Natural Gas Is Scamming America

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Also you should watch this fantastic Frontline doc, which we reference throughout the episode - this is also part three of a three-part series on Big Oil, so you should also watch the other two parts:   The Power of Big Oil, Part Three: Delay (f...

LNG graphs from Jeremy Symons: https://www.symonspa.com/post/report-...

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Episode Credits

Host, Head Writer, Editor: Rollie Williams

Executive Producers: Rollie Williams & Ben Boult & Matt Nelsen & Nicole Conlan

Writer: Matt Nelsen

Director: Matt Nelsen

Cinematographer: Ben Boult

Assistant Editor: Laura Conte

Audio Assistance: Ellis Rovin

Production Assistants: Elias Benitez-Gadda, Spencer Bruce, Milton Vargas

Animator: Ian MK Cessna (https://ianhasawebsite.com/)

Theme music by Gratis (   / @gratis3241  )

Special thanks to the Civil Liberties Defense Center (https://cldc.org/) for their continued support.

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