Amy Westervelt

San Antonio

Freelance Reporter at Freelance

Investigative reporter. Run @WeAreDrilled and @CriticalFreqPod. Steering committee @CoveringClimate. Investigations, pods, newsletter: https://t.co/h54LQlr9A6

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Forget the "Joe Rogan of the Left," Where's the Rupert Murdoch?

1 month ago | drilled.ghost.io | Amy Westervelt

Something can be repeated over and over, a story told ten different ways, and then one particular frame or graphic or turn of phrase makes it take hold. There are plenty of people who claim to know exactly what that special sauce is. I am not one of them. Mostly I figure people just need to hear something at least 10 times before it sinks in.
It's Time to Fight for Actual Free Speech

Mar 9, 2025 | drilled.ghost.io | Amy Westervelt

If you are obsessed with corporate PR and its power, as I am, eventually you butt up against the question of whether and how to regulate it without engaging in censorship.
Biden May Have Quietly Thrown a Wrench in Trump's Plan to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill'

Jan 28, 2025 | msn.com | Rishika Pardikar |Amy Westervelt

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Biden May Have Quietly Thrown a Wrench in Trump’s Plan to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’

Jan 28, 2025 | yahoo.com | Rishika Pardikar |Amy Westervelt

This story was published in partnership with Drilled, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability. In December, the Biden administration quietly announced the finalization of its long-awaited study on liquefied natural gas, or LNG, exports.
Biden May Have Quietly Thrown a Wrench in Trump’s Plan to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’

Jan 28, 2025 | yahoo.com | Rishika Pardikar |Amy Westervelt

This story was published in partnership with Drilled, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability. In December, the Biden administration quietly announced the finalization of its long-awaited study on liquefied natural gas, or LNG, exports.
Here’s How Big Oil Guides Global Climate Negotiations

Nov 22, 2024 | yahoo.com | Amy Westervelt |Royce Kurmelovs

This story was published in partnership with Drilled, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability, and was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
Amy Westervelt on LinkedIn: Project 2025

Nov 8, 2024 | linkedin.com | Amy Westervelt

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On Climate Week and Toxic Positivity

Sep 29, 2024 | drilled.ghost.io | Amy Westervelt

Last week was New York Climate Week, which happens alongside the UN General Assembly every year, or as I overheard one person describe it: the UNGA games. I've never participated in Climate Week, but those who are regulars told me it seemed even busier and griftier than usual this year. Some thought that was a function of the high stakes U.S. election, others figured it was because so many people are skipping the annual UN Conference of the Parties, or COP, this year in Azerbaijan.
Carbon capture and storage is a fantasy - and taxpayers are footing the bill

Sep 11, 2024 | angrybearblog.com | Amy Westervelt |David Ho

A relatively long piece on Carbon Capture by Vox. It does touch on every topic concerning capture and storage. Oil companies sold the public on a fake climate solution - and swindled taxpayers out of billionsby Amy WesterveltThis spring, Democrats wrapped up a nearly three-year investigation into the fossil fuel industry's role in climate disinformation and asked the Department of Justice to pick up where they left off.
Why Can't We Just Tell the Truth About Fossil Fuels?

Sep 10, 2024 | drilled.ghost.io | Amy Westervelt

I went on a call-in radio show this weekend, the focus of which was climate in the next election. I had also just talked to my friend and frequent collaborator Mary-Annaïse Heglar about this very question for the most recent episode of our climate talk show, Spill (check it out below, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts).