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The Gas Industry's Anti-Electrification Campaigns & The Historic Nomination Of Deb Haaland
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:52:07
Publish Date: 2021-03-01 08:55:59
Description: On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet series, we're discussing a new Mother Jones investigation about the gas industry’s decades long campaign to convince Americans to use gas stoves. The industry is also involved in anti-electrification campaigns across the country. Natural gas is a powerful contributor to climate change and source of air pollution. Later in the show, we'll discuss the historic nomination of Congresswoman Deb Haaland to head the Interior Department. If confirmed, she will be the first Native to head a cabinet agency. Guests: Rebecca Leber , reporter in Mother Jones' DC bureau, where she covers environmental politics and policy Aliyah Chaveza, reporter and producer at Indian Country Today Web Resources: Mother Jones: How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves The Washington Post: The battle over climate change is boiling over on the home front The San Francisco Chronicle: California's electricity prices are so high that researchers worry
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