Never Let a War Go to Waste Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

We're tracing U.S. fossil fascism in a quick 3-part @drilledmedia.bsky.social miniseries (ep 2 drops tomorrow), from WWI to the Red Line Agreement to now. Important context for the current moment! drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

A Love Letter to Human Rights Defenders As she wraps up her six-year stint as UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor gives us an exit interview.

Repression has increased, but activists aren't giving up. @ninalakhani.bsky.social speaks with @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social to bring us this inspiring love letter to human rights defenders as she wraps up her time as UN special rapporteur drilled.media/news/marylaw...

What to Expect at the Santa Marta Climate Conference Colombia and the Netherlands will host government ministers, scientists, Indigenous peoples, and civil society groups from at least 50 states, determined to work together to figure out a just transiti...

By me: what to expect at the first coference on the transition away from fossil fuels in Santa Marta @drilledmedia.bsky.social
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I am so, so grateful to be nominated for an @inn.org Award for a second time.

Thank you to @mitsciwrite.bsky.social @ijnr.bsky.social @uprootproject.bsky.social and our co-publishing partners @drilledmedia.bsky.social @floodlightnews.org @deceleration.news!

If you haven't, check out the series:

U.S. and Japanese Government-Funded Foreign Policy Think Tanks Want Australia to Keep Pumping the Gas One former staffer raised concerns about Japanese influence on Australian climate and energy policy saying it would not be tolerated if China were responsible.

Thanks to @roycerk2.bsky.social for this 👌 investigation at @drilledmedia.bsky.social
Japanese influence operations through two strategic 🇦🇺 think tanks (ASPI & USAsia) promoting fossil fuel.
Japan manhandles our gov to keep winning massive profits on our gas.

#Auspol

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Invisible plumes and ‘terrible pollution’: the reality of the US gas sites rated ‘grade A’ Exclusive: Guardian investigation into reliability of methane certification issued by MiQ reveals weakness of voluntary model

Thrilled to see this investigation out in @theguardian.com today (follow-on piece from @drilledmedia.bsky.social mañana) on the shocking news that voluntary certifications built on self-reported data are probs not going to meaningfully reduce methane emissions 🙃

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Trouble with Voluntary Methane Schemes New investigation into reliability of methane certification reveals weakness of voluntary model.

More on the trouble with voluntary emissions-reduction schemes with @nickcunningham.bsky.social and @rossimarcello.bsky.social in @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/gas-cer...

U.S. and Japanese Government-Funded Foreign Policy Think Tanks Want Australia to Keep Pumping the Gas One former staffer raised concerns about Japanese influence on Australian climate and energy policy saying it would not be tolerated if China were responsible.

New reporting from @roycerk2.bsky.social shows US- and Japan-funded think tanks pushing for Australia to keep growing its gas industry.

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Carbon Bros Where the climate crisis meets the crisis of masculinity.

There are loads of positive forms, we touched on several in a whole season about this: drilled.media/investigatio...

Big AI Is Gambling with the Planet’s Chips In their pursuit of scale and dominance, environmental destruction is a price today’s tech giants are willing to pay, Karen Hao warns in ‘Empire of AI.’

Excellent Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social interview with 'Empire of AI' author Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social
– Especially insightful for Ireland, where abject political & media capitulation to misleading big tech & AI promises continues to be the norm.
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The IEA’s “Sheltering from Oil Shocks” pamphlet reads like a Degrowth manual

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 Iraq War flashbacks at the moment. The U.S. and Israel's illegal war in Iran is also bringing to mind a nearly 100-y...

In this week's newsletter, @amywestervelt.bsky.social on how petromasculinity is taking itself out and unfortunately destroying everything else in its path drilled.ghost.io/petromasculi...

A new UN climate resolution is a ‘credibility test’ of the global rule of law In a world characterized by increasing violence, instability and disrespect for international law, the UN General Assembly’s ability to pass a resolution welcoming and affirming the ICJ advisory opini...

International law is being tested in dozens of ways at the moment. @isabellakaminski.bsky.social shines a light on one: whether the UN will adopt a resolution welcoming the ICJ advisory opinion on climate or break under pressure from polluting countries drilled.media/news/un-icj

Australian Court Finds Context Is King in Clearing Oil Company Santos of Greenwashing Last month Australian courts cleared oil company Santos of greenwashing over claims it produced “clean energy’. Subsequently, fossil fuel companies demanded a “crack down” on green groups.

ICYMI oil and gas companies in Australia used this very odd ruling in a greenwashing case to push for stripping all climate orgs of the right to sue 🤯 @roycerk2.bsky.social reports drilled.media/news/santos-...

Deeply interconnected issues

Don't miss @coveringclimatenow.org panel w
✳️ Rawan Damen @rdamen.bsky.social, Dir General of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism
✳️ Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social, Global Climate Justice, @drilledmedia.bsky.social
✳️ Giles Trendle, former MD @aljazeera.com

SLAPP’d The story of an Indigenous nation fighting for its water, an environmental nonprofit facing extinction, and an energy giant using the courts to punish protestors.

