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Living on the Fence Line – Part 1

When a man returns to his hometown on the Texas Gulf Coast, he’s shocked at how dirty the air seems and begins organizing. Port Arthur is home to six of the 500 refineries and industrial plants on Texas’s upper Gulf Coast. Independent producer Deepa Donde reports.

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