for more than 30 years, bud has foremost f the advocates for conservation and environmental protection in my and in pennsylvania. for decades, bud has led efforts o conserve and protect nature in the greaterly high valley and valley and high beyond. ms. wild: he let a pie nearing undraising campaign in -- pioneering fundraising campaign. and he's mentored generations of has rvation advocates who gone on to spear head successful campaigns of their own. for quick wit and passion his work have endeared him to many and helped create for collaboration in communities that might otherwise be divided. citizens ogether united by their mutual desire to rotect their beloved natural environment. bud's legacy can be experienced in he howser nature center

when he arrived in the amazon more than 50 years ago environmental protection was not an issue. there was an attempt on his life and he can't even count the number of death threats he's received. for 13 years he's been under 24 hour police protection. and then we get there the if that would have been not the real date we had few difficulties in ulta me or a jury in the military dictatorship one knew one had to be careful with certain statements but i never had any trouble with the military along the shingle river or some of the us. but it's a very different story now before you feel persecuted by that because we defending exactly what the government doesn't want if we defend the indigenous people their right to their ancestral lands them we defend the amazon and the government wants to open the amazon up to domestic and international companies. to begin with. it was. a day after the senate ended the governors of brazilians amazon states met with representatives of other neighboring states and the vatican amounts or the reason talking points included the needs of indigenous people

when he arrived in the amazon more than 50 years ago environmental protection was not an issue. there was an attempt on his life and he can't even count the number of death threats he's received. for 13 years he's been under 24 hour police protection. they're going to get there that that would have let you know we had few difficulties in ultimate joining the military dictatorship one knew one had to be careful with certain statements but i never had any trouble with the military along the shingle river. of the u.s. but it's a very different story now the full force. you feel persecuted by that because we defending exactly what the government doesn't want. we defend the indigenous people their right to their ancestral lands we defend the amazon and the government wants to open the amazon up to domestic and international companies and. they did not see the id to begin with. it was. a day after the synod ended the governors of brazilians amazon states met with representatives of other neighboring states and the vatican amounts or. talking points included the needs of indigenous peop

the bill 37% increase in environmental adjustment programs at epa reflects the subcommittee's recognition of how critical it is that we protect immunities with higher levels of environmental harm. while this is still a relatively small program in the epa's overall budget, this significant increase helps develop programs that i hope we can further expand in future years. additionally, for years we have underinvested in our nation's infrastructure. resulting in many minority and low income americans being denied basic rights to clean air and water. this bill's $13 in super fund cleanup and diesel reduction grant-- reflect the need to act now on those addressing this crisis. finally, i want to appreciate the committee's continued funding for the semi quinn centenni centennial commission. i've been working with the commission to make sure the complete story of our nation's history is told when we celebrate our 250th anniversary in 2026. and the events of the last couple of months demonstrate just how important it is that we truly understand our past. i look forward to working with the chair and ranking members to see if additiona

and low income communities, the bill increases in environmental justice programs, reflects the subcommittee recognition of how critical it is to protect higher levels of environmental harm. while this is a relatively small program in the epa's overall budget, is significant increase that i hope we can further expand in future years. additionally, for years, with under invested in our nations infrastructure. minority and low income americans being denied between air and water, this bill, $13 billion in emergency investments in clean water infrastructure cleanup, reflects it now in this crisis. finally, i want to appreciate the committee's continued funding for the commission. i have been working with my colleagues on the commissions to make sure the complete story of our nation's history is old, we told, as we celebrate our 50th anniversary in 2026. in the event of the last couple of months, and was trading how important it is that we truly understand our past. i look forward to working with the chair and ranking members to see if additional funds may be included for the commission, when we reach an agreement. with that, i support this

the bill prioritizes environmental protection and conservation by making strong investments to provide for the protection of public lands to ensure clean air and safe drinking water for all americans as cochair of the long island caucus, i would like to thank the chair for the $9.4 million increase will only island your god which represents electric funding levels of $31 million. island caucus is a bipartisan effort and the national treasure worship covers all states and 25 citizens within an hour drive of the shores and contributing estimated $31 billion annually for the regional economy from commercial and recreational fishing, tourism and other water dependencies. provided by this bill for conservation, ownership management activities that protect and restore the environmentally and economically vital endorsing of long island. we say thank you to the chair for prioritizing additional funding of $12.5 million to address the president -- presence of contamination in our community. these chemicals are linked to health effects including the growth and development of children. the fundin

sustainability and environmental protection a message that has been passed down by the sun for generations. well another way artists can help protect the environment and send a message to others of the same time is by taking trash on to beautiful works of art that is what dies after growing angry about the extent of pollution in his homeland of kenya he decided to repurpose tons of waste metal he is this week's doing a bit. this lion sculpture is made from animal snakes once used by poachers in the national parks. these works were created by kenyan artist. he works with waste from factories. that years ago he started off as a welder. in his spare time he fashioned artistic objects. one day and broker bought them and displayed them in a nairobi gallery. about swimwear cheeky realized he could make a living with his own and his works now fetch up to $10000.00 apiece he also trains younger artists he says that over the years he's 10 thousands of tons of scrap metal into alt. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. hash tag doing y

we all have to invest in our planet it's up to us to protect our climate and the environment that we live in to invest in and run an environmentally friendly company in a country like armenia is very hard but what if a company could actually make profits by protecting the environment it is possible let's see how. the property in the countryside. and western affluence and the capital gareth and armenia is a country marked by stark contrast awareness and knowledge are. until $9091.00 i mean it was a part of the former soviet union after the collapse of communism the country fell into an economic crisis and still hasn't fully recovered small and mid-sized companies struggle so environmental protection has to yield profit. so the. the city's 2014 hour new waste water recycling unit has saved us over 100000 euros that all. the companies here have rarely put much thought into environmentally friendly production but things are starting to change. it appears on the market because if we reorganize our production successfully then it also makes good business sense for good. i mean years economy is largely dominated by agriculture cereals fr

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under the general plan the environmental protection an urban design element are completely ignored as are some policies in the housing and din dust ri almosts sm the c ua motion miss applies general plan policies they do include and overstates the project benefits. we can find the only public benefit would be from the verizon wireless project. there is no local around the neighborhood public benefit to the lighting project. the school has told us that the request to modify their existing c ua on the practice field lighting schedule is not part of the current c ua. that information and request is still in the draft c ua motion and if it stays it needs to be assess as part of coupe active esks of the new lating. you will matily we feel that before any project decision can be made, the planning department really needs to require additional studies, traffic, parking, noise, and better lighting study and should require an environmental assess m report. the department really needs to conduct a full review to assess those impacts and again to assess the impacts of the lighting and the verizo

many important issues that were meant to be top of the agenda for europe in 2020 such as environmental protection the fight against covert 19 has actually intensified along existing problem and that is plastic waste the ocean floor.

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from government in terms of environmental standards they approved a new law that weakens the ability to meet of the ministry of environment to both create protected areas in go after environmental transformations i was there to help not to be part of the reasons oil left techno also traveled into the heart of the tumble part to national reserve it's a place so protected that we had to register at 2 control stations on the way. yet even the park guards seemed overwhelmed. me nurse. no us i miss him but i asked. him how we saw miners working the river just a short distance away from the 2nd control station yuri torres was our guide on this journey into the reserves he now makes his living by helping people experience the breathtaking beauty of the rain forest as he knows the rain forest so well he spots a saddleback tamarind monkey with a baby on its back during our interview but torres used to make his living off the jungle as a gold mine or one of the my there you don't really care about 40. 03 torres's father and his brothers still make their living as illegal gold miners and you talk to them about the dangers about the environment yes they do i

our local, state, and federal partners are working with each andr for safety environmental protection. we are providing rescue assets to our partners and consultation with our federal partners. we talked to several officials that will be opening emergency shelters in their jurisdictions. if you had the chance to evacuate and are on your way now, the city of san antonio has opened up the freeman coliseum as a reception center and the american red cross will be providing hotel rooms. as the governor said, the governor will continue to provide personal protective equipment, working close with their partners to get debris cleaned up, we will push for the disaster declaration to support our government and citizens. and i would like to thank our citizens in the midst of the pandemic who have been planning, training, and exercising for hurricane response. it was a week and a half ago that we had virtual exercises with all of our coastal partners and i know we are engaged and ready. that is worth emphasizing because back in may and you and teams were working on this very scenario. we did not

