farm in the united states. >> i mean, it is cool to see it up close. hardy said that the u.s. is way behind europe, where large off-shore wind farms have been used for decades. europe's off shore wind farms produce 24,000megawatts of power, we produc 42. >> 42. >> so not 4200, not 42,000. 42 flat, so we have got a ways to go to catch up. the biden administration wants off shore wind to produce 30,000megawa 30,000megawatts of power. how many homes can be powered by off who shore wind right now? >> this powers 17,000re here on the block island which was powered entirely by diesel fuel until 2016 when those big white blades starting spinning off the

shores. used to burn a million gallons a year. >> this man lives on the and one of the few americans whose power comes from off shore wind. >> we are capturing wind that we have here a all the time. >> the biden administration will speed up permitting. a combination of strong steady wind and shallow water, and dense population centers that need power. >> this is one of the best areas in the world, some have called it the saudi arabia of off shore wind. >> i have not heard that. lars peterson is ceo of vineyard wind thattall these turbines by 202313 miles off of martha's vineyard, it will provide clean electricity to homes and businesses in massachusetts. >> the blades are more than 300 feet long.

so longer than a football field every two spins of the blades you can power a home for one day. so it's really, really impressive hardware. >> but not everyone is impressed. some coastal owners have complained that the turbines will ruin their views and fishermen are concerned about access to fishing grounds and navigating around the towers. but the white house is moving ahead, claiming the off shore wind industry will employ more than 44,000 americans by 2030. >> this has alreadynsed her company was hired to work on the massive port facility in maryland built to service the future off shore wind industry. >> what does that project mean for your company? >> it awllowed us to buy more space and create eight more full time jobs. >> this was real money. >> this was real money.

>> and she is hoping for more as the turbines are going to get a lot of neighbors. most of them will be built so far out that you will hardly see them from shore and while it's still an open question if they will be able to create 44,000 new jobs in the industry as the biden administration is promising, there's no doubt this is a huge opportunity for the u.s. when it comes to renewable energy. >> ben tracy reporting. yesterday, of course was earth day with millions around the world doing their part to help clean the enawess, polluti waterways persist, we dump less than we used to. we spoke to some of the people working to fix the problems. >> on a windy day, north of new york city. >> this is a magnificent river. >> reporter: john lipscomb helped a certain land luber

understand his love of the waterway. he has been patrolling the hudson river for decades, marveling as salt water from the ocean flows up and worrying what is going in every time it rains. >> bottleps,igaretteit. a vl indicr. >>orter: i whathat as a resear samples nearby. >> so we have a lot of these areas where the water just runs straight off, it can carry whatever is on here. so trash but chemicals and things like that. in urban areas where you have a high concentration, definitely something to be worried about. >> reporter: the epa calls polluted run-off one of the greatest threats to clean water. >> marshes are critical to ecosys ecosystems. >> reporter: we were ankle deep in something that you can describe with one word or. >> here i'm seeing a lot of

bacteria that we usually only find inside the guts of warm blooded animals like ourselves. when we find them in the water it's an indication that we have sewage contamination. >> what you are telling me, the toilets have a way of ending up here in part? >> yeah, there's definitely a way that something you have flushed down, some of those bacteria ends up out here. >> reporter: she said raw sewage over flows in the water by those cities have water known as combined sewer systems where the stuff that goes down our drains a home, mixes with the stuff that washes off the streets. when it rains, instead of backing up in to our homes, those can release a mix of sewage and polluted water. we were shown hundreds of points in the area where sewage enters

the water. >> that opening under the wall there, that was a han us ut, thi wha we must do, because better and the state okay's it, those are state permits and the epa knows it and the epa is of course the federal agency that oversees all the states. >> so at every level of government, this is not a secret. >> not a secret. >> why is it not a scandal? >> because most people don't know about it. >> yet it is something a that the new york city department of environmental protection is working to address. >> look at that. >> deputy commissioner angela lacotta showed how thesy is trying to keep the water out of the system with surfaces that can absorb more of it, in to the ground. >> the synthetic turf here is designed to hold about a million gallons of storm water a year. >> so, without these changes, all of that would have run over the regular old road and ended up in the drain.slsorecting rg

