What Planet of the Humans Gets Wrong About Climate Change
The Michael Moore–produced documentary Planet of the Humans sparked controversy around renewable energy. Political scientist and environmental policy expert Leah Stokes joins us to discuss the many th...
29 Apr 202026min
Earth Day in Louisiana: A Petro-state Fights Back
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and a decade after the BP Deepwarter oil spill, we head to Louisiana to examine petrochemicals, petroleum, plastic, fossil fuel philanthropy, and the impact the p...
22 Apr 202027min
Art, Autodesk, and What Accountability Looks Like for the Tech Industry
Joanie Lemercier has been a thorn in software company Autodesk's side for more than a year now, since the French artist first pointed out that Autodesk's computer-aided drafting (CAD) software keeps E...
22 Apr 202020min
How Big Oil is Using COVID-19 to Push Plastic
A new report from the Center for International Environmental Law examines how oil, gas, and petrochemical companies are leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic to push policy and increase profits. Carroll Mu...
16 Apr 202017min
Held Hostage by Fracking: Colorado Seniors Shelter In Place
As shelter-in-place orders went into effect, residents of Broomfield, Colorado faced exposure to flowback-driven air pollution thanks to their proximity to oil and gas operations. When the city issued...
15 Apr 202010min
New Research Shows Fossil Fuels Are Not As Essential As The Industry Would Like You to Believe
Fossil fuel use has certainly grown GDP, but it has had no effect on life expectancy. In other words, the industry's "benefit" has acrrued to relatively few humans.Dr. Julia Steinberger, professor of ...
7 Apr 202021min
Texas Shale Refineries Release "Unimaginable" Amounts of Methane Emissions
Field investigator Sharon Wilson has spotted a troubling increase in methane emissions from refineries in the Permian Basin, in Texas. Things went from bad to worse in January 2020, and really blew up...
3 Apr 202012min
Why ExxonMobil and Chevron Oppose a Shale Gas Bailout
The American Petroleum Institute, ExxonMobil and Chevron have been amongst the biggest opponents to bailouts for shale gas companies as part of the coronavirus relief package. DeSmog's Justin Mikulka ...
1 Apr 202014min
