 FACTS PURGALIN! Meet the oil industry's latest propaganda effort to distract you from its rampant price gouging and record-breaking profits, FACTS PURGALIN. In addition to having a goofy ass name, this fossil fuel industry campaign is littered with half-truths and misinformation. This is Fossil Fuel Fibs, the show where we break down the latest in propaganda from the fossil fuel industry. FACTS PURGALIN is a project put together by the Western States Petroleum Association and is designed to blame high gas prices in California on statewide efforts to combat climate change. Not, you know, the $33 billion in profit that oil companies made from July through September of last year. Not content with just going after the state, the fossil fuel industry has found a new target for a slick FACTS PURGALIN campaign — high schoolers. In Napa County, a number of high school students are following the lead of other cities around California and pushing their local government to stop permitting new gas stations. Not only are gas stations a major source for dangerous local pollution, but there is simply little to no rationale to building new ones when the science is telling us we need to transition away from fossil fuels like gasoline as quickly as possible. Instead of following the science and investing in a transition to clean transportation, big oil is placing local communities and high schoolers in its crosshairs. Last month, the industry put out FACTS PURGALIN mailers to people in Napa County, trying to argue that some California town's stopping new gas stations is to blame for high gas prices and not the billions of dollars in profit oil companies are rating in by price gouging. The truth is we do need to be mindful of the impact high gas prices have on people, especially as we move to transition away from the dirty fuel. But let's not get it twisted — it's the greed of oil companies that is primarily hurting people at the pump. Not efforts by our state government to combat climate change, and certainly not high schoolers pushing local governments to take small steps toward a more sustainable future. That's it for fossil fuel fibs for now. Be sure to like and give us a follow to stay up to date on all the different ways the fossil fuel industry is trying to lie to you. Stay safe out there. To learn more, head to Safe Cities Daughter.