(crickets chirping (mellow music) - [isal] a polted ocean thgh. - [ashle not on is sid is side'really can, that sids pollut. - [residt] how wayour weend? i'm finay 18, i can dohatever want. (gir laugh) uhuh. - (indtinct) o(indistit). - [ibel] thas alright s, yore all oning theindow. - [ashy] wow, e truth cos out. (girls lgh) (gir chatterndistincy)

- esident] need totart lening howo ride aike thou. (isabechuckles - [aivist] lk at thatesla, i'veeen watcng that sla. ooh (indtinct). - [ashy] it's ally clean he, right? that's w we can haveur windo open, this is e only te. we'rliterall15 minut, 20 minut from ho. [isabel]h, it's n't the trumgolf coue near he? - esident]t's righthere, it's lerally rht there - [aley] oh,e're not going ere (laus). - [rident] n we aren. - [aivist] yh, we shld start ting tess. (girlsaugh) [isabel]ou're hirious. (mlow musi it smes sweet. [isabel]t's so dferent. - [residt] it smellsike happess. (girlshuckle) if youook downhere. it lookso ugly. - shley] h, that'some. (gir laugh) - [residt] no, b ugly, likes in theefinery ough. - [isabel] yea you canee thsmog comg out fr there. - ye, you casee the og. - sabel] is all gr. - esident]h yeah, u're right,t's justray.

- weust didn realize what iwas unti we actuay were taught tt, oh, at's poltion, th you're breaing in ery day. (melw music) - wilminon is ho the thi largest oifield inhe us. alst everytreet ha a view othe indury. s angeleand the arby citof long ach havehe worstzone pollion in t country that'sccordingo a reportast year fromhe amerin lung aociation the aihere in lmington partilarly ba wi the poltion burden is tting at 1, accordg to thealiforni envinmental otectiongency. ifou imagi a scalehere ze is fanttic air ality,

10is terrie. heren this nghborhoo it's as d as it ts. (mlow muc) - hereou go. (ibel's dawhistles - [isal's dad] go boy, go boy. - my ne is isal alvarea d i am 1years ol is houses really scial to becauseven thoh it's really sll for u 's reallhomey.

and have my mily wit , but wh we movein here i d not kn there w a renery clo to us. lenderhirs) (isabel eaks in reign lauage) (isabes mum spks in forei languag theyid not kw that ts refine was acally polting my ngs. myamily, mhealth itas affecng my heth, it wasaking a g impact (isal's mum eaks in feign lanage) in 23 my momas agnosed th cance stage the breastancer. sabel anisabel's muchuckle) (isal's mum eaks in forgn langue) (isal speaksn foreiglanguage i dinot knowhat canc was as a3 year o, i nt on gole. ani found t that you capossiblyie. d every ngle day this ia consta fear,

a ress. i'just aaid that i wot make ito my 30.. if ion't do anhing abo this. - my ne is ashy hernanz. am a orgizer wit counities r a better eironment we a a statede nonprit fightingo build vironmenl heth and jtice. e is allbout comnity, the op that i see they're st like . ey're ople that he famili, th're peop that ha dreams, theye peoplehat came twilmington wanting have thbest. never owing th a threa coullinger ithe backound,

we have recogni that ouaccess tclean ai anaccess tclean war, it wasaken frous. the was a st wheree had clean nehborhood and althy nehbors. and yore not jt seei a wilminon residt, you're sing somedy that' deing withhe impac one of e most ctaminate and xic commities in the ste of cafornia. (mlow musi i'm darr molina rmiento, and m the exutive rector of comnities f a better eironment were a 40 ar d enviroental justicorganizaon, and want toake surehat our commity membs voices are not silenced foexample,hen chevn

expled in 20... sent ousands pele to thhospit in ricond and the surrouing commities. my fatr-in-lawold me w n't do athing abt it, that aeal reacon r so manpeople. want fos to knothat the powethat thehave is real, and capush bac agait the oiindust d its imcts in oucommunits. - my namis gladylimon. i waseniorttorneat mmunitiefor a bett environnt. enviroental juice is aboutnsuring at all pele have bac human ghts. d the ontline mmunity literly at thfront lines polluti industrs. onof thoseommuniti that communits foa better enviroent orgazes in and sees is wiington. its a partf the ci of los anles in dtrict 15

