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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: 0,0:02:39.62,0:02:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as climate change brings the average
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.71,0:02:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,temperature up, systemic inequalities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.09,0:02:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this will become more obvious.
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: 0,0:02:48.83,0:02:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these problems before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.21,0:02:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fight for environmental justice \Nin the US
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.52,0:02:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traces its roots to 1982 in Warren County,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.70,0:02:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,North Carolina when residents
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.71,0:03:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mounted mass demonstrations against
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.02,0:03:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the plan to put contaminated soil
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.15,0:03:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a nearby landfill. The US Environmental
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.64,0:03:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Protection Agency, or EPA, found
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.25,0:03:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that similar landfills in Southern states
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.20,0:03:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were all located in black or low-income
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.39,0:03:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neighborhoods. Several years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.79,0:03:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a report found this was a pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.68,0:03:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the country. \NHazardous waste facilities
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.17,0:03:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were more likely to be located
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.67,0:03:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in minority communities. The proof
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.34,0:03:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was undeniable, so in 1992 \NPresident George HW Bush
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.67,0:03:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,founded the Office
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.74,0:03:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Environmental Justice inside the EPA.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.80,0:03:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two years later, Bill Clinton signed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.52,0:03:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an executive order that told federal
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.24,0:03:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agencies to consider environmental
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.86,0:03:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,justice in all policies, and effectively
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.30,0:03:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,included environmental protections
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.25,0:03:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under civil rights law. \NIt sounds like things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.39,0:03:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were going pretty well, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.11,0:03:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, environmental justice\Npolicies stalled
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.40,0:03:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when George W Bush shifted the focus
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.89,0:03:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Office of Environmental Justice
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.02,0:03:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from protecting low-income and minority
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.88,0:03:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communities to protecting all people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.25,0:03:57.95,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: 0,0:04:02.30,0:04:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time many environmental
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.16,0:04:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,civil rights claims were delayed for years
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.16,0:04:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or downright rejected.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.25,0:04:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Barack Obama's election,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.27,0:04:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his administration recommitted
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.70,0:04:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to environmental justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.50,0:04:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Democrats controlled \Nthe House, the Senate,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.55,0:04:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and White House for two years, \Nbut guess
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.88,0:04:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how many bills they filed to strengthen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.74,0:04:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental justice protections? Zero.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.65,0:04:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, EPA funding itself is under threat,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.99,0:04:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so these vulnerable communities remain
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.85,0:04:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at risk. It's easy to assume \Nthat climate change
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.34,0:04:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will affect us all equally,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.20,0:04:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the truth is that communities
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.30,0:04:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around us including the one you're in,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.34,0:04:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be forced to bear an unequal brunt
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.86,0:04:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our changing world. If we want
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.74,0:04:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change this, we have to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.02,0:04:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those disparities and engage \Nwith those communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.50,0:04:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That way, as we find solutions,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.69,0:04:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone has a seat at the table.
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