In their pursuit of scale and dominance, environmental destruction is a price today’s tech giants are willing to pay, Karen Hao warns in ‘Empire of AI.’
Books (Drilling Deep)
A Green ‘Transition’? If Only It Were That Simple
In ‘More and More and More,’ Jean-Baptiste Fressoz shows that the human history of energy is one of accumulation, not substitution.
As Australia Burns, John Vaillant on the Climate-Fire Nexus
What the story of a Canadian oil town engulfed in flames tells us about the world we’re living in and how to change it.
The Way Things Are Is Not the Way They Have to Be
Award-winning journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata shows that ‘Another World Is Possible’.
Why We Need More Confrontation at COP
In ‘Existential Politics,’ Jessica F. Green argues that head-on conflict with fossil fuel interests is a prerequisite for real progress.
S14, Ep10 | The Corruption of COP
A look at how polluting industries infiltrated global climate processes from the beginning, and how it works today.
S14, Ep8 | Climate Obstruction in the Global South
What climate obstruction looks like when it’s coming from the countries experiencing the brunt of the climate crisis.
The Crown Prince, The Climate, and Us
Karen Elliott House, author of ‘The Man Who Would Be King,’ discusses the power and the contradictions of Saudi Arabia under Mohammed bin Salman
S14, Ep7 | How the Animal Ag Industry Obstructs Climate Policy
On “ag exceptionalism,” backlash to the EU’s Farm to Fork proposal, the impact of the Livestock’s Long Shadow report, and more on the animal ag industries’ concerted push to block climate policy around the world.
S14, Ep6 | How the Coal, Transportation, and Utilities Industries Obstruct Climate Policy
The coal, transportation, and utilities industries have unique approaches to obstructing climate policy, and often combine forces as well.
