Pellets, and this coxs creek. Reporter take a trip up cox creek off the gulf of mexico, and its impossible to miss this gigantic petrochemical factory. Thats a massive plant. Whats sometimes harder to see is whats finding its way out of it, plastic pellets, sometimes called nurdleles. How many pellets are going into the water on a daily basis. They managed to scoop up 79 billion in two years. Reporter diane wilson is a fourth generation fisher woman, who used to captain a fishing boat. This is the all over the bay. Reporter she is now an environmental activist, fighting one of the largest plastics manufacturers in the world. This was never the plan, to go from a fisherwoman to an environmental activist . No. People dont believe it, but i am normally very quiet. Im an introvert. Reporter so why this . Because it fell flat in my lap. Reporter the taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics first opened this factory in 1983. It now covers 2500 acres of land near port lavaca, texas. Trillions
The ad. You were watching from around the world. Friday it will for your info and to hit and run when they do so much for joining us. We begin with confirmation of a widely expected move by japan that grows more cold water on the struggling korea japan relationship improved and you risk textbooks that claim koreas coco islands and its new diplomatic blue paper shows no movement on the wartime sexual slavery issue of Foreign Affairs correspondent of how he reports and how these measures may have re some of the gains from last months summit talks in tokyo and washington. Eight out of twelve texted that will be used in japanese Elementary Schools starting next spring will falsely state that for mystical island is part of the pack. And the eight expats approved by the Japanese Education Ministry friday. Six acre bn is illegally occupying local known as tacky she met a japanese auntie Kerry Max Beck mark the island as japanese territory though it is physically closer to parity and the body
Ninan and toddlers tearing up for that pictureperfect moment with santa. This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. The Historic House vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump, a vote that would make him only the third president to be impeached, is just days away. Today the president took in another battle, joining thousands of cadets and midshipmen at the 120th army navy game. If the house votes as expected, the president would face a senate trial in the new year. Heres paula reid. Reporter President Trump traveled to philadelphia today to attend the armynavy Football Game where he gave each team a pep talk before they took the field. Good luck, everybody. Go out there, good luck. Reporter back in washington, the president faces another week of impeachment proceedings with the full house expected to vote on wednesday. On friday, during a photoop in the oval office, he was asked about how long he hopes a likely senate trial will be. Ill do whatever
Plastic particles and chemicals pollute all of our bodies. But people living on the fencelines of the fossil fuel, plastic, and waste industries face even more life-threatening pollution.