In 2020, a source shared a presentation with me from an internal branding workshop they’d been asked to attend for bp. It was fascinating for a number of reasons, not least because it indicated that the oil major felt genuinely threatened by a surprising new enemy: young people. There have always been ebbs and flows […]
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The Spill: Drilled’s Weekly Videocast
Bringing you analysis of the latest climate news and media trends, plus interviews with authors, experts, journalists, filmmakers and more!
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Ep 1: Welcome to “The Spill,” Our New Weekly Newscast
Bringing you analysis of the latest climate news and media trends, plus interviews with authors, experts, journalists, filmmakers and more!
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Dispatch from the Front Lines of Mozambique’s Gas Gamble
Mozambique’s LNG project was supposed to bring prosperity to the country. Instead it has fueled the fires of civil unrest. And while local residents are struggling to survive, a small cadre of elite consultants have found success amidst the rubble.
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Activate Climate’s ‘Silent Majority’ to Supercharge Action, Experts Say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed.
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A Silent Climate Majority
Most of the world’s people want stronger climate action—but don’t realize they’re the majority.
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Dispatch: For a Preview of Project 2025, Look to Argentina
It’s hard for people to imagine the environmental impacts of fascism until they experience them firsthand. Argentina holds a warning for the U.S.
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How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists
Subpoenaed emails reveal the ways fossil-fuel corporations try to influence the media—and why they often succeed.
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Slow Factory’s Céline Semaan on Climate Justice, Collective Liberation, and Building an Unbreakable Movement
When Céline Semaan began calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, she was surprised at the backlash she and her team at Slow Factory got, including multiple funders pulling their support. Today, Semaan is more determined than ever to push for climate justice and collective liberation.
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Newsletter: How Extractive Industry Won the War on ESG
Extractive industries’ ability to quickly vilify an idea they embraced for years shows us just how good these guys are at controlling the narrative.