5. The fence line in Port Arthur, Texas is a misnomer--the whole community shares the air, water, and soil of the petrochemical facilities that pump money out of the community and leave waste and cancer behind. #slowdisaster. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/port-arthur-flooding.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/3...
6. Rather than providing a time for extra caution, disaster provides "emergency" regulatory relief for petrochemical polluters. Disaster in America is an excuse to pollute more, not a moment for restraint. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/climate/epa-coronavirus-pollution-rules.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/2...
8. John Beard is an environmental justice activist in Port Arthur. He has worked tirelessly to advocate for for disaster-environmental justice after Hurricane Harvey. I wrote to him yesterday, and it looks like he will have to evacuate. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3a8nk3/sentenced-to-death-what-its-like-living-in-a-cancer-plagued-oil-town">https://www.vice.com/en_us/art...
9. John Beard, Port Arthur City Hall, 2019.

Environmental justice advocates like John Beard haven& #39;t had time to gain justice for victims of Hurricane Harvey, not to mention justice for the everyday disasters in this petrochemical "sacrifice zone." Here comes another hurricane,
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