upset about pet coke piles scored along the calumet river. it is shipped from a nearby refinery in indiana. the same refinery responsible for the oil spill into the great lakes we covered earlier this week. chicago department of public health is warning residents there are health effects that could be profound from the dust including coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and experts say there s not enough literature to determine whether it goes much deeper than that. residents want to avoid being exposed to this pet coke dust f. they do, what should they do? well, authorities say, quote, limit spending time outdoors or outdoor activities. harsh verdict on that. is it realistic? what needs to be done to fight back against the corporations that are polluting neighborhoods? one congressman in the area has an answer. that s gary peters, who represents a district where pet coke piles were stored along the
have the kind of may that be part of the reason why they say, okay, we ll just dump it in port arthur because we re talking about communities that doesn t necessarily have the kind of resources or avenues to fight back? yeah. we ve seen that time and time again, particularly in terms of this pipeline s development. and my hat s off to mr. kelley and his friends in port arthur who have been fighting back. we ve seen similar things in detroit where state representative talib led her constituents to get the pet coke piles, people are doing the same thing in lake shore and gary, indiana. over and over again you see the poor and people of color getting exploited and cheated by this
the coke piles that remain will be covered until they can be transported away. state representative rasheeda, said, quote, the mayor agreed with concern it needed to be covered immediately so it s not flying all over our may neighborhood. age-old question in politics about the balance of power between the people and rich corporate interests, right? i mean, in our age, the richest corporate interests are energy companies. oil companies are the most profitable industry ever known in the history of keeping track of human profit. what is the balance of power in our country right now between us and them? between oil companies and us who live with what they do? in southern texas, and in west texas, it is local residents seeing their roads ground to dust. in detroit, the pet coke piles have to be moved by tuesday, but tonight in michigan also, two democratic state legislators are convening a town hall meeting to deal with the next one of these messes. the proposed dumping of canadian nuclear
be covered until they can be transported away. state representative rashida, said, quote, the mayor agreed with concern it needed to be covered immediately so it s not flying all over our neighborhood. age-old question in politics about the balance of power between the people and rich corporate interests, right? i mean, in our age, the richest corporate interests are energy companies. oil companies are the most profitable industry ever known in the history of keeping track of human profit. what is the balance of power in our country right now between us and them? between oil companies and us who live with what they do? in southern texas, and in west texas, it is local residents seeing their roads ground to dust. in detroit, the pet coke piles have to be moved by tuesday, but tonight in michigan also, two democratic state legislators are convening a town hall meeting to deal with the next one of these messes. the proposed dumping of canadian
said, quote, the mayor agreed with concern it needed to be covered immediately so it s not flying all over our neighborhood. age-old question in politics about the balance of power between the people and rich corporate interests, right? i mean, in our age, the richest corporate interests are energy companies. oil companies are the most profitable industry ever known in the history of keeping track of human profit. what is the balance of power in our country right now between us and them? between oil companies and us who live with what they do? in southern texas, and in west texas, it is local residents seeing their roads ground to dust. in detroit, the pet coke piles have to be moved by tuesday, but tonight in michigan also, two democratic state legislators are convening a town hall meeting to deal with the next one of these messes. the proposed dumping of canadian nuclear waste along lake heron. a proposed canadian underground radioactive nuclear waste repository off michigan s shore.