<description>&lt;p&gt;For decades we&amp;rsquo;ve heard that &amp;ldquo;the markets&amp;rdquo; will solve the climate crisis. On Drilled: Carbon Cowboys, we put that theory to the test, following Bruce Rastetter, a corn ethanol kingpin-turned-carbon entrepreneur from Iowa to Brazil, and asking the big questions: Are these &amp;ldquo;climate solutions&amp;rdquo; actually reducing emissions? Is CO2 increasing or decreasing as carbon becomes a commodity? Or is green colonialism just as extractive as the regular sort?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Drilled: Carbon Cowboys begins on May 12th. Pushkin+ subscribers can hear episodes early and ad-free. Find Pushkin+ on the Drilled show page on &lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drilled/id1439735906"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; or at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://pushkin.fm/plus"&gt;pushkin.fm/plus&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Drilled

Pushkin Industries

Welcome to Carbon Cowboys

MAY 5, 20264 MIN
Drilled

Welcome to Carbon Cowboys

MAY 5, 20264 MIN

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For decades we’ve heard that “the markets” will solve the climate crisis. On Drilled: Carbon Cowboys, we put that theory to the test, following Bruce Rastetter, a corn ethanol kingpin-turned-carbon entrepreneur from Iowa to Brazil, and asking the big questions: Are these “climate solutions” actually reducing emissions? Is CO2 increasing or decreasing as carbon becomes a commodity? Or is green colonialism just as extractive as the regular sort? Drilled: Carbon Cowboys begins on May 12th. Pushkin+ subscribers can hear episodes early and ad-free. Find Pushkin+ on the Drilled show page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.