The Official Narrative

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  • Biodegraded (Corporate Greenwashing Ep. 2: BPI)

    In his second Corporate Greenwashing episode, Nic goes into detail on "compostable" plastics. What are they made from? What are the environmental impacts?


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    48 min
  • Treading Deepwater

    Nic and Zach discuss Deepwater Horizon cleanup workers seeking reparation 13 years later and Chevron getting approval to turn plastic into jet fuel (and cause a potential cancer epidemic).


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    Articles from the episode:

    • https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/cleanup-workers-who-became-ill-after-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-are-suing-bp-for-compensation
    • https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/23/climate-friendly-us-program-plastics-fuel-cancer

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    33 min
  • Ghost Riders (Corporate Front Groups: Ep. 1)

    The first installment of Zach's "Corporate Front Groups" series


    Zach discusses part one of the new report from U.S. Right to Know about Monsanto's cover-up of the dangers of glyphosate.


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    Link to the case study article:

    https://usrtk.org/monsanto/merchants-of-poison-a-case-study-in-pesticide-industry-science-denial-an-excerpt/

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    57 min
  • Absolute Trainwreck

    Zach and Nic discuss the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and environmental poisoning at the hands of Norfolk Southern.


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    24 min
  • Rules For Thee

    Nic and Zach discuss BP flaking on their 2030 climate goals (less than a year after making them) and Bill Gates' giant carbon foot print (and hypocrisy).


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    Articles from the episode:

    • https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/07/bp-profits-windfall-tax-gas-prices-ukraine-war
    • https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/07/private-jet-use-and-climate-campaigning-not-hypocritical-bill-gates-.html


    #poisonedforprofit #billgates #sustainability #climatechange

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    26 min
  • Ambition, not Action (Corporate Greenwashing Ep. 1: BP)

    Corporate Greenwashing: BP (Ep. 1)


    Nic kicks off his corporate greenwashing series by telling us about BP's recent sustainability report, the company's "ambition" to achieve net zero carbon, and why to take corporate sustainability goals and methods with a grain of salt.


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    BP's sustainability report discussed in the podcast:

    https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/business-sites/en/global/corporate/pdfs/investors/bp-net-zero-report-2022.pdf

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    1 hr 11 min
  • Simply PFAS

    Nic and Zach discuss Twitter's becoming a hotbed for climate misinformation, PFAS in orange juice and wild fish, and the water shortage in Arizona.


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    Articles from the episode:

    • https://www.wral.com/climate-misinformation-rocket-boosters-on-musks-twitter/20678904/
    • https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/19/simply-orange-juice-coca-cola-pfas-class-action-lawsuit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&s=33
    • https://www.businessinsider.com/a-suburb-in-arizona-has-water-completely-shut-off-due-to-drought-2023-1?amp
    • https://phys.org/news/2023-01-wild-fish-month-tainted.html?s=33

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    35 min
  • Cooking with Gas (to own the Libs)

    Zach and Nic discuss an update on Burlington School District's lawsuit against Monsanto, how gas stoves are giving kids asthma, Biden's "plan" to "decarbonize" transportation, and how the collapse of pollinator populations is leading to real human deaths.


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    Articles from the episode:

    • https://www.wcax.com/2023/01/09/judge-hears-arguments-pcb-case-that-could-delay-burlingtons-new-high-school/
    • https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/gas-stove-ban-proposal-when-and-why-rcna65078
    • https://www.ecowatch.com/transportation-decarbonization-biden-administration.html
    • https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2023-01/Factsheet_TransportationDecarbBlueprint2023.pdf
    • https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/09/global-pollinator-losses-causing-500000-early-deaths-a-year-study?s=33

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    35 min
  • RIP PFAS (maybe?)

    Nic and Zach discuss an update on a federal oil rights lease auction, Zimbabwe banning the export of raw lithium, Spain forcing the tobacco industry to pay for butt litter, and world's largest maker of PFAS announcing their plans to stop.


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    Articles from the episode:

    • https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-holds-sale-drilling-rights-off-alaska-coast-2022-12-30/?utm_source=reddit.com
    • https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/zimbabwe-bans-raw-lithium-exports-curb-artisanal-mining-2022-12-21/
    • https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/04/tobacco-companies-must-pay-for-clean-up-of-discarded-cigarettes-in-spain
    • https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2022/12/global-polluter-3m-pledges-stop-manufacturing-toxic-forever?utm_campaign=EWG%20Content&utm_content=&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=twitter&s=33

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    44 min
  • FIRmageddon

    Zach and Nic discuss the fir tree die-off in the PNW, a major polluter in Birmingham, Alabama, burning wood as "renewable energy", and the principle of not dumping nuclear waste into the ocean.


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    Articles from the episode:

    • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/15/oregon-dead-fir-trees-conifers-climate-crisis
    • https://www.propublica.org/article/bluestone-jim-justice-north-birmingham-consent-decree
    • https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/12/08/epa-holtec-contaminated-wastewater-cape-cod-bay-clean-water-act
    • https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/16/electricity-generated-by-burning-native-australian-timber-no-longer-classified-as-renewable-energy

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    40 min

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