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Their growth. outpace other jobs in the economy. green jobs are good business. not saying -- we need to rethink about this, business and environmental justice can go hand in hand and u.s.it's a win. >> the republican party has pretty actively said the epa kills jobs, so i think part of what's amazingç here, environmentalism could be bipartisan, big, broad umbrella, but it ends up feeling like -- >> it's been so politicized. we need to reconnect it with job creation and the environment. then have you something that goes. >> can i jump in here? >> yeah, beth. please do jump in. >> i want to sa...

I'm still here with ma jora carter, we are talking about working cho change public policy. joining us from san francisco is someone who made going green an individual effort, beth perry, the creator of my plastic free life.com, chicago was hanging out on this morning and author of "plastic free." thank you for joining us, beth. >> hi, melissa. hi, majora, i'm such a fan of yours. >> a lot of green love. i want to talk about your project. tell us about the plastic free life, what it is? >> five years ago, i was just a regular person like anybody else, and i was using plastic on a daily basis, p...

Issues, kind of across party lines and all of that, were wild life images, the images of the albatross or we just talked yesterday about the brown pelicans and the bp oil spill who have the oil on them. but i also wonder about how we then put like sort of a connection between the wild life piece and majora and raul, and the work around humans and particularly young folks. majora, weigh in a bit and i want to come back to you, beth, about how do we connect these dots? it shouldn't be separate. sometimes it feels like separate environmental movements. >> they are considered separate right now th...

secret, latinos, now 50 million strong in america, will be a deciding factor in this election. as president obama's campaign manager jim massena acknowledged, chicago is well aware that polls out this week show the president is faring well with latino voters, the nbc/wall street journal "poll shows barack obama with a strong lead, 62% to 22% of romney. for the president to hold onto this lead, he has to explain why the promises he made to latino voters have gone by the wayside. particularly, under his leadership, there were a record 396, 906 people deported last year. the pro immigra...

lead, 62% to 22% of romney. for the president to hold onto this lead, he has to explain why the promises he made to latino voters have gone by the wayside. particularly, under his leadership, there were a record 396, 906 people deported last year. the pro immigration supporters will be watching as the u.s. supreme court holds hearings over sb 1070. the arizona bill instructs law enforcement to establish proof of immigration status during any legitimate contact madeç by an official or agency. it's been called the papers, please law. it's considered the most strict immigration law in...