Dr. David Gonzalez

Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley · 1 appearance on the record.

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academicscientist@davidJXgonzalez ↗equislab.publichealth.berkeley.edu ↗

He investigates how pollution from extractive industries and climate-driven disasters impact public health and marginalized communities. His empirical research documenting health risks near California oil wells and historically redlined neighborhoods has helped shape state environmental justice policies.

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4 assertions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 4 are resolved. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Dr. argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Gonzalez: Black and Latinx communities face disproportionate oil well exposure
“In several studies, researchers have found people of color, so Black and Latinx people, are more likely to live near oil and gas wells and other infrastructure like flaring. We've seen this in Texas. We're seeing this in California. And we also know that from …”
Dr. David Gonzalez May 11, 2022 ▶ 7:28 The hidden history of California oil

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Gonzalez: California's largest oil spill occurred in Guadalupe dunes
“The next town over had a massive oil field, the Santa Maria oil field and the Guadalupe oil fields, and there was a refinery near my middle school, and the largest oil spill in the state of California happened in the dunes just outside my town.”
Dr. David Gonzalez May 11, 2022 ▶ 6:49 The hidden history of California oil

Everything Dr. David Gonzalez said on the Green Blueprint that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Supported
Gonzalez: Black and Latinx communities face disproportionate oil well exposure
“In several studies, researchers have found people of color, so Black and Latinx people, are more likely to live near oil and gas wells and other infrastructure like flaring. We've seen this in Texas. We're seeing this in California. And we also know that from …”
Dr. David Gonzalez May 11, 2022 ▶ 7:28 The hidden history of California oil
Assertion Supported
Gonzalez: 1940 census data links worst redlining grades to more oil wells
“So we did that for 17 cities. We had data from the 1940 census, so we didn't have it for every city. Redlining data. Oil wells data. We consistently saw the neighborhood with the worst grade had more wells. Significantly more wells.”
Dr. David Gonzalez May 11, 2022 ▶ 10:35 The hidden history of California oil
Assertion Supported
Dr. Gonzalez: Cumulative pollution burdens compound health risks in marginalized communities
“Communities that are racially marginalized, so majority Latinx and Black communities, are not just exposed to oil and gas wells. They're more likely to live near many types of pollution, many sources of pollution. And that cumulative burden of pollution, that …”
Dr. David Gonzalez May 11, 2022 ▶ 13:06 The hidden history of California oil
Assertion Contradicted
Gonzalez: California's largest oil spill occurred in Guadalupe dunes
“The next town over had a massive oil field, the Santa Maria oil field and the Guadalupe oil fields, and there was a refinery near my middle school, and the largest oil spill in the state of California happened in the dunes just outside my town.”
Dr. David Gonzalez May 11, 2022 ▶ 6:49 The hidden history of California oil

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
The hidden history of California oil May 11, 2022 6m
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