We interview Jesus Alonso and Ngodoo Atume from Clean Water Action in California. Ngodoo is a Senior Water Policy Analyst and Jesus serves as Clean Water Action’s Kern County Gas and Oil Organizer. We learn about California’s Central Valley communities that do not have safe drinking water, some that have to pay for contaminated water, and others whose wells have been poisoned or sucked dry. Jesus shares stories from his community, in Kern County, we hear about what it's like living and attending school next door to an oil pumpjack and the health risks associated. We learn about the fossil fuel industry’s chemical and radioactive-laced wastewater and how it is sold to farmers and used to grow food in five California water districts.
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The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned. 

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• Clean Water Action
• California State Water Board's "White Paper" a paper about fossil fuels wastewater used to grow food

Episode credits

• producer: Natalie Kilmer
• production support: Save California Salmon, and Kendall Crakow
• episode music: Atomic Tide 
• theme music by Tony Bald, Adam Inguiez, and Danny Snyder

This is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Food and Water Watch (FWW) and the second in our Fossil Fuels Series.  In this episode, we interview (FWW) National Policy Director, Jim Walsh, and Tomás Morales Rebecchi, California's Central Coast Organizing Manager. They continue to discuss current issues with the oil and gas industry and its impacts on our clean water and environment. We learn more about the fossil fuel industry's practices that pollute our water, food, and communities and the industry's efforts to roll back environmental regulations throughout California.  

Food and Water Watch fights for safe food, clean water, and a livable climate for all of us, protecting people from corporations and other destructive economic interests that put profit ahead of everything else.

Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned. 

Get involved

• Food and Water Watch 
• National Pipeline Awareness 

Episode credits

• producer: Natalie Kilmer
• production support: Kasil Willie, and Kendall Crakow
• episode music: The Pleasure Kills 
• theme music by Tony Bald, Adam Inguiez, and Danny Snyder

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This is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Food and Water Watch (FWW) and the first in our Fossil Fuels Series.  In this episode, we interview (FWW) National Policy Director, Jim Walsh, and Tomás Morales Rebecchi, California's Central Coast Organizing Manager, they catch us up to speed on the oil and gas industry and its impact on our clean water and environment.  We also learn about the future of fossil fuels and the false hope of hydrogen and what's at stake. 

Food and Water Watch fights for safe food, clean water, and a livable climate for all of us, protecting people from corporations and other destructive economic interests that put profit ahead of everything else.

Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned. 

Get involved

• Food and Water Watch 
• National Pipeline Awareness 

Episode credits

• producer: Natalie Kilmer
• production support: Kasil Willie, and Kendall Crakow
• episode music: The Pleasure Kills and Strange Cities
• theme music by Tony Bald, Adam Inguiez, and Danny Snyder