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"Cancer Alley" Fiights Back
Season 8
Louisiana's "Cancer Alley"—a stretch along the Mississippi River where petrochemical plants have created some of the worst air and water pollution Am…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Anti-ESG Campaign Gets a Boost from RAGA
Season 8
Ever since the Securities and Exchange Commission announced its intention to make Environmental Social and Governance metrics actually meaningful to …
2 years, 10 months ago
Jake Bittle on the Complexities of Climate Migration
Season 8
Jake Bittle's book The Great Displacement looks at how extreme weather events are likely to drive Americans to move from one part of the country (or …
2 years, 10 months ago
Rethinking Electrification
Season 8
Electrification offers an opportunity to rethink how we use energy and how we get around. Researcher Thea Riofrancos wants to see the United States s…
2 years, 10 months ago
A Verdict
Season 8 Episode 9
The day after our season finale last week, we got some incredible news from Guyana: the High Court ruled against the oil company and the government i…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Turning Point: What's Next for Guyana?
Season 8 Episode 8
Will Guyana become the fossil fuel industry's newest profit center or can it chart a different path? In the last episode of our "Light, Sweet Crude" …
2 years, 11 months ago
The Global Oil Rush
Season 8 Episode 7
What's happening in Guyana isn't an isolated case. It's part of a global oil rush, as oil companies race to tap as many remaining fossil fuel reserve…
2 years, 11 months ago
ExxonMobil's Greenwashing Playbook
Season 8 Episode 6
When we started reporting on Guyana's oil boom, we reached out to local environmental groups to hear their concerns about this new polluting industry…
2 years, 11 months ago
Global Poverty and Global Warming
Season 8 Episode 5
The tension between addressing global poverty and acting on the climate crisis is one the fossil fuel industry has been stoking in recent years. We a…
3 years ago
Constitutional Violation: Guyana's Climate Lawsuit
Season 8 Episode 4
Melina Janki has filed seven separate legal cases aimed at blocking oil drilling in Guyana, but only one explicitly names climate change as a problem…
3 years ago