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February 01, 2023Origins of Climate Denial: The Turn
A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows that not only did Exxon scientists suspect climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, was a growing problem that would lead to crisis if nothing changed, but they were terrifyingly accurate in their modeling and predictions. Alongside this special re-broadcast of Season 1 of Drilled, all about the origins of climate denial and Exxon's role in it, we speak with the study's lead author Geoffrey Supran about its importance.

2015 Exxon Knew Reporting:
Inside Climate News
Los Angeles Times
Columbia Journalism School

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25 min
January 27, 2023Evidence Against ExxonMobil Grows with New Study
A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science shows that not only did Exxon scientists suspect climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, was a growing problem that would lead to crisis if left unchecked, but they were terrifyingly accurate in their modeling and predictions. That scientific evidence adds another layer of certainty to the evidence base in various cases attempting to hold Exxon accountable for misleading the public, and policymakers, on climate change. This month we're re-releasing S1 of our sister show Drilled in this feed, because it walks through step by step what Exxon knew and when, and what they did with that information, including interviews with several of the scientists who did that original climate research at Exxon.

Don't sleep on the 2015 Exxon Knew Reporting:
Inside Climate News
Los Angeles Times
Columbia Journalism School

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25 min
January 10, 2023 Life in a Ticking Carbon Bomb
In this special sneak preview of our next season, we hear from Melinda Janki, a lawyer who's fighting to keep her home country of Guyana from becoming one of the world's largest carbon bombs.

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51 min
December 20, 2022 Rep Ro Khanna on the House Oversight Committee's Climate Disinformation Investigation and New Subpoenaed Documents
The House Oversight Committee wrapped up its investigation into climate disinformation earlier this month and published a second tranche of revealing internal documents that spell out exactly how the world's largest oil companies have misled the public on their commitments to energy transition. One of the people who spearheaded that investigation, Representative Ro Khanna, joins us to discuss.

Read more:
https://www.drilledpodcast.com/highlights-from-the-climate-disinfo-document-dump/
https://theintercept.com/staff/amy-westervelt/

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19 min
December 06, 2022 First Climate RICO Filed + James Hansen Sues EPA
November was a big month for climate litigation! The first-ever climate RICO was filed on behalf of 16 Puerto Rican municipalities, plus a cohort of scientists and researchers, including NASA scientist James Hansen, sued the EPA to compel them to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

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43 min
October 12, 2022 SCOTUS Is Back in Session: Here Are the Climate Cases to Watch For
West Virginia v EPA isn't the only big climate case before the Supreme Court this year, from questioning the SEC's disclosure rules to major Clean Water challenges there's a lot more to come. EarthJustice's Sam Sankar and Kirti Datla join to give us a preview of what to watch for in the court's Fall session.

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49 min
June 07, 2022 S2, Ep 6 | False Friends of the Court
I have been wondering for months what possible sense it makes for every right-wing think tank to have an amicus program. I mean...is any judge really surprised to learn that the Cato Institute is against regulation? But these are not folks who spend money on things for no reason, and the presence and size of amicus programs at conservative "public interest" law firms and think tanks have been growing exponentially over the years, so I reached out to the only person I've ever seen mention this in public: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. He had all the answers I was looking for and then some.

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25 min
May 19, 2022 S2, Ep5 | On Judges, Juries, and Precedent
In many of the countries where some of the world's largest climate cases are unfolding, the legal system looks very different than it does in the former English colonies. In much of Europe and Latin America, for example, the Roman system dominates and it works very differently, with judges gathering their own evidence in cases. Another key difference? Reliance on precedent in common law countries like the U.S. ... a topic that's becoming more important to understand every week.

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24 min
May 12, 2022 S2 | Ep4: What Can the UN Actually Do About Climate?
Compensation for climate change has been a hot topic at the UN since the early 90s. For countries already experiencing what the UN calls loss and damage the main goal has always been to prevent more damage. But fossil fuel lobbyists had different ideas. Now a new IPCC report gives evidence that could influence what happens at the UN and in court cases around the world.

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26 min
May 05, 2022 S2 | Ep 3: An Update on the Big U.S. Youth Climate Case
Juliana v United States was one of the first big youth climate cases, and it has inspired several others. In 2021, it looked like the case was dead in the water, but it's back now with one more shot... and a new Netflix documentary on the case too! (Check out Youth v Gov here: https://www.netflix.com/title/81586492)

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28 min