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Apr
10
Podcast: We’ve had Corporate Personhood for a decade…what about ecosystem personhood?

Podcast: We’ve had Corporate Personhood for a decade…what about ecosystem personhood?

In our last narrative season, La Lucha En La Jungla [https://drillednews.com/drilled-podcast-season-5/], about the decades-long fight over oil
20 min read
Mar
27
Podcast: All Eyes on Weymouth as FERC Signals Interest in Environmental Justice

Podcast: All Eyes on Weymouth as FERC Signals Interest in Environmental Justice

Local activists and legislators have been fighting the Enbridge natural gas compressor in Weymouth for years. It’s too close
13 min read
Mar
20
Drilled Down: Another Line 3 Battleground—Free Speech

Drilled Down: Another Line 3 Battleground—Free Speech

We’ve covered the ongoing, fossil fuel-backed push to criminalize protest before. In 2017, Oklahoma passed the first of these
21 min read
Nov
06
Damages: Trial of Attorney Who Fought Chevron’s Pollution in Ecuador Begins Monday

Damages: Trial of Attorney Who Fought Chevron’s Pollution in Ecuador Begins Monday

By Karen Savage and Amy Westervelt Update, November 7, 2020: On Saturday, Nov 7th, Judge Preska granted an adjournment [https:
8 min read
Oct
16
Podcast: Secret Tribunals and Hand-Picked Arbiters—A Little-known System Undermines Environmental Regulation

Podcast: Secret Tribunals and Hand-Picked Arbiters—A Little-known System Undermines Environmental Regulation

When national governments legislate environmental protections through laws like the Clean Water and Clean Air acts, and agencies like the
16 min read
Oct
10
Drilled Down: “Like a War on the Environment” —Texaco’s 30 Years in Ecuador

Drilled Down: “Like a War on the Environment” —Texaco’s 30 Years in Ecuador

By Karen Savage There is one core allegation at the center of the decades-long court fight by Indigenous Ecuadorians for
9 min read
Oct
02
Drilled Down: Blood of the Devil

Drilled Down: Blood of the Devil

By Karen Savage Tens of thousands of Ecuadorians have been locked in legal battle with the oil major Chevron for
10 min read
Jun
18
Personal Essay: Mothering in the Age of Extinction

Personal Essay: Mothering in the Age of Extinction

I am sitting in a hotel room in D.C., still in bed under the covers at noon, unable to
9 min read
Jun
05
Personal Essay: I Am a Mad Scientist

Personal Essay: I Am a Mad Scientist

By Dr. Kate Marvel I’ve heard it a couple times already, from a journalist, a family friend, a neighbor:
3 min read
Jun
04
Leaked BP Docs Show: Protest Works. That's Why It's Important to Protect It.

Leaked BP Docs Show: Protest Works. That's Why It's Important to Protect It.

In a story coming soon, we’ll delve into several lessons learned from a batch of BP documents leaked to
8 min read