Episode 5

This 7-part series features the dramatic efforts of committed individuals across the country working to protect the health of their environment and communities. Ranchers in New Mexico, emergency medical technicians in New York City, fishermen in Alaska, neighbors of a chemical plant in Mississippi, all are united in common cause--the fight to protect their families, communities and the lands and livelihoods they love from pollution, corporate greed and short-sighted government policies.

SIERRA CLUB CHRONICLES is executive produced by award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald (OUTFOXED, WAL-MART; THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE) and is produced by Greenwald's Brave New Films in association with Sierra Club Productions.

One of the busiest points of entry in America, the Port of Los Angeles handles more than 40% of all goods imported into the United States. With all that activity comes pollution from arriving and departing ships, trains and trucks. And a local oil refinery where flares sometimes blacken the sky and are accompanied by health warnings only contributes to the unhealthy environment. BREATHLESS IN LA follows activist Jesse Marquez and members of the Wilmington Coalition for a Safe Environment as they fight to improve living conditions near the Port.