🎧️ Listen to the latest @drilledmedia.bsky.social investigation, ‘SLAPP’d,’ for more on the lawsuit:

"All Hell Breaks Loose" | The Xylom The Texas oil export boom has left Coastal Bend residents in harm's way. A rainbow coalition is facing an uphill battle to compel the enforcement of environmental regulations, to mixed results. Can th...

Since everyone's discussing oil prices tonight, did you know half of US crude oil exports pass through a single town of 614 people in South Texas?

I spent three years documenting the tragedy of Ingleside on the Bay for @thexylom.com @floodlightnews.org @drilledmedia.bsky.social @deceleration.news:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Iran War and the Climate Emergency. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. War makes climate change worse in many ways, and vice versa. The US-Israel attacks on Iran that began over the weekend have killed hundreds of civilians and sent oil prices soaring, but this war also ...

Happening in 30 minutes! Should be a very interesting conversation, esp with @ninalakhani.bsky.social there. (and no, no one is saying that emissions are more important than lives, that's a false dichotomy).

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

If you're looking around for a model of courage against repression, may I recommend the latest @drilledmedia.bsky.social podcast episode with @ninalakhani.bsky.social on the late great Berta Cáceres? drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the environment. Where’s the pushback? Climate deniers expected more resistance to the fossil fuel blitz. But Democrats, billionaires and activists have gone silent

“Nothing happened. There wasn’t even a whimper.
The Trump administration just marched in and destroyed the crown jewel of climate science in the United States”
- Robert Brulle
fyi @marchudson.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social @grassrootbeer.bsky.social

10 Years After Berta Cáceres’ Murder, Why Is Honduras Still So Dangerous for Environmental Activists? Despite some prosecutions, the criminal masterminds behind the Indigenous leader's murder remain at large, while illegal land grabs, international finance and attacks against defenders continues with…

A decade after celebrated environmental justice advocate Berta Cáceres’ murder, Honduras remains one of the deadliest places on earth for land & environmental defenders, as land grabs and attacks continue with impunity.

via @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social

10 Years After Berta Cáceres’ Murder, Why Is Honduras Still So Dangerous for Environmental Activists? Despite some prosecutions, the criminal masterminds behind the Indigenous leader's murder remain at large, while illegal land grabs, international finance and attacks against defenders continues with ...

Ten years on from the assassination of Berta Cáceres, Honduras remains as dangerous as ever for environment and land defenders. @ninalakhani.bsky.social brings us this excellent deep dive drilled.media/news/berta

10 Years After Berta Cáceres’ Murder, Why Is Honduras Still So Dangerous for Environmental Activists? Despite some prosecutions, the criminal masterminds behind the Indigenous leader's murder remain at large, while illegal land grabs, international finance and attacks against defenders continues with ...

A tremendous piece from the great @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social today, marking the 10-year anniversary of the assassination of Berta Cáceres: drilled.media/news/berta. (U.S. folks: huge, huge parallels to what's happening in the states now as well)

"Ultimately, if polluting companies don't cover local and state governments' costs for adapting to the climate crisis and dealing with extreme weather events, then citizens will foot the bill."

Big Oil. Leonard Leo. The Supreme Court. And proposals to shield the fossil fuel industry for knowingly deceiving people about climate change since the 1970s.

The Supreme Court Will Weigh in On Big Oil’s Favorite Defense Against Climate Liability Lawsuits The Supreme Court will hear a Colorado climate case next term. Its ruling could impact dozens of other climate liability lawsuits.

After denying petitions for years, the Supreme Court announced today that it will pick up its first climate liability case. @amywestervelt.bsky.social places the case in the broader context of the fossil fuel industry's current campaign for legal immunity. drilled.media/news/scotus-...

Drilled Podcast Joins Pushkin Industries Network Pushkin Industries today announced that it will begin distributing Drilled, a non-fiction podcast series centered on climate change accountability. The show joins Pushkin’s thriving independent podcas...

Big news for the Drilled podcast today! Joining Pushkin means a much larger audience and some much-needed promotional support. www.pushkin.fm/news/amy-wes...

“Simply Cannot Be Ignored”: How Australia’s fossil fuel industry shaped the climate future by capturing economic models Heatwaves and bushfires burned across southern Australia this January thanks in part to climate change. An Australian government agency once insisted it might not happen.

In 1988 an innocuous Australian government agency was tasked with gathering statistics for industry. Its work made it a flashpoint for critics who charged that it helped rationalise climate denial.

With ABARE's internal records now open access, I took or look for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.

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“Simply Cannot Be Ignored”: How Australia’s fossil fuel industry shaped the climate future by capturing economic models Heatwaves and bushfires burned across southern Australia this January thanks in part to climate change. An Australian government agency once insisted it might not happen.

This is just a short summary of the many materials reviewed by @drilledmedia.bsky.social which offer a case study for how industry can launder their preferred outcomes into policy—and how the ramifications can last for decades.

There's lots more, but for that you will need to read the full story: