Sierra Club Chronicles

SCREAM (or my family) loves The Green on The Sundance Channel.  We were sad when the first season of It’s Not Easy Being Green ended.  Then we were sad when Big Ideas for a Small Planet ended.  Then we were sad again once they re-aired It’s Not Easy Being Green (they did pickup season 2 from the BBC – so hopefully that’ll be on soon).  Now, they’ve added a new show.  It’s called the Sierra Club Chronicles. 

Episode one is titled: 9/11 Forgotten Heroes.  It’s definitely something that most of us don’t think of.  We only think of those who lost their lives when the towers came down.  We forget about the living.  The men and women who worked tirelessly to search and rescue and rebuild at Ground Zero.   It’s amazing how many physically fit people went into Ground Zero to work and came out with asthma when they had no respiratory problems prior.  Our government has basically told them that its too bad they’re injured and suffer.  Thanks for your hard work, but your health problems is not our problem.  It’s mind boggling and ridiculous.  The EPA even told everyone that the air was safe just three days after 9/11.

Watch the march of three injured heroes who fight for the rights of all the 9/11 workers.  John Feal, Marvin Bethea, Jonathan Sferazo and Mike McCormack tell their stories and their battle for justice.  

In December 2005, $125 million was restored through a defense Appropriation bill. While it will help cover medical screening and treatment, the money will only meet a fraction of the first responders’ needs. Meanwhile, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Congressman Jerrold Nadler have called for an investigation of the EPA’s failure to carry out proper testing and cleanup of 9/11 pollution.

If you don’t get the Sundance Channel, you can watch the entire episode online below.  You can also buy the complete season 1 on DVD for only $10 from the Sierra Club.

Sierra Club Chronicles: 9/11 Forgotten Heroes