Jesse Bryant and Dieter Plehwe join to walk us through the intersection of climate obstruction and rightwing populism.
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Exxon and Shell Sue The Netherlands in Secret Tribunals for Closing Europe’s Biggest Gas Field
Following billions in profits and over a thousand gas extraction-related earthquakes, the oil and gas giants filed claims against the Dutch state in four separate investor-state disputes concerning compensation for home damages and the permanent closure of the Groningen gas field
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The Golden Age of Oil-Funded Influence
Casey Michel, author of ‘Foreign Agents,’ on the state of lobbying and corruption in America.
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Trump Is Trying to Kill Renewables Everywhere
The US government is trying to strangle renewables to save fossil fuels. Trump wants other countries to do the same.
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Uganda’s Crude Oil Pipeline Faces Fresh Hurdles from Campaigners
After clearing its many financing hurdles, now EACOP is facing various legal claims that could slow its progress.
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“There Was So Much Death.” A Toxic Algal Bloom Is Ravaging Australia’s Southern Coast—Warming Waters Are to Blame.
Three ingredients are required for an algal bloom to get going – temperature, the right conditions and food. South Australia had all the preconditions necessary, thanks to climate change.
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The Kill Step, Part Three: “You’re Going to Fight This.”
At one point, Energy Transfer offered Greenpeace a settlement…if they would walk back their statements in support of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s claims.
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The Kill Step, Part Four: “How many of you feel the same way?”
Step one to winning a show trial: pick the right venue, and you’ll get the right jury.
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The Kill Step, Part Five: “It’s part of the treaty.”
As Energy Transfer tries to prove its case against Greenpeace, the tribe is erased from the story.
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The Kill Step, Part Six: “We believed that to be true.”
Amidst Energy Transfer’s claims, a return to what it was all about in the first place: the water.
