54-year-old swimmer and climate activist Lewis Pugh became the first person to swim the entire Hudson River, arriving in New York City for climate week, after swimming in it 50 years ago amid its pollution. He joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss how toxic waterways can be revived, and that clean rivers are essential to clean oceans. “This would have been impossible fifty years ago. But then in the 1970s New Yorkers said enough is enough. And they started cleaning up the river, and literally mile by mile, town after town and factory after factory, and they turned the fate of this river around,” Pugh says. “Rivers are the arteries of our planet, and we cannot have a healthy planet without healthy rivers.”
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Lewis Pugh: Rivers are ‘arteries of our planet,’ we need ‘healthy rivers’ for a ‘healthy planet’
#LewisPugh #HudsonRiver #Pollution
Way out of your zone msnbc. Leave real news to real journalists and stay in your assigned zone. More trump.
Pollution isn't the elephant in the china shop, POPULATION GROWTH is!!
We can help both issues by planting a tree but be sure to plant a climate change denier under each tree, blood and bone Bigly benefits the tree growth and trees don't complain about the Bigly extra pong under below.
Win Win all round!!
Please retire her ! Go back stage . Very poor news caster . RETIRE HER . She is terrible!
Democrats are destroying our planet
It’s obviously vital that we put more effort into looking after nature before it becomes a lost cause like honesty in politics and the MSM.
Neo NASA and burning man micro dose Baphomet 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 the family friendly Abortionist the high temple of “abortion is health care” the new religion of the climate crisis slaves measure. Wherner Von Braungh’s vision fulfilled
And yet they are treated like sewers…
No way we will get a one world government in the near future, China and Russia won’t let the US do something like that or vice versa
Climate change is called seasons.
OMG He could not do it 50 years ago because it was so polluted, but today it's clean enough. What do I not understand about this story?
Climate change is a hoax. Next…
We need to restore our rivers!
Well, well, well.
How will you dispose of EV batteries? Why dont you dems row a boat to the plastic island in the Pacific and live there. The world would be happier.
👍Awesome!
Excellent. They found an expert in "no sh**" LOL!!!!
No such thing as global warming
Democrats are poisoning are rivers
Whoever is responsible for editing YouTube videos needs to be replaced. They are letting their RW prejudices get in the way of public's right to Unbiased coverage –
Perhaps Utube CEOs don't believe public has this right?
why not give the land back to native Americans?
Big city people complaining about pollution while they live in concrete jungles. The hypocrisy is astounding.
Just one question though….. Just because I like intellectual honesty…..WHY do we need clean rivers? I am a fisherman and 'prefer' clean rivers but in what way does a polluted river cease to be an artery of trade and commerce?
DONALD J. TRUMP – FTW
Impeachment Inquiry Hearings start next week.
Why are climate activists all order following sheep?
Yet you clowns STILL won't call out China or India for doing just that, polluted rivers all through their countries.
Vote Red❤for Environmental Ruin
Vote Red ❤ for Chernobyl
Vote Red❤for Polluted Rivers like the Volga
Are. Republicans. American. ???
Msnbc admits the environment is better.
Republican. Party. Is. Hazardous. To. You’re. Health.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEdumblicans cannot comprehend facts. Fact.
Vote blue or else
America last! BIDEN/HARRIS 2024 🇨🇳