Meet Erica, a high school student from Oxnard, California, in this video excerpt from Earth Island Institute. Learn how she fought the construction of a proposed liquefied natural gas facility near her low-income, Latino neighborhood. Hear from a member of the Sierra Club who describes the proposed facility, and hear how Erica educated people about the potential environmental impacts and how to get involved to stop the project. Includes background essay and discussion questions. [4:42]

Concepts

activism, natural gas

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Additional Tags

liquefied natural gas, nonrenewable resource, pbs learningmedia, pbs learningmedia: environmental public health: protesting a natural gas facility, non-renewable resource, opposition to natural gas plant, nonrenewable resources

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional