Big Oil, Big Trouble
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
New drilling techniques have made the US an oil exporter again: good for the economy; bad for the environment—and a nightmare for local culture. The sleepy town of Williston, North Dakota is one overcrowded boomtown with skyrocketing rents and new levels of violent crime.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.2 | Big oil, big trouble. |
| 0:13.8 | Hello again, I'm Arminolmi, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:17.6 | A daily look at the issues. Americans call about most. |
| 0:20.3 | New drilling techniques have made the U.S. and oil exporter again, look at the issues, Americans care about most. New drilling techniques |
| 0:21.4 | have made the U.S. and oil exporter again, good for the economy, bad for the environment, |
| 0:26.7 | and a nightmare for local culture. The sleepy town of Williston, North Dakota, is one overcrowded |
| 0:32.2 | boomtown with skyrocketing rents and new levels of violent crime. 18 wheelers are destroying roads built for pickups. |
| 0:39.3 | Wastewater is contaminating farmland. |
| 0:41.8 | Air pollution is causing health problems. |
| 0:44.2 | When thousands of oil workers live in shipping containers in so-called man camps, |
| 0:49.0 | what's it like for women? |
| 0:50.7 | Today's talking point? |
| 0:52.0 | U.S. plans for training Syrian fighters. |
| 0:54.7 | Is there a Pentagon disconnect? |
| 0:57.3 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:10.3 | Continuous coverage and accessible via our smartphone app or online at KCRW. |
| 1:20.2 | Support for To The Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:27.1 | Hello again, Warren. I'll |
| 1:27.9 | hear back with To The Point. America's latest oil boom has spurred the economy and its |
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