(crickets chirping (mellow music) - [isal] a polted ocean thgh. - [ashle not on is sid is side'really can, that sids pollut. - [residt] how s your wkend? i'm finay 18, i can dohatever want. (gir laugh) uhuh. - (indtinct) o(indistit). - sabel] tt's all right s, yore all oning theindow. [ashley]ow, the trh comes t. (girls lgh) (girlshatter iistinctl

- 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? [residen it's rit there, it'siterallyight the. - [aley] oh,e're not going ere (laus). - [rident] n we aren. - ctivist]eah, we ould start unting tlas. (girlsaugh) [isabel]ou're hirious. (mlow musi it smes sweet. [isabel]t's so dferent. - [residt] it smel like hainess. (girlshuckle) if youook downhere. it lookso ugly. - shley] h, that'some. (gls laugh - [resent] no,ut ugly, likes in theefinery ough. - [isal] yh, you c see e smog cing out om there - ye, you casee the og. - sabel] is all gr. - [residen oh yeahyou're righ it's ju gra

- we jt didn'tealize what it s until we actuay were taught tt, oh, that's plution, at you'r brthing invery day ellow muc) - wilminon is home the thi largest oil fid in thes. 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, acrding tohe califnia vironmenl protecon agenc ifou imagi a scalehere ze is fanttic air ality,

100 terribl here in is neighrhood it as bad it gets (mlow muc) - hereou go. sabel's d whistl) - [ibel's da od boy, od boy. - myame is ibel alvanga and i am8 years d. is houses really scial to becauseven thoh it's really sll for u it's rlly home

and have my mily wit mebut whene moved 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 it w affecti my heal, it was ming a biimpact. (isal's mum eaks in feign lanage) in 23 my momas agnosed th cance stage the brea cancer. sabel anisabel's muchuckle) (isal's mum eaks in forgn langue) (isabel eaks in reign lauage) 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,

stress. i'just afrd 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 are a stewide nprofit fightingo build vironmenl heth and jtice. tbe is a about cmunity, the op that i see they're st like . ey're ople that he famili, th're peop that ha dreams, th're peop that cameo wilmingt nting toave the st. 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 u're notust 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 ofommuniti for a bett environnt. were a 40 ar d enviroental justicorganizaon, d we wanto make re that our mmunity mbers voes are not silenced for ample, wn chevro

exoded in 12... it st ousands pele to thhospital richmonand in t surrnding counities. my fatr-in-lawold me w n't do athing abt it, at's a real action for soany peop. want fos to knothat the powethat thehave is real, d can pu back against e oil instry d its impacts our commities. - my namis gladylimon. i waseniorttorneat counities r a betternvironme. envinmental stice is abo ensurinthat 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 them e within wilminon 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. wilmingtons impaed from theell to t wheel. weave oil illing happeninin wilmiton, we have l refing also ppening wilmingn. we he the trsportati ofhose oilthrough ains, through ucks and rough thships. - it's aacrice 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 fr southea ere's so cheese zza. embers cckling) toy's meetg is goi to be a prettyool chan to g to knowhy is it that wre here,ight? all of us in ts room care aut one tng, ich is envirmental jtice. we belve that r mmunitiedeserve e right foclean ai clean wate clean sl. 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. how manyf you alhave sobody in ur family wh asthma homany of all ve dealt wi cancer your family? bronitis? adaches? sebleeds scratc throats naea? ense mus) 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 thepray, d there'that oilrilling in tir pking l. - soight whe you pra you have an oidrilli site. - hoitals. [member] hospils? - yeah. - e irony having oil illingites next to hospital - [mber] foreal. it's n that eat, rht? 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 that whave ourustice in our communies. (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 ey're rely, ally small.

e scientts told that the erage cod go up 30, but en i sawhe numbers my hhest oneent up t120. 75 76. 76. 77. ense mus) in wmington ese oil drilli sites a in backrds. it's rlly scar fi minutesway fromy house, d they orate for4 hours. evy day.

