"Drilled" is a true-crime podcast series from Critical Frequency and journalist, Amy Westervelt, examining the back-door dealings and environmental impacts of major fossil fuel projects. 

The latest season looks into what's happening between the South American nation of Guyana and oil giant Exxon Mobil. For this episode of the Mongabay Newscast we give you a look at the first episode of the 8th season of this critically acclaimed podcast series. You can listen to it here. Follow and subscribe to Drilled on the podcast provider of your choice.

We also encourage you to listen to our previous Newscast interview with Amy Westervelt here.

Related reading on Guyana from Mongabay:

Oil production or carbon neutrality? Why not both, Guyana says

Questions over accounting and inclusion mar Guyana’s unprecedented carbon scheme

Guyana gets ‘Drilled’: Weighing South America’s latest oil boom with Amy Westervelt

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Image Caption: Spangled cotinga in Guyana. Image by Mathias Appel via Flickr (CC0 1.0).

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