For over half a century, Big Oil and the plastics industry, through their trade associations and front groups, have sold the public the false idea that plastics are recyclable. Recycling became the mantra of good ecological stewardship, promoted by the likes of city governments, school children, and environmental groups. Davis Allen lays out the mass-marketing … Continued
As evidence of planetary warming from fossil fuel consumption continues to pile up around us, newly unearthed documents show that just like Exxon, Shell has known about climate change and its contribution to it for decades and worked to hide the knowledge. On our show today we’ll speak with Cassady Craighill of Greenpeace about the … Continued
Big Oil released it’s worst profit losses in decades this week, host Antonia Juhasz explains why. Then guest Matt Pawa, President of the Pawa Law Group in Washington, DC, discusses California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ recently launched landmark investigation into EXXON’s alleged climate change lies and related misdeeds. Pawa breaks down the nuts and bolts … Continued
Obama Gives Shell Final Approval to Drill in Arctic Despite Protests & Pledge to Cut Emissions; Snowden Documents Reveal AT&T’s “Extreme Willingness to Help” NSA Domestic Spy Program; Meet the Whistleblower Who Exposed the Secret Room AT&T Used to Help the NSA Spy on the Internet; As Chelsea Manning Speaks Out on Trans and Prison … Continued
Obama Gives Shell Final Approval to Drill in Arctic Despite Protests & Pledge to Cut Emissions; Snowden Documents Reveal AT&T’s “Extreme Willingness to Help” NSA Domestic Spy Program; Meet the Whistleblower Who Exposed the Secret Room AT&T Used to Help the NSA Spy on the Internet; As Chelsea Manning Speaks Out on Trans and Prison … Continued
While President Obama gives the tentative go-ahead to Shell oil drilling in the Arctic, protesters in Washington state say sHell NO! and stop the first phase. PLUS: latest advances by ISIS provide disturbing evidence of their power, as well as of the fractious and fractured nature of the coalitions fighting ISIS. With host Kris Welch.
As Train Crash Death Toll Reaches 7, GOP Votes to Cut Amtrak Budget by $250M & Delay Safety Upgrades; “Irresponsible & Reckless”: Environmentalists Decry Obama’s Approval for Shell Drilling in Arctic; Seattle Mobilizes to Shut Down Shell Operations to Protest Arctic Oil Drilling; 30 Million Gallons Under the Sea: Five Years After BP Disaster, New … Continued
As Train Crash Death Toll Reaches 7, GOP Votes to Cut Amtrak Budget by $250M & Delay Safety Upgrades; “Irresponsible & Reckless”: Environmentalists Decry Obama’s Approval for Shell Drilling in Arctic; Seattle Mobilizes to Shut Down Shell Operations to Protest Arctic Oil Drilling; 30 Million Gallons Under the Sea: Five Years After BP Disaster, New … Continued
