A Busload of COVID

Episode 6 of the Drilled podcast, hosted by Pushkin Industries, titled "A Busload of COVID" was published on April 19, 2022 and runs 21 minutes.

April 19, 2022 ·21m · Drilled

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Summary

In April 2020 when San Luis Obispo announced a plan to become the first city in Southern California to ban gas in new buildings, the region's utility SoCal Gas--the largest gas utility in the country--sprung into action, threatening among other things...

Episode Description

When San Luis Obispo announced its 2020 plan to become the first Southern California city to ban gas in new buildings, SoCal Gas—the largest gas utility in the country—sprung into action, threatening to bus in large numbers of protesters to crowd the town just as the COVID-19 pandemic was taking hold in the United States.

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