Episode 5: The Radioactive Crisis of Oil and Gas Waste

Murdering Our Stars by Earthworks

Episode notes

Most people know that oil and gas emit air pollution. But few people understand that these wells also produce radioactive waste. That’s right — radioactive. Melissa Troutman, the co-founder of the investigative news nonprofit Public Herald and co-director of three documentary films between 2013-2020, tells us why the climate threat of oil and gas is not bad enough. Transcript and show notes: https://earthworks.org/murdering-our-stars-podcast/