# The First Day of School

An episode of [Drilled](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1439735906), 24 Sep 2021, 38 min.

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Long before climate change appeared on the scene, fossil fuel companies were in America's classrooms, shaping young minds. Dharna Noor and Amy Westervelt explore how Big Oil got into the education game, why it worked so well for them, and how the industry limits how Americans are allowed to think about the environment and the economy. Additional resources: The ABCs of Big Oil: Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrated Schools Pre-order Kate Worth's book, Miseducation. Check out the Frontline report on the Marshall Islands. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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