PBS NewsHour

This La. battle is between big industry and a Green Army

Clip: 05/30/2019 | 9m 28s | Video has closed captioning.

General Russel Honore commanded an infantry division in Korea and saw action in Operation Desert Storm, but it was his service as Commander of the Joint Task Force Katrina in 2005 that won him national acclaim. The experience of viewing Louisiana’s industrial pollution up close, he says, also radicalized him. Now an environmental activist, the general is taking on big oil. Paul Solman reports.

Aired: 05/30/19

Rating: NR

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