The protest, and thus the propaganda, moves to a new state.
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Robert Rice Emails on Strategy to Discredit “Water Is Life” Protest
In a series of emails, Rice shares information about water contamination he blames on the Standing Rock tribe, related to rail as well as oil transport.
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S16, Ep2 | The Real Outside Agitators of Iowa
The protest, and thus the propaganda, moves to a new state.
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What Standing Rock’s Propaganda War Means Today
Ten years after the standoff, exclusive documents reveal that digital mercenaries targeted local communities and stirred up anti-protest sentiment.
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S16, Ep1 | North Dakota’s Facebook Mercenaries
A private security firm is brought in to produce pipeline-saving propaganda.
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The Propagandist Documents
These documents were obtained by Alleen Brown via a public records request. They were made public as part of court proceedings around Tiger Swan’s permit to operate as a security company, and provide a detailed window into how corporate espionage and propaganda work in the modern world. These primary documents underpin the Drilled series “The Propagandist,” produced in partnership with High Country News.
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Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
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“Simply Cannot Be Ignored”: How Australia’s fossil fuel industry shaped the climate future by capturing economic models
Heatwaves and bushfires burned across southern Australia this January thanks in part to climate change. An Australian government agency once insisted it might not happen.
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Carbon Bros
Winner of a 2026 Covering Climate Now Award! This podcast miniseries, produced in collaboration with Daniel Penny of the NonToxic podcast, delves into what happens when the manosphere meets the atmosphere and why misogyny and climate disinformation so often spew from the same source.