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Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

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Petromasculinity Is Eating Itself and Destroying Us All

Petromasculinity Is Eating Itself and Destroying Us All

What Justice Means Today

What Justice Means Today

From Venezuela to Greenland and Beyond: The Story Behind the Story

From Venezuela to Greenland and Beyond: The Story Behind the Story

Make Media Brave Again

Make Media Brave Again

Montana Kids Just Won Their Landmark Climate Lawsuit. Here’s Why.

Montana Kids Just Won Their Landmark Climate Lawsuit. Here’s Why.

Fossil fuel workers are dying inhaling gases – despite US warnings to big oil

Fossil fuel workers are dying inhaling gases – despite US warnings to big oil

Enabling Fossil Fuel Addiction: It's About More Than Money

Enabling Fossil Fuel Addiction: It's About More Than Money

Happy Earth Day: Let's Move Past the "Moral Case" for Fossil Fuels

Happy Earth Day: Let's Move Past the "Moral Case" for Fossil Fuels

Accountability Is The Most Important Climate Solution

Accountability Is The Most Important Climate Solution

Highlights from the House Oversight Committee's Climate Disinformation Documents

Highlights from the House Oversight Committee's Climate Disinformation Documents

Drilled Down: Manchin's Inflation Reduction Act—What's Good and Bad for Climate

Drilled Down: Manchin's Inflation Reduction Act—What's Good and Bad for Climate

Drilled Down: Debunking Demand (IPCC Mitigation Report, Part 1)

Drilled Down: Debunking Demand (IPCC Mitigation Report, Part 1)

Drilled Down: How Big Oil Created Corporate Free Speech, and Why It Matters Today

Drilled Down: How Big Oil Created Corporate Free Speech, and Why It Matters Today

Latest

Apr
22
The Year of Climate Backsliding, Part Two: The Media

The Year of Climate Backsliding, Part Two: The Media

I'm writing this on the heels of the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, an annual gathering of journalists
4 min read
Apr
15
The Year of Climate Backsliding, Part One: Australia

The Year of Climate Backsliding, Part One: Australia

Australia really, really doesn’t want to talk about phasing out fossil fuels...even though it volunteered to help lead the discussion.
7 min read
Mar
23
Petromasculinity Is Eating Itself and Destroying Us All

Petromasculinity Is Eating Itself and Destroying Us All

By Amy Westervelt Like a lot of other folks who came of age in the 90s, I'm having
9 min read
Mar
11
What Justice Means Today

What Justice Means Today

By Nina Lakhani I’ve spent my whole career reporting on all kinds of injustices, but have recently found myself
5 min read
Feb
22
People Never Suck in Just One Way: On Epstein, Climate, and the Hubris of the Ultra-Wealthy

People Never Suck in Just One Way: On Epstein, Climate, and the Hubris of the Ultra-Wealthy

As an investigative reporter with a thing for documents, normally a massive release of previously hidden emails and texts would
6 min read
Feb
10
Yes, Climate Still Matters. Here's How It Connects to Every Other Crisis in the World Today.

Yes, Climate Still Matters. Here's How It Connects to Every Other Crisis in the World Today.

Lately I've been experiencing something I suspect a lot of other climate reporters—and really anyone who works
3 min read
Feb
02
From Venezuela to Greenland and Beyond: The Story Behind the Story

From Venezuela to Greenland and Beyond: The Story Behind the Story

We're only a month into 2026 and already several of the stories Drilled has been reporting on and
2 min read
Nov
23
There Can Be No Information Integrity Without Scientific and Political Integrity

There Can Be No Information Integrity Without Scientific and Political Integrity

I'm just back from COP30 in Belém and it is making me feel crazy to watch so many
4 min read
Nov
08
Make Media Brave Again

Make Media Brave Again

Bless you dear people for sticking with my very erratic newsletter-writing schedule. I swear to you that we will get
11 min read
Jul
01
S12, Ep4 | Back to the Water

S12, Ep4 | Back to the Water

21 min read