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education digitalisation environmental protection. if firms are kept going through the process jobs should become available again holders of government bonds should eventually get paid out to daisy and will inherit public debt but some of them will also inherit government bonds so members of the same generation will be paying each other back foot. if an economy grows strongly retained it won't be a huge problem. protracted crisis by contrast would be a disaster. inflation bankruptcy's mass unemployment would be much worse for coming generations than inheriting a pile of public debt. now that in the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity that's a quote attributed to einstein a genius so he should know so where's the upside to this pandemic if you work in the digital sector you may be feeling it digital services are in huge demand these days and those providers are busier than ever while others are struggling what does it feel like to be on the winning side we met up with young entrepreneurs in johannesburg. so it all the former h

we welcome environmental protection agency administrator andrew wheeler. welcome, sir.ood to have you on the show. as a builder, this is donald trump's wheelhouse. he can scan a multi-page bid, see who's overcharging, what won't work, what will, et cetera. what exactly will be eliminated regarding environmental regulations that will lop off years of process? >> sure. first of all, you're right. he's the infrastructure president and chief. we haven't had an infrastructure president like this probably since dwight eisenhower created the federal highways. he knows infrastructure and he knows what the impediments are. there really isn't a more stark difference between president trump and vice president biden. you go back to 2009, vice president biden was in charge of the stimulus package, implementing that for the federal government, and he infamously went to a bridge in north middletown, pennsylvania. governor rendell told him it was shovel-ready. he thought it was shovel-ready. he did a big ribbon cutting, said it was shovel-ready. they weren't able to break ground for mo

so environmental protection has to yield profits. that this is still a serious 2014 hour new waste water recycling unit has saved us over 100000 euros that all. companies here have rarely put much thought into environmentally friendly production but things are starting to change. the market thank you so if we reorganize our production successfully then it also makes good business sense. i mean years economy is largely dominated by agriculture cereals fruit and vegetables are the main crops like here at the foot of mount ararat with some 3000 hours of sunshine a year peaches apricot some plums grow in abundance. are gone for. this fruit found i turned his harvests into giant fruit he switched to organic production and no longer uses chemical fertilizers and pesticides. that go to a local environmental n.g.o.s help to make the switch financial support comes from the international climate initiative the organization advises companies about sustainable practices. their fruit farm is ovens and now solar powered and have more efficient ven

we all have to invest in our planet it's up to us to protect our climate and the environment that we live in to invest in and run an environmentally friendly company in a country like india is very hot but what if a company could actually make profits by protecting the environment it is possible let's see how. property in the countryside. and western affluence in the capital yerevan armenia is a country marked by stark contrast. awareness and all. which are keen. until $991.00 amenia was a part of the fullness soviet union after the collapse of communism the country fell into an economic crisis and still hasn't fully recovered small and mid-sized companies struggle so environmental protection has to yield profits. just that this is good in a sense 2014 the new waste water recycling unit has saved us over 100000 euros but all. companies here have rarely put much thought into environmentally friendly production but things are starting to change. it appears on the market thank you so if we reorganize our production successfully then it also makes good business sense for good. i mean years economy is largely dominated by agriculture c

more than 75 percent had levels above the limits considered safe by the environmental protection agency some as high speed 33 times the limit. in this little. one only as a legal case because. they. can look at this almost. the entire. time if you can vary. over time mercury impacts the central nervous system it could cause problems with vision hearing and memory at high levels it can cause brain damage to unborn babies if you talk to minors you say hey this is a problem how do they usually respond usually they don't believe us they don't see the immediate effects because the type of exposure that you see here is a chronic one. by 2012 the price of gold was over $1500.00 an ounce in illegal mining had enough. way more than 100000 acres of true v.n. rain forest in madrid videos alone. the peruvian government decided to get tough troops went into mining areas and camps and equipments the strikes were part of a more type wrong strategy according to her and that's total as luna a former advisor to proves ministry of the environment the study g m involved police operations and the prosecutio

who are involved in rebuilding and environmental protection in the wake of the storm an. 18 year old. remains devastated she was here. through 2019. several of her friends were killed in the disaster over 200 houses were destroyed even now to good sewer can barely come to terms with the power of the storm. this blessing i see. a wonderful place there were lots of things. but. in a moment everything was born. it i also caused a series of landslides in the nearby to money money national park. to my money is home to 200 different species of bird. so there are a cypher chorale he has been working for nature conservation organization bird life zimbabwe here since 2013 now reconstruction is also on his list of tasks. if i will restore actually something now we have seen what has happened with deliberate set up which must be monumentally which is this is the ideal city area. it's an area that also needs restoration as well so that she didn't fire a little so called you to be degraded. the environmentalist and his organization are active in 6 villages. in one of the tree nurseries villages li

