By this point, Energy Transfer has quietly dropped both Cody Hall and the other Indigenous activist initially named in the suit, Krystal Two Bulls, from the case and is focused solely on Greenpeace. So what exactly is Energy Transfer accusing them of? And what evidence do they have? Drilled Greenpeace| Drilled
With geopolitics in turmoil, war and genocide raging, the United States running as fast as it can away from climate action, and the disinformation machine supercharged by AI, folks who care about climate action are feeling, understandably, deflated and overwhelmed. I've felt it too! And I've had a lot of| Drilled
A new report shows how mainstream media's deeply flawed coverage of climate protest plays into efforts to criminalize climate activists.| Drilled
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.| Drilled
Worried that all their work creating Mobil's personality and a multi-pronged issue advertising campaign to go with it would go to waste if the TV networks deemed it all "propaganda" Herb and his boss looked to the courts for protection. In this episode we follow the "corporate free speech" movement| Drilled
Early subscriber preview of our next season, focused on the fossil fuel industry's role in galvanizing the corporate free speech movement and laying the legal groundwork for its primary defense of climate deception today.| Drilled
Thank you for being a paid supporter of Drilled! Here is your ad-free podcast episode and transcript. Drilled ESG Hearings mix 10:00/18:381× Transcript We've talked before on this show about the growing backlash against taking environmental, social, and governance or E S G factors into consideration when| Drilled
Something can be repeated over and over, a story told ten different ways, and then one particular frame or graphic or turn of phrase makes it take hold. There are plenty of people who claim to know exactly what that special sauce is. I am not one of them. Mostly| Drilled
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.| Drilled
Last month I traveled to Phoenix for the Society of Environmental Journalists conference. Although I am an American citizen, I live in Latin America and so I was advised not to bring my phone or laptop; the risk was low that my devices would be taken or that I would| Drilled
A few years ago Critical Frequency, the podcast production company that makes Drilled, partnered with Stitcher on a podcast that, on the face of it, had nothing at all to do with climate change. It was called Unfinished: Short Creek and it was about a town straddling the state line| Drilled
If you are obsessed with corporate PR and its power, as I am, eventually you butt up against the question of whether and how to regulate it without engaging in censorship. Which leads you down a rabbit hole into the history of corporate free speech, a hole I have been| Drilled
For more than a year now we have been tracking the global trend towards the increasing criminalization of climate protest. In December 2024, researchers at the University of Bristol found that a significant proportion of climate and environmental protests involved arrests, and that in many countries where arrest rates were| Drilled
I was talking to some climate folks recently and wondered aloud about something I didn't think was particularly controversial: when was the last time we got updated data and intel on this "moveable middle" that we're constantly about, these moderates that can be swayed this way or that with the| Drilled
I haven't sent out a newsletter for a couple of weeks, partly because I'm working on a book that's due in February, which is keeping me even busier than usual, but also because I didn't want to write a knee-jerk "here's what's in store for climate in a Trump presidency"| Drilled
I've been thinking a lot lately about how zero-sum people tend to get about various messages in the climate space, how much people get caught up in cosplaying political strategist instead of just following their own moral compass. And I've been reflecting on times when I&| Drilled
When the stakes are high—a U.S. descent into fascism, genocide in Gaza, the specter of World War III, extreme storms and fires, and a tight window closing on our ability to avoid more and worse of them—people do not always bring their best selves to| Drilled
Last month during Climate Week in New York, Jennie King, the head of climate research and policy for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and a co-founder of the coalition Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD) said something on a panel that drew an audible gasp from those in the room. "| Drilled
