On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing gas prices, which reached a record high of $5 a gallon in June. The US is the world's largest producer of oil, but also buys a lot of oil from other countries. What explains price fluctuations and record high profits?
Since gas prices are getting so much attention, what happened to the conversation about what it will take to transition away from oil, drive less, and increase funding for alternatives to cars?
Guests:
Tyson Slocum, director of the Energy Program at Public Citizen
Kassie Siegel, senior counsel and director of the Climate Law Institute at the Center for Biological Diversity
Web Resources:
Politico: Why expensive gasoline is here to stay
The Guardian: US fossil-fuel companies took billions in tax breaks – and then laid off thousands
The Desert Sun: Harvard study links fossil fuels to millions of 'premature' deaths
Center for Biological Diversity: Oil Stain: How Dirty Crude Undercuts California's Climate Progress
Reuters: Special Report: How oil majors shift billions in profits to island tax havens
