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These are the words being described used to describe hurricane harvey, the largest rainfall in continental u. S. History. We will go to houston to get our petro etch a on the unfolding Environmental Crisis as Oil Refineries a and chemical plan release thousands of popounds of airbororne pollutants. Plus, we will speak with naomi klein. She has a message to the media talk about Climate Change. We will also speak with one of the worlds bebestknown climate ntists, dr. James theink the peoeople question people are asking is what is the impact on humans of this hurricane and there are substantial impacts on sea level , the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere and therefore the amount of rainfall, and also the strength of stotorms. Humans are already impacting all of those to a substantial degree. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas and louisiana, at least 30 people have died, more than 17,000 pe
Rainfall in continental u. S. History. We will go to houston to get our petro etch a on the unfolding Environmental Crisis as Oil Refineries and Chemical Plants release thousands of pounds of airborne pollutants. Plus, we will speak with naomi klein. She has a message to the media talk about Climate Change. We will also speak with one of the worlds bestknown climate ntists, dr. James theink the people question people are asking is what is the impact on humans of this hurricane and there are substantial impacts on sea level , the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere and therefore the amount of rainfall, and also the strength of storms. Humans are already impacting all of those to a substantial degree. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas and louisiana, at least 30 people have died, more than 17,000 people are in shelters, hundreds of thousands are under evacuation orders, and all past u. S. R
These are the words being described used to describe hurricane harvey, the largest rainfall in continental u. S. History. We will go to houston to get our petro etch a on the unfolding Environmental Crisis as Oil Refineries a and chemical plan release thousands of popounds of airbororne pollutants. Plus, we will speak with naomi klein. She has a message to the media talk about Climate Change. We will also speak with one of the worlds bebestknown climate ntists, dr. James theink the peoeople question people are asking is what is the impact on humans of this hurricane and there are substantial impacts on sea level , the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere and therefore the amount of rainfall, and also the strength of stotorms. Humans are already impacting all of those to a substantial degree. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas and louisiana, at least 30 people have died, more than 17,000 pe
Hurricane harvey tops 63, we will look at the fallout from the historic storm in a spspecil report from houston, texas, the epicenter of the fossil fuel industry in the united ststates. We will take you on a toxic tour of the city from the flooded Oil Refineries spewing contaminants into the air of neighborhoods, so often poor commmmunities s of cocol. Plus, wewe attend a a fundraiseo pay for the e funerals of four rescue volunteerers who were electrocuted when their small boat was swept away by churning floodwaters. They were undocumented. Then we visit with the father of the Environmental Justice movement dr. Robert bullard after he returned to his houston home after a mandatory evacuation. How can we make invisible communities visible yucca those communities who have been inundated of pollution before the storm yucca when a storm like this, happens, it exposes that vulnerability. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report