WEBVTT - Drilled + Earther Present: The ABCs of Big Oil

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<v Speaker 1>Even though we're using more than way they are used.

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<v Speaker 1>We're at a twenty year low on SOE two emissions.

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<v Speaker 2>This is an oil and gas lobbyist in Arkansas.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, and that money that we were starting that other

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<v Speaker 1>countries is now going into the US or not.

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<v Speaker 2>And she's not at an industry meeting or a right

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<v Speaker 2>wing climate conference, which.

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<v Speaker 1>In the jobs are will continue to be very important.

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<v Speaker 2>She's actually standing in front of a seventh grade class,

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<v Speaker 2>teaching them about energy.

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<v Speaker 3>We've been hearing for a while now about oil and

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<v Speaker 3>gas companies infiltrating schools, looking for future energy workers, or

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<v Speaker 3>tinkering with science curricula. But over the past several months

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<v Speaker 3>we've been digging into a different sort of industry influence,

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<v Speaker 3>a darker sort. I'm Garden Nor from Earth.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm Amy Westervelt. In a new miniseries coming later

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<v Speaker 2>this month, Darna and I partnered up to look at

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<v Speaker 2>how the fossil fuel industry has shaped not just science education,

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<v Speaker 2>but social science education. How kids view the economy and

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<v Speaker 2>society and politics.

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<v Speaker 3>How the industry trains future voters and business people and

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<v Speaker 3>activists and journalists to narrow the possibilities for solutions. Starting

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<v Speaker 3>in kindergarten and continuing into college.

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<v Speaker 1>But you have to think about the challenge is too

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<v Speaker 1>and we think two days.

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<v Speaker 4>First of all, you you need to decide to standard

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<v Speaker 4>of value what is most important. Thankfully we don't have

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<v Speaker 4>to choose in this country. We've we're working out on

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<v Speaker 4>a happy medium at this point. But if you had

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<v Speaker 4>to choose, you need to decide is human life the

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<v Speaker 4>most important thing, humors being healthier, wealthier, happier, living longer,

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<v Speaker 4>or is Christine nature more important?

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<v Speaker 1>But we wanna put building buildings with build The new

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<v Speaker 1>nausis stop getting step out of the ground.

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<v Speaker 4>We want to lead it exactly as it is, because

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<v Speaker 4>that would be difficult. Ven just RedANT to ma is Chues.

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<v Speaker 2>And just how much influence this framing has had on

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<v Speaker 2>climate policy and environmental regulations.

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<v Speaker 5>When you take your message and you put it in

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<v Speaker 5>the mouth of someone who is teaching your children, who

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<v Speaker 5>is told you know who children are told to believe

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<v Speaker 5>and trust, it is among the most insidious and among

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<v Speaker 5>the most effective forms of propaganda.

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<v Speaker 6>It's not just that public policy schools are being funded

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<v Speaker 6>by oil companies. Sometimes it's that the programs that are

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<v Speaker 6>focused on climate or environment or sustainability, in particular, those

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<v Speaker 6>are often funded by the oil companies.

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<v Speaker 7>One would say that climate change is the defining issue

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<v Speaker 7>of this century, but in thirty States, climate change doesn't

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<v Speaker 7>show up in any civics class.

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<v Speaker 3>Coming soon from Drilled and Earther. The ABC is of

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<v Speaker 3>Big Oil.

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