- the are dons of dely, highly dgerous cmica that aresed in redential ighborhos on aaily bas at these oioperatio. cryslline, sica, methanol hyoforic aci formaldehyde. butoethanol. xylene, uminum ode, and the are a st of otrs that wdon't kn about th are hidn from the blic's vw undetrade secretaws. d becauswe cannoprove at this rticularancer wacaused bthis particar chemil, fr this spific refery, we don'tave accotability anresidentare the es who arpaying f this. - yoopen yougarage, right the is an l drilli site. you' washing your dies, right the is an l drilli site. you'ret church in thearking l there's oil driing site and so we ca togethe withther orgizatns todvance a,500 foo buer zone the citof la.

(melw music) it wouldtop any w and existi oil driing within,500 feeof sensitivreceptor meing schos, homes 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 ing to b mang a lotf noise. beuse we rlly wanto ma sure that theity pass is ordince. it reay up to r communies and ouconcerneresident to g this pocy passe - [memr of pubc] okay. - awome. - thanyou. you have good on vironmenl justice possibl d so thas why it very importan th frontli communits make se that we're the decisi-making ble. anwe're chlenging ything that'sonna afft us. can weake a mite of your day really qukly? [residen okay. - y.

ok, so youot one dn. - buwhenever do canvsing, the biggt obstac isaking su people e engagingnto the mmunity. because thout th fos from wmington, we can't danything - i waed to lee you this ju becauseou have l drilli near ur neighrhood. - esident]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 me to build trust th our cmunity. you justave to lrn to be in spas that a challenng, be ispaces tt are dierent. becauswe know we'rnot ther body'sver gointo see u and weave toe heard. y'all n't want to lisn to us, but yoguys havto at leastake noti at residents in is nehborhoodant theschanges. we neeaction th's delibate, and that going t transforour live [communi member]hat is i thatou are lookg for extly, at is ithat you nt from ? - [dryl] youan help us siga petiti. - [commuty membe d rather not. - [darry okay, nworries. - [comnity memr] sorry - noorries.

ellow muc) e oil instry has souch mone th are funng the boysnd girlslub, theyund the hools. d you sethe kidslaying on t baseball field, ey he their halers. and redents arexpeed to jusbe thankl. ese are ally insious tacts to buy t silence of cmunity mbers. when i'vspoken t publ health ficials, 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 abouthe percved level danger, abt havi so many peoleum falities in closeroximityto our homes, nghbors, d famili. i wi do everhing in power tmake surthat ose of us o live near will beafe. buwe must member tt it private prorty. just bause youon't like your neighb, it doe't mean u caforce th to move ellow muc) - [beatr] oh. thiss scary. the thinis, yohave oneinute to ll them y you'reere.

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 beatri a junioat la los aeles higschool, and the uth fo vironmenl justicmember withommuniti for a better envirment. i pport th2,500 fo buffer, i' lived i wilmgton ally life. - evenhough we not havphds, we're ill gointo fig. in012 1200allons o cre oil spt on my reet.

no emeency ecuations no statef emergey, not ev one repsentative fromuscaino's ofce came. know tt we'rsmall, but weave a loof power this iwhy we nd a 2,500 tback betwn homes,hurches, school and oilrilling tes. (audiee applau) i felt rieved th i sa what i d to say feel liki made aifferenc and would dot again, would do hundred ousand times - hi. beriz. - ung peop are ablto e things for whathey are - the yoh are leing the fit. thiss a callo cocilman j buscain where have youeen? whhave youeen quie while weace thishreat? - the yoh don't ck wn, theyight bac - myame is ibel orin, i come fm wilminon. today i'here to represent myommuni,

beuse want juice, want eedom. - rotester shut itown. shut it wn. - leme hear at you rely need. - [proteers] jusce. - we dnot 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 exrience t nosebles that i'vhad to gthrough because ofoxic emiions. it's verimportan th we rema strong. and cognizinthat the most perful reurce d most iortant resour in wilmgton is n oil, it us. - stand has been ainspiratn for all our statide partners. 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 ju move?" i need 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 wt fix i i dot want t problemo affect oer generions, i wanto fix it i want ito end. [activist] ain'to powe li the pow of the ople, becae the por of the pele don stop. say what ain't noower le the power of the peoe, beuse the wer of the pele don'ttop. y what? (mellomusic)

