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
Oct
18
Podcast: Universities Are Starting to Break Their Addiction to Fossil Funding
You might remember in the podcast season we did with Earther last year that Dharna Noor and I got into
33 min read
Oct
03
Damages: SCOTUS Is Back in Session—Here Are the Climate Cases to Watch For
The Supreme Court is open for business again, what impacts for climate mitigation and adaptation are lurking on the docket
7 min read
Sep
25
Drilled Down: Industry Message Consistency
There were three Congressional hearings on climate disinformation last week, and these same 12 pro-fossil-fuel talking points made their way
277 min read
Sep
17
Drilled Down: Three Congressional Hearings on Climate Disinfo Bring New Industry Documents to Light
PR firms are paid to engage in unethical tactics that intimidate and silence Americans who are exercising their rights to
9 min read
Sep
14
Drilled Down: Yes, The New York Times Really IS Shilling for Big Oil
I wish Reps Raskin and Porter had not scheduled hearings at the same time today, but the fact that they&
3 min read
Sep
13
Damages: West Virginia Is Giving Texas a Run for Its Money on Climate Obstruction
A few weeks ago we had Jesse Coleman, with Documented, walk us through how the same dark money network that
7 min read
Aug
16
Drilled Down: Roots of ESG, Anti-"Woke" Capital, and the New Battle in Climate Obstructionism
Republican state treasurers are coming together to oppose climate disclosures in finance. It's the latest battle in a decades-long war.
27 min read
Jul
28
Drilled Down: Manchin's Inflation Reduction Act—What's Good and Bad for Climate
Weird coincidence: My power was out when the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was announced. By the time it came
13 min read
Jul
12
Drilled Down: Here's What the IPCC Report *Actually* Said About Carbon Removal Tech
You might remember I was slowly making my way through the most recent IPCC report. That's the Working