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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.24,0:00:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.02,0:00:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}What do you think of when you hear\Nthe words climate change?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.22,0:00:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Chances are you might think\Nof sad nature somewhere far away,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.91,0:00:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}but climate change also affects\Nhumans in every corner of the world,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.23,0:00:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the corner where you live\Nand where I live.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.05,0:00:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It impacts the people\Nand places we see every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.20,0:00:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it will impact some of us\Nmore than others.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.80,0:00:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (drum beat music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.65,0:00:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.93,0:00:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}was one of the most active\Nseasons in history,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.16,0:00:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}with 17 named storms and 10 hurricanes.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.88,0:00:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Six of those hurricanes had winds\Nof more than 110 miles per hour,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.15,0:00:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while it's hard to know\Nif any single weather event
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.76,0:00:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is due to climate change,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.13,0:00:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do know\Nthat it will make conditions more extreme.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.94,0:00:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}We're seeing\Nwhat that future could look like{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.08,0:00:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}in Cape Town, South Africa.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.59,0:00:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}There, a drought\Nhas stressed local reservoirs,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.15,0:00:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}leading to water rationing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.00,0:00:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}as the city prepares for the day \Nwhen the taps run dry.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.62,0:01:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And when you take a community\Nthat's already facing these disparities{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.09,0:01:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and add in extreme weather\Ncaused by climate change,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.81,0:01:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}it can make it even harder\Nfor those communities to recover.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.54,0:01:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Not every community\Nexperiences these climate changes{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.30,0:01:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}in the same way.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.47,0:01:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Some communities have more resources,\Nbetter infrastructure{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.38,0:01:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}or more political capital\Nthan other communities.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.36,0:01:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}There's a concept\Nto deal with these inequalities.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.86,0:01:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}It's called{\i0} environmental justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.81,0:01:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the idea is pretty simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.96,0:01:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communities shouldn't be forced to suffer
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.92,0:01:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disproportionate environmental effects,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.26,0:01:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or deal with more pollution than others\Nbecause they belong to a certain race,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.94,0:01:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,national origin or income bracket.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.12,0:01:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People in wealthy communities\Noften think these concerns are far away.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.50,0:01:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}But even in a place like the US,\Nwhere we tend to think{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.26,0:01:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}we're ahead of the curve\Non protecting all people,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.71,0:01:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the execution has been spotty.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.61,0:01:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}We can still find lots of environmental\Ndisparities right in our back yard.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.26,0:01:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}As Miami cleaned up after Hurricane Maria,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.62,0:01:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}officials dumped debris\Nnext to a community{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.64,0:01:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}with lots of low-income residents\Nand people of color.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.40,0:01:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Definitely close enough\Nto see and smell it.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.60,0:02:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And in Houston,\Nresidents who couldn't afford{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.15,0:02:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}or weren't physically able to evacuate\Nbefore hurricane Harvey,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.59,0:02:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}had no choice but to stay behind\Nas the city flooded.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.43,0:02:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Puerto Rico has faced budget shortages{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.62,0:02:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and a lack of infrastructure for decades.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.63,0:02:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And after a spate of hurricanes,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.45,0:02:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}residents there had trouble\Nfinding clean drinking water,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.11,0:02:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and large portions of the island\Nremained without electricity for months.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.60,0:02:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}It's more than extreme individual events.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.21,0:02:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}In many places, days that were\Nalready hot, are getting even hotter,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.98,0:02:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and there are more of them.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.51,0:02:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}This heat can be especially deadly\Nin homes without air-conditioning.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.38,0:02:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}For example,the heat index\Ninside public housing in Harlem{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.88,0:02:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}stays dangerously elevated overnight,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.53,0:02:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}even when it cools off outside.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.62,0:02:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And as climate change\Nbrings the average temperature up,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.75,0:02:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}systemic inequalities like this\Nwill become more obvious.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.40,0:02:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not that the United States\Nhasn't tried to fix
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.83,0:02:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these problems before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.12,0:02:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The fight for environmental justice\Nin the US{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.52,0:02:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}traces its roots to 1982\Nin Warren County, North Carolina,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.10,0:02:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}when residents mounted mass demonstrations{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.62,0:03:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}against a plan to put contaminated soil\Nin a nearby landfill.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.48,0:03:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The US Environmental Protection Agency,\Nor EPA,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.82,0:03:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}found that similar landfills\Nin Southern states{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.20,0:03:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}were all located in black\Nor low-income neighborhoods.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.40,0:03:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Several years later, a report found\Nthis was a pattern around the country.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.63,0:03:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Hazardous waste facilities{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.17,0:03:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}were more likely to be located\Nin minority communities.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.54,0:03:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The proof was undeniable,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.09,0:03:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}so in 1992, President George H. W. Bush{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.72,0:03:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}founded the Office\Nof Environmental Justice inside the EPA.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.61,0:03:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Two years later,\NBill Clinton signed an executive order{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.22,0:03:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}that told federal agencies to consider\Nenvironmental justice in all policies,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.59,0:03:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and effectively included\Nenvironmental protections{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.94,0:03:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}under civil rights law.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.48,0:03:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds like things\Nwere going pretty well, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.91,0:03:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, environmental justice policies\Nstalled
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.40,0:03:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}when George W. Bush shifted the focus{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.89,0:03:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}of the Office of Environmental Justice{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.99,0:03:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}from protecting low-income\Nand minority communities{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.67,0:03:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to protecting all people.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.56,0:03:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That sounds good, but in practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.95,0:04:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it meant those efforts no longer focused
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.20,0:04:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on protecting the people\Nwho needed it most.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.30,0:04:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}At the same time,\Nmany environmental civil rights claims{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.24,0:04:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}were delayed for years\Nor downright rejected.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.12,0:04:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}After Barack Obama's election,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.07,0:04:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}his administration recommitted\Nto environmental justice.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.25,0:04:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Democrats controlled\Nthe House, the Senate,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.47,0:04:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and White House for two years,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.14,0:04:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but guess how many bills they filed\Nto strengthen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.45,0:04:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental justice protections?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.07,0:04:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zero.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.21,0:04:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, EPA funding itself is under threat,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.99,0:04:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so these vulnerable communities\Nremain at risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.47,0:04:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy to assume that climate change\Nwill affect us all equally,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.20,0:04:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}but the truth is\Nthat communities all around us,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.15,0:04:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}including the one you're in,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.68,0:04:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}may be forced to bear\Nan unequal brunt of our changing world.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.90,0:04:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we want to change this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.54,0:04:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to recognize those disparities\Nand engage with those communitites
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.97,0:04:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That way, as we find solutions,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.32,0:04:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone has a seat at the table.
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