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S10, Ep5: How Think Tanks Laid the Groundwork to Criminalize Climate Protest

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S10, Ep5: How Think Tanks Laid the Groundwork to Criminalize Climate Protest

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It’s no coincidence that the backlash against climate protest looks the same from country to country. Not only is industry sharing tactics across borders, but also the Atlas Network—a global network of nearly 600 libertarian think tanks—has been swapping strategies and rhetoric for decades. This episode features reporting from Amy Westervelt, Lyndal Rowlands, and Julianna Merullo from Drilled, and Geoff Dembicki from DeSmog. You can see a print version of the story at The New Republic or an even longer print version here on our site.

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