Ep. 512 - Climate change is real and it's impacting us right here, right now.

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

After Hurricane Ida devastated Louisiana, it just hit us hard here in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania - with entire communities flooded, tornadoes everywhere, roads and trains shut down, and more. Nearly a dozen people died overnight. Let me unpack and explain what's really going on.

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0:00.0	So, will it be skiing?
0:03.0	Or Christmas markets on a city break?
0:06.5	Skiing? Or a city break?
0:09.0	Some problems are good problems to have.
0:12.0	Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way
0:17.0	and Package Holidays from £159 per person.
0:21.0	Get Vicking at EasyJet.com
0:24.0	Selected dates, Holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights
0:28.0	restrictions and season C's apply.
0:30.0	Earlier this week I was so concerned for all of my friends in Louisiana
0:35.0	who got hit so hard and are still suffering to this day
0:39.0	because of the hurricane, ita, and the tropical storm
0:43.0	that hit there.
0:45.0	Just a brutal impact in Louisiana.
0:49.0	And it took a few days and now it hit us hard here in New York
0:54.0	and Pennsylvania, New Jersey.
0:56.0	Here there's flooding everywhere.
0:58.0	We've had over a dozen people die and it's just a brutal thing.
1:04.0	And I want us to discuss the true impact of global warming
1:09.0	and even where global warming climate change and race and racism intersect.
1:15.0	Environmental racism is real.
1:18.0	And I want to tell you what that actually means
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