Damages

Melinda Janki, former in-house counsel for BP, discusses strengthening environmental laws in Guyana. She files suits against the government to block offshore drilling, alleging insufficient insurance coverage. The podcast explores the risks of offshore drilling, lack of oversight in Guyana's oil industry, and Janki's advocacy for a healthy environment.

Discussion on the unfair Guyana oil contract and calls for renegotiation. Exploration of Chinese involvement and corruption allegations. Explanations on ExxonMobil's production chain agreement and cricket sponsorship. Insights into oil companies' image management and the importance of transportation in greenhouse gas emissions. Exploring challenges and controversies in the Guyana oil industry, including negotiation concerns.

Journalists investigate the implications of Guyana's oil discovery and ExxonMobil's suppressed climate change research. They uncover the company's tactics, discuss the dangers of the oil and gas sector, and explore the political climate in Guyana. The episode also features segments on wine subscriptions, electric vehicles, and eco-friendly laundry.

The podcast explores the origins of climate denial and highlights a peer-reviewed study showing the accuracy of oil company scientists' climate models in the past. It exposes the tactics used by oil companies to spread misinformation about climate change and their role in intensifying natural disasters. The podcast also discusses the impacts of climate change including wildfires in California, economic costs, and lives lost. It emphasizes the urgency of taking action on climate change and encourages listeners to overcome fear and paralysis to make a difference.

Geoffrey Supran, lead author of a study on oil company scientists' climate models, discusses the success of fossil fuel companies in climate denial campaigns and the subsequent rise of climate liability cases. The podcast explores the knowledge and cover-up of global warming by oil companies, legal strategies used in climate liability lawsuits, and the influence of fossil fuel groups. It also highlights the need to change public skepticism towards climate change and compares tactics used by big tobacco to those of big oil.

On paper, the small South American country of Guyana is the fastest-growing economy in the world, thanks to its oil boom. The country started shipping barrels of oil in 2019. Hotels are popping up all over its capital city. Historic homes are being turned into condos for visiting oil execs. But average citizens say they aren’t benefiting from the boom like they thought they would. And one lawyer is trying everything she can to stop her homeland from being changed from a carbon sink into a carbon bomb. In this special crossover season of Drilled and Damages, a look at 21st century oil colonialism, amid the climate crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new study reveals that Exxon scientists accurately predicted the climate crisis caused by fossil fuels. The podcast explores how fossil fuel companies shaped climate change research and policy. It also dives into the historical efforts to manipulate public perception and hinder renewable energy. The influence of industry funding on climate change research is examined, revealing its impact on public understanding and progress in tackling climate change.

Geoffrey Supran, lead author of the peer-reviewed study on Exxon scientists and climate change modeling, discusses the origins of climate denial. Topics include Exxon's accurate predictions, legal defense against scientific arguments, aggressive think tanks, shouty pundits, transportation emissions, online privacy, discrediting of climate science, and the role of conservative talk shows in promoting climate denial.

Geoffrey Supran, lead author of a study on the origins of climate denial, discusses how oil companies exploited weaknesses in science communication and scientists' refusal to be certain. The podcast explores manipulation of scientific consensus, the tactics used by oil companies, and the industry's strategy for victory in climate denial.

Geoffrey Supran, lead author of the peer-reviewed study on the origins of climate denial and Exxon's role in it, discusses the industry's creation and weaponization of false equivalence in climate change coverage. The podcast explores Exxon's history of deception, their misleading statements on climate change, the funding sources of contrarian scientist Soon, and the influence of oil companies on promoting alternative explanations for climate change.