Fighting for Our Lives in Fossil Fuel Country w/ John Beard Jr. / A People's Climate

Podcast: The Nation Podcasts · The Nation Magazine

Opublikowano: 2026-10-17

“This is about life. And this extractive industry is not a giver of life, it is a taker of life.” On March 23, 2026, a massive explosion tore through the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, shaking homes and sending a plume of smoke over a community that has lived with oil and petrochemical pollution for generations. In this episode of A People’s Climate, host Shilpi Chhotray talks with John Beard Jr., a former refinery worker who spent 38 years inside the industry, about what happens when global oil decisions become local realities. From U.S. policy toward...