Update: The Latest Developments in the Steven Donziger Case
Steven Donziger is set for trial May 10, but his lawyers have already filed a motion to dismiss, claiming vindictive prosecution. Reporter Karen Savage provides an update.See omnystudio.com/listener f...
17 Apr 202129min
Corporate Personhood? What About Ecosystem Personhood
Can ecosystems have legal rights similar to corporations? We talked about rights of nature a bit in the Ecuador-Chevron season—the Latin American country was the first in the world to integrate the co...
10 Apr 202137min
Infrastructure Week: Build Back Better, the THRIVE Act, and Climate Justice with Kaniela Ing
The Biden Administration's Build Back Better plan includes progressive wish list items, but the left is pushing for more. The THRIVE Act, reintroduced by Senator Markey and Representative Dingell is w...
31 Mar 202128min
All Eyes on Weymouth: FERC Signals Interest in Environmental Justice
For years, local activists and legislators have been fighting the Enrbidge natural gas compressor in Weymouth, Massachusetts, arguing it poses serious health risks to a community already overburdened ...
27 Mar 202121min
How the Fossil Fuel Industry is Undermining Free Speech
Across the United States, fossil fuel-backed anti-protest laws are reshaping the rights to protest and to free speech. 14 states have based new laws, and are passing through statehouses in several mor...
20 Mar 202135min
Frackalachia: The Fracking Jobs Myth in Appalachia
When a report makes oil and gas companies—and the politicians they help elect—this mad, you know the author is on to something. Researcher Sean O'Leary, with the Ohio River Valley Institute, talks abo...
12 Mar 202137min
The API Was Pushing Climate Denial Way Earlier Than Anyone Thought
Stanford researcher Ben Franta joins to talk about a bombshell new discovery: the American Petroleum Institute not only knew about climate change back in the 70s, it started pushing climate denial as ...
5 Mar 202123min
¿Ahora Que?: What's Next for Donziger, Chevron and Ecuador
Steven Donziger remains under house arrest and collecting the Ecuadorian settlement seems impossible, so what happens next? We explore what this case says about accountability, the power of oil compan...
19 Des 202027min
