Amy Westervelt

Jan
05
Sneak Preview of Our New Season on ExxonMobil in Guyana: Life and Death in the Fastest Growing Economy on Earth

Sneak Preview of Our New Season on ExxonMobil in Guyana: Life and Death in the Fastest Growing Economy on Earth

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Jan
02
Accountability Is The Most Important Climate Solution

Accountability Is The Most Important Climate Solution

In December 2022, the House Oversight Committee published a second round of documents received in response to subpoenas issued as
6 min read
Dec
23
Climate Must-Reads: New Studies Follow the Money, Plus Industry's Media Meddling Reaches New Levels, Climate Burnout & More

Climate Must-Reads: New Studies Follow the Money, Plus Industry's Media Meddling Reaches New Levels, Climate Burnout & More

A couple of new studies out last week provide tremendous insight into how the fossil fuel industries works to block
5 min read
Dec
22

Rep Ro Khanna on the Climate Disinformation Investigation

10 min read
Dec
15
Highlights from the House Oversight Committee's Climate Disinformation Documents

Highlights from the House Oversight Committee's Climate Disinformation Documents

This fall the House Oversight Committee held its third hearing on climate disinformation. You can read more about the hearing
12 min read
Dec
13

Truck Manufacturers Are Lobbying Against Emissions Rules in the U.S. That They Already Comply With in Europe

10 min read
Dec
09
Climate Must-Reads: New Document Dump + House Oversight Report, Climate Disinfo On Elon's Twitter, the Other COP + More

Climate Must-Reads: New Document Dump + House Oversight Report, Climate Disinfo On Elon's Twitter, the Other COP + More

Lots of big climate stories unfolding this week! Here's a rundown of what I've been following,
3 min read
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