discrimination is the reason 85% of houston s incinerators and landfills are located in a black and brown section of town. the mayor says the city has put a holistic approach into action to improving those neighborhoods. including dealing with illegal dumping. in the last 12 months, the numbers of the reports are less than they ve have been over the last five years. those are things the doj didn t know. but the doj s investigation is based on a complaint from a community legal aid group, detailing evidence they say shows environmental racism is still occurring here. this pushes part of the biden administration s inflation reduction act, that recently passed and has earmarked 60 billion dollars addressing environmental justice. are you happy that the doj has stepped in? truly. excited. it s just a piece of the iceberg. it s all environmental injustice. so for us, somebody has
the senate is getting ready to vote on the burn pits bill in just a little bit this afternoon. and it you re like what is this all about? you should understand it. it s bye-bye nicknamed the burn pit bill. it was after the practice of burning trash in pits in the open air, which you ll not be shocked to learn released toxic stuff into the air. members of the military inhaled that air and that has had terrible consequences including cancers and respiratory illnesses. one veteran tells nbc news that the burn pits and incinerators in afghanistan left her with bronchitis and pneumonia in and out of the er. more than 3.5 million veterans were exposed to this stuff in the wars after 9/11. it would spend $280 billion to help these veterans that are suffering. ali vitali caught up with some of them and their family who is have been camping out on the steps to make sure this vote really does truly happen. watch.
and vials and burnt rubber and exploded aerosol cans. and what was your concern about them. these are carcinogens and things that you should never be burning like this in an open pit. some of the bigger bases the u.s. eventually installed incinerators with stacks that carried the toxic fumes away from troops. but not in time for army reservist leroy torres. i lived approximately one mile from the burn pit. was 2 in constant use. it operated 24/7. after a year in iraq, torres returned to his civilian job as a texas state trooper. but the damage was done. ten years later i was diagnosed with a toxic brain injury. he needs supplemental oxygen and suffers from a respiratory condition called constrictive bronchitis which cost him both his military and civilian jobs. we almost lost our house, exhausted our life savings, put us in a very dark place. he keeps a gallery of service members who have already died
Polar bears are increasingly seeking sustenance in human trash because of melting sea ice and a loss of hunting opportunities. The result is a rise in human-bear conflict – and dead bears.
disproportionately affected some of the ethnic minority communities in terms of incinerators being used and the environmental fallout to behind that, so interesting viewpoints, i have only read that the first part of the front page which has come through, but certainly a big talking points. the environment more widely been a big talking point obviously with the heatwave this week and globalwarming, but with the heatwave this week and global warming, but also there has been a view that net zero has fallen down the political agenda during the conservative campaign race. an interesting report. fiend conservative campaign race. an interesting report. conservative campaign race. an interesting report. and says that similar inequalities interesting report. and says that similar inequalities visible - interesting report. and says that similar inequalities visible in - interesting report. and says that similar inequalities visible in the i similar inequalities visible in the uk were almost