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Drilled

Critical Frequency

A true-crime podcast about climate change. Reported and hosted by a team of investigative climate journalists, Drilled examines the various obstacles that have kept the world from adequately responding to climate change.

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24:32

All Eyes on Weymouth as FERC Signals Interest in...

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2021/03/27

Local activists and legislators have been fighting the Enbridge natural gas compressor in Weymouth for years. It's too close to residents and businesses, and poses too many health risks to a community that's already borne the burden of too much pollution, they say. The project was approved by FERC in 2019, built and became operational in 2020. Then it had an emergency shutdown. And another. Now FERC is considering the unprecedented move of re-thinking its permit, a decision that could have broad

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37:53

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Undermining Free Speech

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2021/03/20

Fossil fuel-backed anti-protest laws have been passed in 14 states and are making their way through statehouses in several more states, including six different bills in Minnesota, the only state with a big pipeline fight this year: Line 3. Researcher Connor Gibson joins to talk us through how this all started and where it's at.Read

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39:45

Frackalachia and the Great Fracking Jobs Myth

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2021/03/12

When a report makes oil and gas companies—and the politicians they help elect—this mad, you know the author is on to something. Researcher Sean O'Leary, with the Ohio River Valley Institute, joins us to talk about his new report, which found that the local economic benefit of fracking to communities in the Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia gas corridor was slim to none. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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77:45

Presenting: Hot Take — Blood for Oil, with Antonia...

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2021/03/10

A special presentation of the podcast Hot Take, featuring investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz on all the many ways oil, war, and climate change intersect.Read more:https://antoniajuhasz.net/article/light-sweet-crude-a-former-us-ambassador-peddles-influence-in-afghanistan/https://antoniajuhasz.net/article/the-new-war-for-afghanistans-untapped-oil/https://antoniajuhasz.net/article/why-rex-tillerson-could-be-americas-most-dangerous-secretary-of-state/Subscribe to the Hot Take newsletter:

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26:12

The API Was Pushing Climate Denial Way Earlier Than...

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2021/03/05

Stanford researcher Ben Franta joins to talk about a bombshell new discovery: the American Petroleum Institute not only knew about climate change back in the 70s, it started pushing climate denial as early as 1980.Read Ben's article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09644016.2020.1863703 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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29:56

S5 Ep 11 | ¿Ahora Que?

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2020/12/19

Donziger is still on house arrest and disbarred, the settlement seems impossible to collect, now what? In this episode we look at what this case says about accountability and the power of oil companies, and what options remain for the Ecuadorians seeking justice.Support our work: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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22:56

S5 Ep 10 | The Kill Step

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2020/12/11

Chevron makes good on its promise to fight the Ecuadorian judgement until hell freezes over ... and then fight it out on the ice. Donziger loses his appeal of the RICO judgement, then finds himself facing contempt charges and disbarment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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40:51

S5 Ep9 | The Judge

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2020/12/04

Corruption charges against both the Ecuadorian judge and the American judge fly as the RICO gets underway.Support our work: patreon.com/Drilled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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29:35

S5 Ep 8 | Damages

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2020/11/20

Chevron's legal team shocks the Ecuadorian plaintiffs with a massive racketeering claim in the U.S. alleging fraud, witness tampering, and even bribery.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Drilled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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43:10

S5 Ep7 | The Linchpin

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2020/11/13

Chevron's attorneys go after Joe Berlinger, the filmmaker behind the documentary about the case, Crude. They subpoena his outtakes, kicking off a years-long First Amendment battle.Support our work: https://www.patreon.com/Drilled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:26

Big Oil's Bad Bet on Plastic

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2020/11/06

A new report from Carbon Tracker finds that the fossil fuel industry is pinning its hopes on a plastic boom—and try as it might to spur that demand, it's just not materializing. Report author Kingsmill Bond joins us to discuss.Read the full report here: https://carbontracker.org/reports/the-futures-not-in-plastics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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27:51

Update: Donziger Headed to Trial with No Representation

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2020/11/06

New York District Court Judge Loretta Preska has denied repeated requests to delay Donziger's criminal contempt trial until at least one of his lawyers can be present. Barring any last-minute changes, he'll stand trial Monday, November 9th, after which he could be sent to jail for six months. In this ep, reporter Karen Savage brings us the latest and we hear from attorneys Lauren Regan and Ronald Kuby about what sort of precedent this sets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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26:14

S5 Ep6 | A Verdict and a New Charge

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2020/10/30

The case takes a bizarre turn with a sting operation, U.S. subpoenas, accusations of fraud and bribery, and finally a verdict in Ecuador. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:20

S5 Ep5 | The Big Guns

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2020/10/23

With the Ecuadorian plaintiffs racking up good press and an endorsement from the country's president, Chevron kicks things up a notch, bringing on new lawyers and PR firms to tell a very different story.Support our work: https://www.patreon.com/Drilled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:47

Special Episode: Generation Green New Deal

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2020/10/18

In this episode of Generation Green New Deal, Drilled host Amy Westervelt co-hosts with Sam Eilertsen to look at what happened to block climate action in the 90s and and 2000s, why various fossil fuel industry strategies worked at the time, and what makes the youth climate movement's approach different and more effective.Check out Generation Green New Deal wherever you get your pods! https://www.podlink.to/generationgnd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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47:57

S5 Ep4 | The Secret Tribunal

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2020/10/16

In September 2009, Chevron filed an international arbitration claim against the government of Ecuador over the Lago Agrio case. In the years since the company has pointed to the decisions of that arbitral panel as something akin to court decisions, but they're not—arbitral tribunals exist to help companies protect their profits, and are largely conducted in secret. This system has been quietly shaping environmental and climate policy for years. In this episode, expert Marcos Orellana walks us

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25:34

S5 Ep3 | The Trial

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2020/10/09

The trial gets underway in Ecuador, an election changes the calculus, and a global PR war kicks into high gear.Support our work: patreon.com/drilled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:20

S5 Ep2 | The Colonizers

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2020/10/02

How did this case come about in the first place? We go back to the early days of oil colonialism in Ecuador, in the 1960s, the partnership between oil men and missionaries, and the impact on indigenous communities in the Amazon.Support our work: patreon.com/drilledRead more: https://www.drillednews.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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28:52

S5 Ep1 | Lockdown

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2020/09/25

In August 2019, an American lawyer was put on house arrest as he awaited trial on criminal contempt charges. The charges stem from a decades-long case that began with pollution in the Amazon and has since spanned continents and courtrooms while the victims—indigenous tribes in the Ecuadorian Amazon—continue to seek justice. Welcome to Season 5: La Lucha En La Jungla. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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29:59

Climate Podcast Bonanza!

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2020/08/29

In addition to S5 of Drilled (coming soon!), Critical Frequency is putting out a terrific slate of great climate and environment podcasts this fall. Check out this sampling, then go subscribe so you won't miss them!Inherited: http://podlink.to/inheritedHot Take: http://podlink.to/realhottakeGeneration Green New Deal: http://podlink.to/generationgndHazard: http://podlink.to/hazardNo Place Like Home: http://fanlink.to/noplacelikehome Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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