to soak up run off and built massive tanks that can holds 10s of millions gallons s of sewage that would run in to the water. they have spent billions on the projects and have seen results. the combined over flow has dropped 80% since the 1980s. >> it's been a tremendous improvement. now, it's finish ing the job. >> it's clean enough for many here to get on out and enjoy it. at least in dry weather. >> how was the r? >> so much fun. >> but even if it does not make you sick. >> couldn't say anything about it. we got spradyed a lot. >> finding on out that 20 binreleased here could make

you question. so as they figure on out how to keep toxins from entering the water, people like this are working to clean up what is here. she is part of the billion oyster project, installng oyster reeves in new york harbor. >> what they do,they help clear the water. >> a single adult oyster can filter50 gallons of oysters every day. >> they will pull out of the water the particles -- >> the you know whats? >> yes. >> the you no what, so they will put that and create a casing and drop it to the bottom of the water column. >> so they help. >> they help. they help to a certain degree. >> but john lipscomb said a complete fix requires more money and that means more pressure from the public. >> we have got a vehicle driving around on mars right now. and we have walked on the moon. don't tell me this cannot be done.

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japan sold itself as a safe pair of hands. nearly eight years and a pandemic later, nothing is safe and nothing is certain. >> we have covid-19 spreading in tokyo. we have medical professionals here questioning why the games are going on saying it's too big a risk are. >> a new wave of covid cases forced the torch relayoff of public roads. but with 100 days to go, and roughly $15 billion invested the officials say the games will go on, but expect it to be different. >> no fans from abroad, athleteswill be in quarantine most of the time. >> reporter: athletes will join 15,000 competitors from around the world. >> they are absolutely 100% focused on preparation for games that should happen and they believe will happen. >> reporter: olympians do not have to beaccited but will be given hand sanitizer and

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. did you wonder how certain new words and phrases find their way in to the dictionary? in some cases it's through shear perseverance. >> all you want is a nice peaceful breakfast, you slice open a orange or grapefruit and get ready to attack it wi a spoon only to have it attack you back, right in the eye. it's well documented in pop culture. did you know there's a word for what your citrus is does to you. >> oh, it orsculated. >> this brother and sister picked up the word from their father. >> as a child, you learn words

because your parents use them and you start using them and you don't question is it a real word? >> until you are thumb this -- you are thumbing through a dictionary and you see nothing. >> i said, dad, what is wrong with this dictionary, the word is not in it? >> and he said, well, i may have made the word up. they laughed about it for years. laughed until they cried. last april, jonthan and hillary's dad neil died of covid. and in the days after his passing that orbisculate story was one of the few things that still brought a smile. which gave the kids an idea. >> it felt like a nice way to honor somebody where there's not a lot of positive things going on. >> reporter: what they did was a orbisculate in to the

dictionary, by getting people using it. theycame up with goals. get it in the crossword puzzle. in a child's chalk drawing. in a petry desk of bacteria. surprisingly, check. and in in a news store. >> check. >> someone even put it on a sign in a grocery store on. warning, strong possibility of orbisculation, words with friends added it to their game. this woman wroteit in a song. >> of course, getting orbisculate trench in our >> andhat would be. andou don't need a dictionary to see the meaning of that. >> and that is the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news continues and for others check back later for cbs this morning and of course, you can follow us

online a cbs news.com and do me a favor, check out my podcast, the debrief, this week i'm looking at all sides it's friday, april 23rd, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." vaccine safety. the u.s. may resume use of the johnson & johnson shot, but two new blood clot cases including a death are now under investigation. subway bomber sentenced. the punishment for a man who set off a pipe bomb during rush hour in new york city. taking flight. ingenuity lifts off for the second time on mars. why this test run was a bit more why this test run was a bit more challenging. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-mariere