Amy Westervelt

Dec
02
Climate Must-Reads: First Climate RICO, Hansen Sues EPA, Rail Strike + Shell Greenwashing

Climate Must-Reads: First Climate RICO, Hansen Sues EPA, Rail Strike + Shell Greenwashing

Lots going on in the climate litigation space lately! The Supreme Court is still mulling a jurisdictional argument in the
4 min read
Nov
28
Drilled Down: Old School Climate Denial Is Back

Drilled Down: Old School Climate Denial Is Back

Two things the media and much of the climate movement tends to dismiss as long past—old-school climate denial and the coal lobby—are still around and having a bit of a renaissance.
13 min read
Nov
23
Podcast: Loss and Damage, Minus the Fossil Fuels As Development Myth

Podcast: Loss and Damage, Minus the Fossil Fuels As Development Myth

Hello! Due to the holiday this week, I'm putting out the newsletter midweek instead of on Friday. On
16 min read
Nov
18
Climate Must-Reads: Climate Twitter, COP27 Carries On, & More

Climate Must-Reads: Climate Twitter, COP27 Carries On, & More

Weekly roundup of climate coverage: Climate twitter, COP27, Effective Altruism, EPA Methane Rule and more
6 min read
Nov
17
Podcast: How American Climate Denial Fueled Canada's Tar Sands, with Geoff Dembicki

Podcast: How American Climate Denial Fueled Canada's Tar Sands, with Geoff Dembicki

Thank you for being a paid subscriber! This week we talked to investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki, whose name you might
16 min read
Nov
11
Climate Must-Reads: All Things COP27 + How Fossil Fuel University Funding Fueled Support of Gas

Climate Must-Reads: All Things COP27 + How Fossil Fuel University Funding Fueled Support of Gas

Welcome to your new weekly roundup of climate coverage. For those of you who have been getting the Hot Take
9 min read
Nov
08
Podcast: Why Is One of Big Oil's Top Greenwashing PR Firms Handling Media for COP27?

Podcast: Why Is One of Big Oil's Top Greenwashing PR Firms Handling Media for COP27?

The conference of the parties or COP, the annual global UN climate negotiations, have kicked off in Egypt, and I'll be digging into a few aspects of it over the next couple of weeks.
16 min read
Oct
26
Podcast: How to Combat Climate Disinformation Around COP27

Podcast: How to Combat Climate Disinformation Around COP27

Next month, the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP), the annual UN Climate Negotiations Conference, will kick off in Cairo,
14 min read
Oct
25
Drilled Down: If More Climate Coverage = More Fossil Ads, Keep It

Drilled Down: If More Climate Coverage = More Fossil Ads, Keep It

If you follow me on Twitter, you know I can be a bit ranty on there. It's where
4 min read
Oct
24
Damages: Protecting Communities from Climate Change Is Astronomically Expensive

Damages: Protecting Communities from Climate Change Is Astronomically Expensive

No mechanism exists to collect from the companies that ensured we would delay acting on climate for as long as possible. That’s why dozens of municipalities across the United States have filed climate liability lawsuits against fossil fuel companies.
9 min read