Gabriel Jamison, left, has been protesting the construction of a fracked gas pipeline through north Brooklyn, right. Jamison photo courtesy of Claire Haughey, construction photo as shown on National Grid's website
Tipping Point covers environmental justice stories about and, where possible, written by people in the communities experiencing the stark reality of our changing planet.
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Even before they found out about the construction of the North Brooklyn pipeline, Brownsville residents were keenly aware of the toll that environmental neglect was taking on them; Jamison, who was born and raised in Brownsville, had a family friend who died suddenly of asthma when he was just a boy, which he attributes to weak policies surrounding air quality. Celina Trowell, another resident involved in the protests, said her son’s school doesn’t let students drink from the water fountains at school because of rusted lead pipes.“How are we going to fight police violence if we have poor health?”
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