- the commity of wilminon is imcted by fivmajor oirefineri. three ofhem arwithin wilmingt borders ese oil fineriesake up thlargest l renery infstructur on t west cot. ere are 9 active o wells. and 154 idle oilells witn uncil dirict 15. d that aounts fo over halof the o wells in allf the ci of los aeles. wilmgtons impaed from theell to t wheel. weave oil illing happeninin wilmiton, we have l refini also haening inilmingto we have e transptation of tho oils thugh trai, through ucks and rough thships. - it's aacrifice ze. thescommunitmembers ves are ing sacriced

for is indusy and fo th economiinfrastrture. - so erybody h a seat exct for ar gein. y'all a hungry, yoguys shod eat, lks fromouthea the's someheese pia. (mbers chuling) todas meetinis going be pretty cl chance to g to knowhy is it that wre here,ight? all us this ro ca about o thing, which isironment justice we belve that r mmunitiedeserve e right for ean air,lean water,lean soil. one the maipieces th we needo look ais this facsheet th our search cated fors. the sht term eosure to the sp of checals om oil rineries,nd oil fire and bla smoke it c potentily causeausea, breathinproblemsasthma. chroc exposu can cau cancer, rvous syem,

heart, rroductiv d other zards. one ofhe thingthat y'a n encoure folks do is jusknow a ltle bit mo about wt's happing. w many oyou all ve somedy in yo mily witasthma? homany of all ve dealt wi cancer in your mily? bronchis? heaches? noseblee? scratc throats naus? (tense mic) we a the phycal represtation othat dat what's aensive area or sentive rector that hasil drillg your counity. - [membe the chuh. - thchurch - 's wherehey gather a they pray, d there'that oilrilling in tir parking lot - soight whe you pra you have an oil illing se. - spitals. [member] hospils? - yeah. - e ironof havin oidrillingites next to hospital - [mber] foreal. - 's not that grt, rig? the emisons comi fromil drillg sites are t creati healthyeople.

d our cocil memb has yeto do single tng aboutt. these e sympto to the vironmenl injustes weave to dl with ery day. t it doe't have toe like tt. we're gog to dand la city uncil eate a 200 foobufferone beeen commity sours and oidrillingells. r lives e not up to the agcies and tohese policians. 's up tos to maksure at we ve our jtice our communiti. (melw music) - in 28 a coup cve you members d a studwith uscwhich is privateniversit fosing on rticular tter in r communies. particarly matr is bstanceshat are the air t we can see thebecause theye real, reallyma.

thscientts told that the avage coulgo up to0, but en i sawheumbers, myighest o went upo 120. 75. . 76. 77. ense mus) in wmington ese oil drilli sites a in backrds. it'seally scy. ve minut away fr my hous anthey opete for 2hours. everday.

- therare doze of dead, ghly danrous checals that aresed in redential ighborhos on aaily bas at these oioperatio. cryslline, sica, thanol. hydrofluoriccid, formdehyde toxyethal. xyle, alumin oxide, and the are a st of otrs at we dot know aut that areidden om the publ's view undetrade secretaws. anbecause cannot ove thathis partular canr s causedy this partular checal, from ts specif refiny, don't he accounbility. and sidents e the on who are ying forhis. - you en your rage, right the is an l drilli site. u're whing yr dishes righthere isn oil illingite. you're achurch, in the pking lothere's anil drillg site. and soe came tether with oth organizions to advce a 2,5 foot bufferone in t city ofa.

(melw music) it wouldtop any w anexistingil drillg within,500 feeof sensitivreceptor meaning hools, hes, where ople liv play, anworship. wee going have a ll to actn at cithall. for 2,500 fo buffer from o drillinsites topaces li your hos. so if all are wn, we'rgoing toe havi a lot ofeople co out, we're gog to be maki a lot onoise. beuse we rlly wanto make sure that t city paes this ordance. it reallup to oucommunits and ouconcerneresident to gethis poli passed. - [membeof publi okay. - awome. - thanyou. you have good on vironmenl justice possibl d so thas why it'sery imrtant thatrontline mmunitiemake surthat we're the decisi-making ble. anwe're chlenging ything that'sonna afft us. can weake a mite of your day really ickly? - [residt] okay. - y.

ok, so youot one dn. - buwhenever do canvsing, the biggt obstac isaking su people e engagingnto the mmunity. becauswithout e lks fromilmingto can'to anythi. - i waed to lee you this st becau you havoil drilli near yo neighboood. - [rident]kay. - [ashle there's a churchver ther at has o drillin - ome owne yeah, ty do. - you kn, there's daare arou here. takes aot of time to ild trt with o communi. you ju have toearn to in sces thatre challging, be ispaces tt are dierent. becauswe know we're t there, body'sver gointo see u and weave to bheard. y'all n't want to lisn to us, but yoguys havto at leastake noti thatesidentsn this neighborod want ese chans. we neeaction th's delibate, and that going t transforour live [communi member]hat is i thatou are lookg for extly, whats it tha you wantrom us? [darryl]ou can hp usign a petion. - [commuty membe d rather not. - [darry okay, nworries. [communi member]orry. - no wores.

(mlow musi the l indust haso much ney. ey are fding the bo and gir club, they funthe schos. and you e the ds playi the baseball field, th he their halers. and resints are expected just behankful. the are rely insidis tacts to buy t silence of cmunity mbers. - when ie spokeno puic healtofficial and elecd officis, d their affs. ey will the fir to say, "i wldn't ha my chilen livingext to the operatns."

- wanted taddress commity concns about thperceive vel of dger, abt havi so many peoleum falities in closeroximityto our homes, nghbors, d famili. i will deverythi in my per to ke sure at the of us whlive nearbyill be se. buwe must member tt it private prorty. justecause y don't like yr neighb, doesn'tean you can foe them tmove. (mellow sic) - [beatr] oh. this iscary. the thinis,

u have o minute tell thewhy you' here. i feelike at t end you needo make se u call tm out. - yeah. m beatricarrillo i 16 yearold. i've liv in wilmgton my who life. (ten music) in my nd, therwas a cht, "stand u fight bk." and up f what yodeserve and fit for it because one's gng give ito you. (aience apauds) m beatz, a junr at pola losngeles hh school, and the uth for enronmentajustice mber withommuniti for a better envirment. i pport th2,500 fo buffer, i'veived in wilminon all mlife. - evenhough we not havphds, we're ill gointo fight in 22 1200 glons of crudoil spilon my stet.

no emergency ecuations no statef emergey, not ev one repsentative fromuscaino's ofce came. i know tt we're smal but weave a loof power thiss why weeed a 2,50setback betwn homes,hurches, school and oilrilling tes. (audiencapplauds i feltelieved at i id what had to s. feel liki made aifferenc and would dot again, i uld do aundred thoundimes. - hi. beriz. - ung peop are ablto e thingsor what ey are. - the yoh are leing the fit. thiss a callo cocilman j buscain wherhave youeen? whhave youeen quie while weace thishreat? - the yoh don't ck wn, theyight bac - ne issabel orga, i comerom wilmgton. today i'here to represent communi,

beuse want juice, want eedom. - rotester shut itown. shut it wn. - leme hear at you rely need. [protests] jusce. - we do t take our futus lightl - theyre the os th are expiencing ery sile day. antheir fit is for eir commity to tive. i believit is a sic huma righto breat clean a, and ha access fe drinkg water. i ght so nother angeno has t experice the nebleeds th i've hato go thugh because of tic emissns. - 's very portant thate remaintrong. and regnizing at the most powful resoce d most iortant resour in wilmgton is n oil, it us. - stand has been ainspiratn r all ofur statewe partrs. maki sure th we have a 2,50foot setck, analso pha out all exting wel. - wheneople sa "why don i leave anjust go anothertate." just ansr, "why i going to lve the b stuff he,

and just move?" i ne to chge this. (ptestor saks in forgn langue) (prostors spk in forei languag (proteor speak foreignanguage) (proteors spea foreignanguage) roup che) i n't wanto leave e proble i want fix i i don'want theroblem t fect oth generatns, i wanto fix it i want ito end. - ctivist] ain't npower like t powerf the people, becae the wer of the pele don stop. say what ain't noower le the power the peoe, beuse the wer of the pele don'ttop. say at? (melw music)

- [voiover] toearn mor abt the enronmenta issuesn this fm, or watch more envinmental docuntaries, vit nktv.orgarthfospresent stay ted, eartfocus prents le elk cing up nt. (elk sawks) [announc] a tule elk is one of these miracle animals, it came ck from e ge of exnction. for thfirst ti in the htory of t point res national seashe, they're ing kill by poli. - shouldhey st or shouldhey be kille new plans up for debate over the future point res nation seashor d specifally whato do with e parks le elk. - they've limited to 120 adults, and so if the number es abovehat the pa servicelans to shoothose elk.

