The most serious pollution problem the world faces may just be the corporate contamination of our information systems. In Drilled founder Amy Westervelt’s new book, Brought to You By: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy, she reveals how a handful of ideologues, propagandists, and corporate consultants reshaped knowledge production systems […]
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A true-crime podcast about climate change.
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Everything You Need to Know about COP 31 | The Spill
The 31st annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as COP31) kicks off in Türkiye in a couple weeks. Drilled climate reporters — and COP veterans — Nina Lakhani, Amy Westervelt, and Royce Kurmelovs download everything you need to know as the talks commence. Plus, Nina interviews climate activist Harjeet Singh about what the climate […]
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Three Climate Journalists Take on Digger | The Spill
Climate journalists Amy Westervelt, Nina Lakhani and Alleen Brown share whether they loved or hated the polarizing, big budget, box office flop, Digger. Plus a discussion on the role of pop culture in confronting the climate crisis and some of the team’s favorite socially conscious music and movies. In the second half of the episode, […]
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The Paradox of Mining Lithium to Save the Planet | The Spill
There’s a paradox at the heart of the clean-energy revolution. It is impossible to decarbonize electricity, transportation, and other energy-hungry sectors without developing technologies that rely less on fossil fuels. At the same time, however, you can’t build these clean(er) replacements without extracting a lot of critical minerals and other raw materials. And that extraction […]
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How Tech Billionaires Broke Democracy | The Spill
Carbon credit markets have come under fire for creative climate accounting, fraud, and land use problems. UN Special Rapporteur Elisa Morgera says they have a human rights problem too.
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Garifuna land defenders vs. Survivor (as in the TV show) | The Spill
Carbon credit markets have come under fire for creative climate accounting, fraud, and land use problems. UN Special Rapporteur Elisa Morgera says they have a human rights problem too.
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S16, Ep3 | The Story of a Decade-Long Investigation
The protest, and thus the propaganda, moves to a new state.
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Carbon Credit Markets Have a Human Rights Problem | The Spill
Carbon credit markets have come under fire for creative climate accounting, fraud, and land use problems. UN Special Rapporteur Elisa Morgera says they have a human rights problem too.
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The Climate Movement Fights Back, with Aru Shiney-Ajay of Sunrise Movement | The Spill
The climate movement has been in retreat and under attack, but Sunrise Movement is determined to keep organizing.
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Welcome to “The Spill,” Our New Weekly Newscast | The Spill
Bringing you analysis of the latest climate news and media trends, plus interviews with authors, experts, journalists, filmmakers and more!