#8: Dirty Power and Revolving Doors

07/06/2020 1h 0min Temporada 1 Episodio 8
#8: Dirty Power and Revolving Doors

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This week we talked with Dr. Adam Lucas about the web of connections between coal lobbies, conservative media, and Australian politics. This is one of the interviews we've been most excited about and what we learned truly shocked us.**EDIT** The Heartland Institute think tank is based in Chicago, Illinois, NOT California.What you'll learn:the various methods used by the fossil fuel industry to deny climate change these include creating think tanks such as The Heartland Institute and funding climate science denial researchthe 'revolving door' and 'golden escalator' movements of staffers between coal lobbies and government how to talk to climate deniers and internet trolls (and learn from Bella about what not to do)traceable and untraceable donationsTo learn more:Watch the Greenpeace documentary 'Dirty Power' and visit their website.visit the Michael West Media website and learn about the staffers and MPs moving through these 'revolving doors'Support the show