- now in point reyes you have the national rk anning tkill the elk order tprotect thcattle iustry. - this ian anima at's alrdy out numbered ten to one by cows, which is contrary to all good park principles and law. - 're at this int now where we nd to reallyhange oumindset, and th's not gna be ea. - need toreserve e things at have ways belged here and that's bges, and th's coyot, anthe tulelk here. that'shat national parks about. don't wa to telly kid that had thepportuni too everytng i cou protectt and i dn't. point reyenational seasre is woh protecng. [voiceer] eart focus prents "te elk, t killing of aative spies", coming unext. lk squaw) (elkquawks) (melw music)

(elkquawks) - the tu elk is e ofhese mirle anima th came ba from the edgef extincon. it was dn to, acrding toome peop, asew as twanimals, othepeople s 20. but itas almosgone, this sspecies elk,nd now is back. it's miracle (melw music) the sing achievent the pars servic d its obgation toestore esystems s been pme for the tule k. thiss the ngle thing at theve done, and w it's in dang. hunder cps) for the rst time the hisry of thpoint res nation seashore,

they'rbeing lled by licy. - shld they ay or shouldhey be kled? new plans up f debate overhe futurof poi reyenationaleashore. anspecificly, whato do with e park'sule elk. - [actist] theve mited to20 adult and if the mber goes ave that the parkervice pns shoot tse elk. - is is a ll t continueustainab workg dairieand nches within a portion of the point res nation seashor - cale, theye the nuer e sourcef water llution, ocn pollution an odiversi loss in ournly natial park. lk squaw ellow music) - the's no pk like ts

anywre in th naonal parsystem. you ha wild el we have bcat's, i saone two ys ago. badgers,ountain lis, u have coyes all lking down fm the pensula tohis amazg marinecosystem we have th incredie richne and in e place, an.. it'sare. myather waone of t, real the fatrs of poi reyes, i'm therother o thisational ashore. watched e parkeing ford. my fatr waat the signg of theegislati. he w there in the ov oice wi president nnedy ase signed and says th storicalultural rtues of this tional sshore shall be mntained to the eent that th are constent with maxum preseation of t naturalnvironme. you nnot hav

maximum esvation natial envirment withommerciacattle there. th perpetues a rcedarriage two comptely difrent idealsf land swardship it's pservatio versus pduction. (indistit) as th billr-6687 aamended. the opinioof the cir, two thir being in t affirmave, the les are spended and thbill is ssed. d withouobjectn thmotion treconser isaid onhe table wiout obction the tie is ameed. - hr687 esseially la out a couplef differt things it ackwledged contintion of nches out point res natial seashe. also wod have p in place t taking, e kiing of t free ranging le elk hd at dke's bch. (elkquawks) - now inoint rey,

whh is theeticallyome of theost protected nds in theorld. and it has a specieshat was brout back fm extincon, annow you ve the nional park pnning toill the k in ord to prott the catt industr - is is annimal that already outnbereten to o bcows, which isontrary all good parprincipl and law there wathis spefic mandatfor int reye th this pa would be ud as a pce that wouldestore te elk. d that inow bein ignoreby the pk servic becausof presse from the rancng commuty. at don'tant to sre their cale grazi with tu elk. - we're ming up ainst li tw challens right w, the eironment realm. two th are fro and cenr, u see th in the ws, you e them in acemic publations a the tim the clime crisisnd thisiodiversy crisis - [newreporter climate ange, expertsay th have unl 2030.

[voiceoverthe biggt factor is destring natul habita of la for foo - [aouncer] vestock caus more grnhouse ges. - [chanc if changes e not ma, there ll be irversible damage to thplanet. thdegradatn of habat, thfragmention of hitat wod have native implations f the clite and r wildli. the elk e more nural, and they f into th naral envinment. they d't have e impactn e enviroent likeattle. whichave a mh greateimpact, anit showsn the fencline the. one se there'big impas, ere's erion and th sort ofhing. on t side wi the elk it a vy healthsystem, withatural vegetion thring. we're athis poinnow wherwe need really chan our minet and that not goi to be ey. because e cattle e everywre. i derstandnd resct the businesses, but ese are public nds at arerotected it's te to makthat chae.

there arvery fewlaces thatre ecologicahotspots at have ch dynam odiversity a microclates, and int reyeis onef them. - poinreyes naonal seaore isome to 1 of liforniaiodiversy. therare hundds and tusands of plas and animals re, someound nowre else in the world. anthe tulelk, whic endemico califoia, ey used toumber 50000 and th were hued down most einction the 180. wh somethi goes extincit's forer. ok, we thoht the tule e were tinct. but now have th second ot, there wasome lef d it's bn one of the eatest cservatio suess stors in calornia. it's a b idea to exnd agricture point res nation seashor 's a viotion to low... mmercialnd private