Why does misinformation spread like wildfire&mdash;and why is it so hard to correct? Climate communication researchers <a href="https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/1028119-john-cook">John Cook</a> (University of Melbourne) and <a href="https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/people/decu/">Dominik A. Stecula</a> (Colorado State University) explain the psychology of misinformation, drawing on years of research around climate denial, political polarization, and media dynamics. Additional resources: <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/climate-obstruction-9780197787151?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;">Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment&nbsp;</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

How The Media Drives Climate Obstruction

Drilled is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. Hosted and reported by award-winning investigative climate journalists and led by Amy Westervelt, each season unravels new evidence of deception, disinformation, and the power structures keeping real climate solutions out of reach.
In September 2025, a group of Brazilian ministers trekked all the way to chilly North Dakota to see a presentation on a new type of clean energy project, one that promised to help them deliver Brazilian President Lula&rsquo;s dream of turning Brazil into &ldquo;the Saudi Arabia of sustainable aviation fuels.&rdquo; It was the latest in a string of projects from Midwest Republican kingmaker and corn ethanol magnate Bruce Rastetter, whose investments in Brazil might just transform him into a global carbon czar, even as his Summit pipeline carbon project faces fierce opposition from Iowa to North Dakota. The problem? It all requires loads of land and none of it does a thing about climate change.