- [voiover] toearn mor abt the enronmenta issuesn this fm, or watch more enviroental documearies, visit linktvrg/earthcusprents stay ted, eah focus esents tule elkoming upext. (elk sawks) [announc] a tule elk is one of these miracle animals, itame backrom the edgef extincon. for e first me in theistory of t point res national sshore, they'rbeing kied by pocy. - shouldhey st or shouldhey be kille new planup for debate over the future of pnt reyes tional sshore. and ecifical what to doith the rks tulelk. - 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 is animal th'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 th have ways belged here anthat's bges, and that's coyes, 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 extiti. 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 ngle achvement of theark's seice d its ligation to restorecosystem has be prime f the te elk. this is e single thing at theve done, and w it's in dang. hunder cps) for the rst time the hisry of thpoint res nation seashore,

theye beg killedy policy should ty stay o shld they killed? new ans for debe ov the fute of point reyes naonal seaore. and spificallywhat to doith the rk's tulelk. - ctivist]hey've limiteto 120 alts, and if the mber goesbove tha 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 source of watepollutio ean poution an odiversi loss in ournly natial park. lk squaw (melw muc) there's park li this

anywhe in the natial park stem. you ha wild el we have bcat's, i saone two ys ago. badgers,ountain lion u have coyes allooking downrom the ninsula tohis amazg marinecosystem we have thisncredibl richnessnd in onplace, d... it rare. 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 ithe oval oice with pside keedy as hsigned. anit says at historic culturavirtues ofhis natial seashe shl be maiained to the eent that th are constent wi maximumreservatn of the nural envonment. you caot have

maximupresvation natial envirment with cmercial ttle there thiserpetuat a rcedarriage two coletely dferent idls of la stewardip. it's pservatio versus pduction. - ndistinc as the bill h6687 as ended. the opinioof the cir, twthirds bng in theffirmati, e rules e suspend and thbill is ssed. and wiout objeion e motiono recoider isaid on t table. without obction the tie is ameed. - hr687 esseially la out a couplef differt things it acknoedged continuaon of rahes out point res natial seashe. also wod have p in place t taking, the killg of theree nging tu elk her at dke's bch. (elkquawks) now in pnt reyes

whicis theorically se of the mt protecd lands in theorld. and it has a specieshat was brout back fm extincon, and noyou havehe natiol rk planng to kilthe elk in ord to prott the catt industr - th is an amal that'slready outnumd ten toney cows, whicis contry to all goodark prinples a law. there wathis spefic mandatfor int reye thathis parkould be useas a pla that wld resto tule el and at is nobeing ignored the parservice, becausof presse from the rancng commuty. what d't want share tir ttle grang with le elk. - we're coming uagainst ke in challges righnow, the eironment realm. two th are fro and cenr, u see th in the ws, you sethem in acemic publations a the tim e climatcrisis a this bioversity isis. - [news porter] imate chge, exrts say at we have til 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 mageo the plet. the degration ofabitat, the agmentatn of habat woulhave negive implicions forhe clima and r wildli. - the elare moreatural, and ey fit io the natul enviroent. th don't he the imct on the enronment ke cattl which ve a muc greater pact, anit sws on th nce linehere. onne side thers big imcts, ere's erion and th sort ofhing. the sidwith thelk it's a verhealthy stem, th natur getationhriving. - we're this pot now whe we neeto reall chan our minet and that not goi to be ey. becae the cale are evywhere. i unrstandnd resct the businesses, but the are onublic las that are ptected. it's timto make at chang - there e very f places

thatre ecologicahotspots at have ch dynam biodivsity a microclates, anpoint res is onef them point res nation seashor is homto 15% o calirnia bioversity. there arhundredsnd thoands plantand anals here someound nowre else ithe wod. and e tule e, which endemico califoia, they uto numbe500,000 anthey werhunted dn to 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. - 's a b idea to pand agrulture in poi reyes naonal seaore. 's a viotion to low...