Fracked State (11/05/13)

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🗓️ 7 November 2013

⏱️ 66 minutes

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“We have been fracking in California for 60 years and we have done it safely,” according to Paul Deiro, an energy lobbyist with KP Public Affairs. “We believe in transparency, disclosure, notification.” The state is on the verge of a huge energy boom, poised to hydraulic fracture, or frack, across much of the coast and Central Valley. Signature of a new fracking regulation bill, SB4, has upset advocates and opponents alike. “Investing in getting more fossil fuels out of the ground is just bass-ackward right now,” said Annie Notthoff, California Advocacy Director with NRDC. But fracking is already occurring, and the purpose of the bill was to create oversight and transparency, argued State Senator Fran Pavley. “What I’m trying to do is put a public face on this,” Pavley said. This conversation reveals diverse opinions on the state’s evolving fracking debate. “This is not your father’s fracking,” Notthoff said. “This is a new day.” Fran Pavley, Senator, California State Senate Annie Notthoff, California Advocacy Director, NRDC Paul Deiro, Energy Lobbyist, Western States Petroleum Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy?
0:05.0	Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy, economy, and the environment.
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0:22.7	Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the matter. It's our future. It's time to come
0:28.5	together. I'm Greg Dalton, and today on Climate One we will discuss powering California's economy.
0:34.1	Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a law that for the first time regulates hydraulic
0:38.2	fracturing or fracking in the state. Fracking involves injecting water, sand, and chemicals
0:43.7	into underground rocks to release fossil fuels. It is often associated with natural gas, but for
0:49.5	years, companies in California have been using it in oil wells. Recent advances in technology make it feasible to economically extract oil bubbles
0:57.8	trapped in shale rock along the coast and in the Central Valley.
1:01.6	As a result, California could be on the verge of an oil boom, and the new fracking law
1:06.7	lays down the rules for how that could play out.
1:09.3	At the same time, California is forging ahead with programs to reduce carbon pollution
1:13.9	that is driving severe weather.
1:16.2	The state has linked arms with Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, and an alliance
1:20.3	to promote clean energy and combat climate disruption.
1:24.0	Can California be a climate leader and increase its production of fossil fuels?
1:29.0	Over the next hour, we'll talk about that in California's energy future and include questions
1:33.3	from our live audience here at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. We're pleased to have
1:37.6	with us three people deeply involved in the state's energy debate. Paul Diaro is an energy
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