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How Fossil Fuel Interests Weaponized Economists To Delay Climate Action (w/ Ben Franta)
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How Fossil Fuel Interests Weaponized Economists To Delay Climate Action (w/ Ben Franta)
FromThe Climate Pod
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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
Sep 15, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
This week, Ben Franta joins the show to talk about his latest paper, "Weaponizing Economics: Big oil, economic consultants, and climate policy delay”. He explains how fossil fuel companies knew for decades that their product was warming the planet and instead of investing in new energy options, leveraged economic experts to help slow necessary action to combat the climate crisis. We also discuss Harvard University's decision to divest from fossil fuels, which Ben advocated for as a student of Harvard University almost a decade ago. Ben is currently a graduate student at Stanford University focusing on the history of denial and delay tactics by the fossil fuel industry. He is also cofounder and current Director of Accountability Research for the Climate Social Science Network, a global network of social science scholars doing research on climate politics headquartered at Brown University. Follow Ben on Twitter and LinkedIn Check out Ben's TedTalk Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly": https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Join our Facebook group. Check out our updated website! Subscribe to our YouTube channel! We will be live on YouTube this Saturday, September 18 at 4 pm ET. Come say hi!
Released:
Sep 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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