Getting miked by Monty to appear on Democracy Now! this morning to discuss my new feature article for WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-defuse-carbon-bomb-guyana/
https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-defuse-carbon-bomb-guyana/
Antonia Juhasz
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Senior Researcher on Fossil Fuels at Human Rights Watch. Author. Investigative Journalist, bylines incl. Rolling Stone, Wired, NatGeo, CNN, The Atlantic, Newsweek, The Nation and more. Usually writing.
“ExxonMobil is an American problem that has landed in the lap of the people of Guyana,” Guyanese environmental lawyer Melinda Janki once told me.
She's launched a historic climate and human rights lawsuit against ExxonMobil to stop its oil operations in Guyana.
It was my honor to join her today to discuss the case and my WIRED article on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. I hope you'll watch, discuss, and share.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/23/guyanas_carbon_bomb_exxonmobil
“The Quest to Defuse Guyana’s Carbon Bomb”: Meet the Environmental Lawyer Taking On ExxonMobil
We speak with Guyanese environmental lawyer Melinda Janki about how she’s taking on the oil giant ExxonMobil to stop the company from developing an offshore oil field that would turn Guyana into a “carbon bomb.” Guyana is currently a carbon sink, but Exxon plans to produce more than 1 million barrels of oil a day, which could transform the South American country into one of the world’s top oil producers by 2030. Janki is suing the Guyanese government and Exxon under the constitution’s guarantee of a healthy environment to both current and future citizens. Her legal battle is profiled in a new article in Wired, “The Quest to Defuse Guyana’s Carbon Bomb,” written by independent journalist Antonia Juhasz, who also joins us.
Sharing this great interview with @madelineostrander
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Madeline Ostrander on how your home will change with the climate
The Seattle author's new book 'At Home on an Unruly Planet' highlights how communities on the front lines of floods, fire and other disasters are finding resilience.
https://crosscut.com/environment/2022/08/madeline-ostrander-how-your-home-will-change-climate
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My latest for WIRED magazine.
Countries that depend on exporting oil are among the most economically troubled, authoritarian,and conflict-ridden nations in the world. In the past 40 years, the consequences of becoming oil-rich have tended to be more destructive than positive. By the end of 2021, Exxon and its partners had taken in six times more revenue from its oil operations in Guyana than the government had—$3.6 billion to $607 million (IEEFA).
https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-defuse-carbon-bomb-guyana/
Countries that depend on exporting oil are among the most economically troubled, authoritarian,and conflict-ridden nations in the world. In the past 40 years, the consequences of becoming oil-rich have tended to be more destructive than positive. By the end of 2021, Exxon and its partners had taken in six times more revenue from its oil operations in Guyana than the government had—$3.6 billion to $607 million (IEEFA).
https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-defuse-carbon-bomb-guyana/
“This isn’t a story of powerlessness; it’s a story of power,” Guyanese environmental lawyer Melinda Janki says. “This is the biggest climate change case in the world.”
I'm thrilled to share my special investigation for WIRED magazine, over a year in the making, into Janki's ambitious suit taking on ExxonMobil's massive new offshore oil operations in Guyana. Everyone in this story talks about very real existential threats: to the company, the country, and the world.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-defuse-carbon-bomb-guyana/
I'm here and very happy to meet, learn from, support, and engage with a new community... but honestly, I'm pissed. Twitter has been an invaluable tool for me as a journalist, a citizen, in my broader work, and as a social network which, while frustrating & frayed, still serves. I'm pissed it's being destroyed. I'm pissed.
Why Big Oil Is Desperate to Avoid Climate Cases in State Courts.
Why Big Oil Is Desperate to Avoid Climate Cases in State Courts
Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, contends that Big Oil defendants are using specious arguments and tactics to try to move climate change claims from state courts to federal courts despite lack of jurisdiction.
I really hate learning new social media sites. Please share your tips on getting the most out of and contributing best to Mastodon. Seriously though, I'm new and eager to learn and join in!