. >> general, the democrats are more concerned with the environmental protection considerations than the republican party has been. >> meanwhile, a big change for hospitals. they must now report all coronavirus data directly to the department of health and human services. instead of the cdc. that's the order from the white house. the big difference, the hhs reports directly to the president. experts are concerned the data may not be made available to the public. >> we are not being guided by science and by public health principles. we have seen a sidelining of the cdc. >> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg resting at home. she spent yesterday in a baltimore hospital due to a possible infection. she was discharged today. >>> and, the clock is ticking for all you last-minute tax filers. today is the last day to file your tax return. the irs extended the april 15th deadline due to the pandemic. you can file for an extension, but it only gives you extra time to file and not to pay. if you do owe money and you plan to file atyou can or else you may be hit with penalties. you have b

many local women are now contributing to environmental protection by collecting plastic waste from the beach. dawdled are less likely to breed on polluted beaches . did a video card he is showing them how to set up artificial hatching sites in the sand . experience yes trading awareness to establish a successful model of a community based on live really conservation. we train the locals to patrol so as to collect and relocate valuable eggs to the artificial. as they are released we protect them from stray dogs and poaching. can be reconceived released around 260000 baby turtles into the sea over the last 10 years. they haven't been able to monitor them so it's unclear how many have survived or even returned. but they hope that the future years will bring as many eggs as this year. that's all we have for you today i hope this show has shown you that technology like everything else can be put to bad and good shoes it's the choice we make on how to use it that really matters we'll see you again next week until then stay safe big good care of yourselves and your loved ones good buy. it's.

and according to the environmental protection agency, agriculture accounts for nearly 10% of all greenhouse emissions -- and livestock produce a lot of that gas. turns out, the best way to lower that output -- add some gr to the daily diet of cows. about 100 grams of lemongrass leaves added to each cow's intake reduces the release of methane. what a relief! to celebrate the green movement, burger king has introduced its reduced methane emission beef whopper. ok, i think i've milked that story enough. that's it for this edition of "matter of fact." we'll see you next week. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. >>> we start with dr. amall of the santa clara county center helping out the public health department during this pandemic of coronavirus. we'll talk to us about the latest testing results as well as the

. >>> i'm in berkeley, special furnace filters and air purifier, can they keep the environmental protection agency has given approval to lysol disinfspray. hatcos. and lysol disinfectant max cover mist. when used on hard surfaces, they killed the virus within two seconds on contact. >>> there's new evidence this evening about the possibility that covid-19 can spread through particles in the air. kpix 5's john ford with more on that and how you can protect yourself. >>> special filters for your furnace and some air purifiers for selected rooms will certainly help your home feel more comfortable. but will it help protect you from the virus? some doctors are suing that covid-19 may be spread by much smaller particles than the water droplets that mask may catch. some folks are getting air purifiers. there are dozens and dozens of air purifiers on the market. they claim to filter and remove, dust, pollen, and mold from the air. but do they catch viruses? xperts say they're better rce n colonel and sanford infectious disease specialist, dr. dean winslow is cautious. >> i would be concerned that j

this is not static environmental protection habitats are constantly changing they're also valuable areas not in regular use by the military where nature can evolve organically. in the air is used less often they deploy sheep several 1000 sheep graze all summer long in the military training ground so that's what makes sheep really useful is that they get into all the corners under the bushes into parts of the woods we can't reach the machine can't do that the sheep prince grazing on droppings at the turf into the state that nature needs who has bought. the sheep of spent numerous summers in the military zone and are well used to it so shepherd collins can kill them like. enduring many generally whenever they're shooting even heavy fire you'd be amazed how fast they adapt if they do get frightened they huddle together as one crew member in germany large swathes of the natural environment to been wiped out chiefly through intensive farming the untamed land in army training areas is highly valuable in ecological terms in bomb order to spike the bombs and grenades this unique environment get