Drilled Presents: The Carbon Copy | The Hidden History of California Oil

Drilled

Critical Frequency

True Crime, Earth Sciences, Social Sciences, Science

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🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

How residential drilling sparked a public health and environmental justice problem in California.

Across California, oil wells pepper residential neighborhoods – often directly next to homes, schools, and businesses.

These residential wells have been linked to a host of health problems, from asthma to cancer. And these problems disproportionately affect California's communities of color.

This week, producer Alexandria Herr goes on a crusade to prove that California is not the green state that everybody thinks it is.

We'll explore hidden oil wells, the history of redlining, and the oil boom during World War II, to understand why residential drilling in California looks the way it does today.

Guests: Dr. David Gonzalez is a President's Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley.
Dr. Sarah Elkind is the president of the American Society for Environmental History.
The Carbon Copy is a co-production of Post Script Media and Canary Media.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Drilled. I'm Amy Westerville.
0:04.4	Today I want to bring you another podcast that I love.
0:09.7	It's called The Carbon Copy.
0:11.8	As drill listeners, you know how far the oil and gas industry will go to dig up fossil fuels
0:17.2	and keep us hooked on their products.
0:19.4	And that includes keeping oil drilling rigs right next to schools and homes.
0:25.7	In this episode of The Carbon Copy, hosted by veteran climate journalists, Stephen Lacey,
0:32.1	we're going to hear about the history of residential oil drilling near California's communities
0:36.6	of color.
0:37.6	And discover that California is not quite as green as everybody thinks it is.
0:42.1	As a long time California resident, I know this to be true.
0:45.0	I'm constantly having to tell people that California is actually a big oil state.
0:50.4	Hollywood literally built on oil fields.
0:53.8	The Carbon Copy covers climate change by connecting it to the major cultural, economic, business,
0:58.9	and tech trends that are shaping the world around us.
1:01.8	Each episode shows us that climate change is not just a scientific story or a far off
1:06.2	problem.
1:07.6	But everything is a climate story.
1:10.1	Here's their episode on residential oil rigs in California.
1:14.0	It's called The Hidden History of California Oil.
1:18.0	I hope you like it.
1:19.0	The link in the show notes so you can go subscribe when you're done.
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