investments in mitigating climate pollution, around transportation, methane, power plants. so the president s build back better agenda is a shot in the arm when we look at proikting our infrastructure from the impacts of climate change and also mitigating the pollution that we are seeing that exacerbate climate change impacts. the interesting term, you said legacy pollution. let s pivot to the ida response, where it first landed. in louisiana right now, the new orleans saints are playing their football season up in jacksonville, florida, because their home city is still recovering from hurricane ida and it is not yet ready to toast a football game. of course we remember 16 years ago the saints played their entire season away from home because extensive damage done to the city and the super dome by
up their electric bills on fixed incomes or rather just deal with the type of heat that has been killing people all over the country and the world this summer. going back to your report, my producer who worked on this segment is from raly, north carolina, and have you ever thought about climb change in those terms. absolutely i do. i think about it from the lens of looking at number one what you laid out which is people struggling to pay their electricity bills. one of the great things about the president s build back better agenda, it s looking at the investments that will go into infrastructure. and what the reality is is that many of these homes need to be focused on in terms of insulation and weatherization. and energy efficiency programs that can help cut the cost of their electric bills while also
epa released the most advanced environmental justice study to date. all of the facts and figures that you laid out are stark fact and figures that we must grapple with today. when you zoom out and take a look at this information, really, it puts the data right in front of every american, information that we have known for quite some time, that minorities and low-income communities have born a disproportionate impact to pollution for generations. and now we add climate change on top of that. this is a stark reminder that minority communities, low-income communities, and communities all this country are now feeling the impacts of climate change. and we expect that intensity to continue. and that s why the president has really pointed out that a laser focus on climate change, a laser
hurricane katrina. it does leave one to wonder whether enough has been done in the past decade and a half to build up new orleans infrastructure so that it is prepared for the major storms that now seem to corps measure frequently than ever. is that a fair criticism? and what can be done about it? you know, what we do know is when we take a look at hurricane katrina and the devastation that was left fast forward to today. the environments that were made standards curtail the impacts. so it was a good start. but the stark realities are, we have to do a lot more. and that s why the president s build back better agenda is so important. and that s why we need congress to act. we need to continue to invest in our infrastructure. and we can t put humpty dumpty back together the same way every
is on strong moral ground. and more even more than that, he s doing the things that are most important for a christian. he is looking out for poor people, the least of these. he is looking out for workers and for the children of immigrants. so i think president biden is on firm ground here. and he should not really be attacking you know it s funny because i remember when i was a kid and we had the first catholic president, john kennedy, the question was, are you going to listen to your religion and the pope, or are you going to uphold the constitution? how the reverse is being asked of president joe biden. let me go into this. republicans in the trump years seemed to coalesce around their base of evangelical christian voters while the democratic party is much more religiously diverse including groups of many faiths and many americans who aren t religious at all according to a study conducted by the pugh research people, 64%