Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Join us on October 6 at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT for the last episode of VS. Goliath, an award-winning documentary series from Tikkun Olam Productions.
Film Description: Port Arthur, Texas, is the biggest oil and petrochemical hub you’ve probably never heard of. John Beard Jr. worked in an oil refinery there for decades, as did his father before him, in the refinery town of Port Arthur, Texas. After retiring, John watches Port Arthur get economically hollowed out while his neighbors die from pollution-related illnesses as more dirty plants appear and expand. Experiencing the climate-driven devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey, John is called to fight back. He becomes a leading opponent of fossil fuels in his community, as he takes on the latest extractive frontier threatening Port Arthur and the world: liquid natural gas export terminals.
Join us on October 6 at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT for the last episode of VS. Goliath, an award-winning documentary series from Tikkun Olam Productions.
Film Description: Port Arthur, Texas, is the biggest oil and petrochemical hub you’ve probably never heard of. John Beard Jr. worked in an oil refinery there for decades, as did his father before him, in the refinery town of Port Arthur, Texas. After retiring, John watches Port Arthur get economically hollowed out while his neighbors die from pollution-related illnesses as more dirty plants appear and expand. Experiencing the climate-driven devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey, John is called to fight back. He becomes a leading opponent of fossil fuels in his community, as he takes on the latest extractive frontier threatening Port Arthur and the world: liquid natural gas export terminals.
