suddenly organizing against them.Read more in The Guardian and Floodlight News exposé here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/04/cancer-alley-louisiana-environment-oil-industry-oppositionAd codes: tryfirstleaf.com/drilled - 50% off first 6 bottles plus free shipping from First Leaf athleticgreens.com/drilled - free year's supply of vitamin D + 5 free travel packs of AG1 from Athletic Greens earthbreeze.com/drilled - 40% off EarthBreeze laundry detergent Eco Sheets airdoctorpro.com and use promo code DRILLED and depending on the model, you’ll receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300 off expressvpn.com/drilled for 3 extra months free on your VPN subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices