BURNING INJUSTICE: Latino Activists Battle to Shut Down California's Toxic Incinerator

"Burning Injustice" is a powerful short documentary that follows the inspiring journey of Latino activists, John Mataka and Bianca Lopez, as they lead a fight against one of the last trash incinerators in California. Set in California's Central Valley, the film exposes the devastating health consequences of pollution and highlights their tireless efforts to close the facility for good. Through their unwavering determination, they call for environmental justice and a safer future for their community.

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[ginnyheinsen]

Thank you for sharing this. Thank you to those who raised their voices.

[kimwilliams]

This film is really well done. It tells a story that is repeated all-too-many places in USA. " Much gratitude to the Mataka Family and the Lopez Family for their refusal to give up organizing and speaking truth. Let us join them and do the same wherever we find ourselves!

[lynnsane]

I had absolutely no knowledge of this practice, and this Video just popped up in my feed at random. I believe random is never just Random. I have been coughing my ass off in sporadic fits, for around 2 years now. I have had all of the tests< ALL, and no explanation for it, not even family history. I also happen to live in Long Beach. Thank you so much for this post, one can't create action about anything if one doesn't even have the awareness of it.

[Fluffcat]

What a great video! Thank you very much.

[laikynhedrick]

I try to use less plastic, consume less, and reuse more for many reasons including this one. Thank you for sharing your story!

[asankar]

Kindness is eliminating racial injustice

[jakobusphsteyn]

Us humans as a society have a problem in the sense that through industrialization we have achieved prosperity, jobs and a lot of benefits we have that would not be there without energy. Thus relatively cheap, clean as possible, and safe as possible energy is needed to sustain us humans. Unfortunately these processes create a lot of other problematic issues such as waste, environmental impacts and probably a myriad of other issues that needed to be addressed. These problems should be addressed openly with ALL residents and solutions should be found that would keep the negative impacts as much as possible. The trade off should be well published and ALL residents should carry apart of the burden or come to a collective decision as to what can be better for future generations as we all are dependent on the planet and its resources for our survival as well as the other denizens who are an intricate part of the whole system. It seems to be a very difficult exercise but vested interests see to it that only a portion is made public and there are usually a lot of mis and dis information bandied about as well as outright lies to benefit some at the expense of others. Couching these problems in political buzz words is not conducive to solutions but is rather divisive and leads to confrontation and not really any progress in problem solving.

[pellensanti]

Are there eletrostatic precipitators in this plant? Or other kinds of filters?

[pamparker]

Extremely dangerous Another example of environmental racism 😢😢😢😢