from extreme temperatures. but the temperatures are not the only dangers, a drive from new orleans to baton rouge reveals an 85-mile stretch of more than 100 petroleum and chemical companies that have sandwiched whole neighborhoods while spewing emissions and more vulnerable to climate change and more exposed to pollutants and it is the proverbial one-two punch that michael everly came to see from the biden administration. the general feeling is that the government has failed them. i think that the federal and the state government has failed them in effectively communicating and being transparent and offering them some levels of relief. reporter: failing people like 81-year-old robert taylor a life-long resident of cancer alley, a place where the highest cancer rate is concentrated.
but extreme weather is not the only danger. a drive along the mississippi river between new orleans and baton rouge, reveals an stretch of more than 150 petroleum and chemical companies that have sandwiched whole neighborhoods while spewing harmful emissions, more vulnerable to climate change, more exposed to pollutants. it s the proverbial one-two punch epa administrator michael regan came to see as the biden administration promises to address environmental injustices in minority and low-income communities. the general feeling here is that their government has failed them. i think the state and federal government and local government has failed the people in terms of effectively communicating and being transparent and offering some levels of relief. reporter: failing people like 81-year-old robert taylor, a lifelong resident of louisiana s cancer alley, where the nation s highest cancer rate is
extreme temperatures. extreme weather is not the only danger. a drive between new orleans and baton rouge reveals an 85-mile stretch of more than 150 petroleum and chemical companies that sandwiched whole neighborhoods while spewing harmful emissions. more vulnerable to climate change, more exposed to pollutants, it s the proverbial one-two punch epa administrator michael regan came to see as the biden administration promises to address environmental injustices in minority and low-income communities. the general feeling here is that their government has failed them. i think the state and federal government and local government has failed the people in terms of effectively communicating and being transparent and offering some levels of relief. reporter: failing people like 81-year-old robert taylor. a lifelong resident of louisiana s cancer alley, where the nation s highest cancer rate is concentrated.
the residents are being asked to use bottled water. where is the national outcry and what s happening to these americans, michael? because i feel like if beverly hills had contaminated water, this would be major breaking news on everybody s screen and yet this is years that americans are without safe drinking water and it still has not been resolved. why is that? you don t have to speculate about it. in 2019, the epa came out with a report saying that poverty or the city s finances is not in the best indicator which city will have unsafe drinking water. it s actually how many black people live in the area. we saw it in jackson. we saw it, you saw it in st. john the baptist parrish in louisiana. we see who has the highest cancer rate in the country. and so we see that communities of color are disproportionately
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