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Feb 7, 2023 • 24min

Origins of Climate Denial: Weaponizing False Equivalence

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows that not only did Exxon scientists suspect climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels was a growing problem that would lead to crisis if nothing changed, but they were terrifyingly accurate in their modeling and predictions. Alongside this special re-broadcast of Season 1 of Drilled, all about the origins of climate denial and Exxon's role in it, we speak with the study's lead author Geoffrey Supran about its importance.In this episode, the industry's role in creating and then weaponizing false equivalence on climate—the idea that the opinions of a handful of contrarians are equally valid to those of the majority of peer-reviewed studies on the topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 1, 2023 • 25min

Origins of Climate Denial: The Turn

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows that not only did Exxon scientists suspect climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, was a growing problem that would lead to crisis if nothing changed, but they were terrifyingly accurate in their modeling and predictions. Alongside this special re-broadcast of Season 1 of Drilled, all about the origins of climate denial and Exxon's role in it, we speak with the study's lead author Geoffrey Supran about its importance.2015 Exxon Knew Reporting: Inside Climate News Los Angeles Times Columbia Journalism School Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 24, 2023 • 24min

Exxon Was Right: The Bell Labs of Energy

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows that not only did Exxon scientists suspect climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, was a growing problem that would lead to crisis if nothing changed, but they were terrifyingly accurate in their modeling and predictions. Alongside this special re-broadcast of Season 1 of Drilled, all about the origins of climate denial and Exxon's role in it, we speak with the study's lead author Geoffrey Supran about its importance.2015 Exxon Knew Reporting: Inside Climate News Los Angeles Times Columbia Journalism School Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 10, 2023 • 52min

Life in a Ticking Carbon Bomb

In this special sneak preview of our next season, we hear from Melinda Janki, a lawyer who's fighting to keep her home country of Guyana from becoming one of the world's largest carbon bombs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 20, 2022 • 20min

Rep Ro Khanna on the House Oversight Committee's Climate Disinfo Investigation and a Whole New Batch of Documents

The House Oversight Committee wrapped up its investigation into climate disinformation earlier this month and published a second tranche of revealing internal documents that spell out exactly how the world's largest oil companies have misled the public on their commitments to energy transition. One of the people who spearheaded that investigation, Representative Ro Khanna, joins us to discuss. Read more: https://www.drilledpodcast.com/highlights-from-the-climate-disinfo-document-dump/https://theintercept.com/staff/amy-westervelt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 13, 2022 • 20min

Truck Manufacturers Are Lobbying Against Emissions Reductions In the U.S.

A new report from Influence Map shows that despite all their talk of "clean trucks," truck manufacturers are lobbying heavily against emissions reductions at both the state and federal level. Read the report: https://influencemap.org/report/US-Heavy-Duty-Transport-Climate-Change-20434 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 6, 2022 • 43min

First Climate RICO Filed + James Hansen Sues EPA

November was a big month for climate litigation! The first-ever climate RICO was filed on behalf of 16 Puerto Rican municipalities, plus a cohort of scientists and researchers, including NASA scientist James Hansen, sued the EPA to compel them to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 22, 2022 • 34min

Loss and Damage, Minus the Fossil Fuels As Development Myth

Loss and damage was a big focus of #COP27 and, ultimately, one of the few things global negotiators could agree on. But media coverage of loss and damage has left out a lot of important history, including how flawed the fossil fuel industry's "fossil fuels = development" myth is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 15, 2022 • 37min

How American Climate Denial Fueled Canada's Tar Sands, with Geoff Dembicki

Investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki's new book The Petroleum Papers looks at the fascinating history of climate denial in Canada, and how denial built a bridge between the U.S. and Canadian fossil fuel industries. Buy the book: https://greystonebooks.com/products/the-petroleum-papersAttend the U.S. launch: https://climatemuseum.org/2022-events/2022/11/15/book-launch-with-geoff-dembickiRead Geoff in Vice News: https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/geoff-dembicki Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 8, 2022 • 34min

Why Is One of Big Oil's Top Greenwashing PR Firms Handling Media for COP27?

COP27 is underway in Egypt. Everyone agrees that the stakes have never been higher so why is longtime fossil fuel industry greenwasher Hill + Knowlton handling media for the conference? Today a look back at the firm's longstanding history crafting science denial and delay strategies for both tobacco and fossil fuel companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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