[laughter] that's why i'm so happy the utah department of natural resources is celebrating earth dayy sponsoring a poster contest for kids. the theme: "where would we be without oil, gas & mining?" [laughter] it makes perfect sense. it's the same way we celebrate president's day by having kids dress up like john wilkes booth! [laughter] and the contest judges are bound to know their stuff, because it's co-sponsored by the society of petroleum engineers. children are a precious resource, and if anyone knows how to exploit a resource, it's a petroleum engineer. [laughter] now, some less-advanced students may not see the connection between earth day and the use of non-renewable petrochemicals. so the contest guide offers a few helpful examples, such as "we use mined materials and petroleum products every day -- gasoline, cars, computers, and skateboards." [laughter] yes, where would we be without america's vital skateboard mining industry? [laughter] but remember kids, when being creative, it's always important to follow a rigid set of rules. according to the rules your drawing must be

. >> now we have a warning for maryland's department of natural resources. stay away from the bears. they are emerging from winter hibernation and bound to be cranky, so just stay away. you can also try to keep them from coming to you by keeping your garbage inside until trash day or rinsing your garbage can with ammonia to eliminate those food odors. allegheny, garrett, frederick counties. >> you are west of i-81, be on the lookout. >> unwanted visitors. >> they are cranky. i feel refreshed after three month nap, personally, but they wake up cranky. >> have you woke up that long? i would be hungry. all right, 74 today. not bad. temperatures above average. want to talk to you about what you might be able to see tomorrow evening in the sky. don't want you to freak out. we're looking at a rocket that will be launched. it is an expendable rocket that is able to get payloads up to 11,000 pounds in low orbit. up to the international space station. it's going to go off at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. you'll be able to see it for two minutes in this area across the dell mor

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department with a very broad mission. so the way i'd like to think about it is that we are the custodian of america's natural resources and that's all the energy. our national parks and also our history. because in the statute of liberty to the historic monuments that we oversee around the country, that is all part of our mission at the department. >> every cabinet secretary has to make decisions and get pressure on different fronts. but in your role you are dealing with the conservation movement and the oil industry. two very different political forces in this town. >> that's true. and it happens whenever you are dealing with land use and natural resources issues. they are not easy issues. there is conflict, those who want to preserve and those who want to develop. we try to arrive at the right balance. so yes, we allow development of our energy resources. we've led the effort on renewable energy. we've doubled it over the last four years. we have 31 power plants of generation. but at the same time as we move forward with the development efforts, we have been cognizant of our mission to protect the resources of this coun

of the state department and the environmental protection agency. their goal is to pass it before memorial day. the bill has a hundred republican cosponsors. the chair of the natural resources committee says keystone is the victim of obama administration road blocks and delays. >> president obama has held up this project for years even though he has gone through extensive reviews. the state department has repeatedly determined that this project will have no significant environmental impacts. yet, still, this administration refuses to act. >> reporter: republicans say the pipeline would create thousands of jobs and substantially lessen this country's dependence on ale from the middle east. jenna: talk to us a little bit about the epa, and their report that suggests they are worried about the pipeline. >> reporter: the epa raeuflt efld the state department's initial review of the pipeline as insufficient, which means the state may have to go become to the drawing boards. the epa says the state department didn't consider the carbon emissions from producing crude from the ale sands in canada or the safety of transporting the crude via pipeline to texas. there are as you can ima

department. cases that arrive are far in doubt to the litigating decisions. natural resources in the environment. they make recommendations which go to the sg assistance and deputies. sometimes there's an internal conflict. the department of justice includes bureau of prisons in the criminal division and those people want to defend guards in suits by prisoner. civil rights tends to favor the prisoners. somebody has to resolve those. we're in a system to the solicitor general and think think that the criminal division statutory theory of prosecution is weak. they have to resolve the issues personally. bob conducted many conferences not only the settle fight within the government. but also to hear presentations by private counsel. it's one of the officer's traditions that anyone litigant, potential amicus curiae can be heard personally before the united states files a brief in the supreme

natural resources and the environment. they make recommendations which go to the sg's assistants and deputies. sometimes there's an internal conflict. the department of justice includes the bureau of prisons in the criminal division, and those people always want to defend wardens and guards in suits by prisoners. the civil rights division tends to favor the prisoners. somebody has to resolve those fights. or an assistant to the solicitor general may think that the criminal division's statutory theory of prosecution is weak. the solicitor general has to resolve those issues personally. bob bork conducted many conferences not only to settle fights within the government, but also to hear presentations by private counsel. it's one of the office's traditions that anyone -- a litigant, a potential amicus curiae -- can be heard by the solicitor general personally before the united states files a brief in the supreme court. bob prepared carefully and asked sharp questions at these meetings. as he said in the book, he tried to advance the positions of the ex

natural resources and the environment. they make recommendations can which go to the sg's assistants and deputies. sometimes there's an internal conflict. the department of justice includes the bureau of prisons in the criminal division, and those people always want to defend wardens and guards in suits by prisoners. the civil rights division tends to favor the prisoners. somebody has to resolve those fights. or an assistant to the solicitor general may think that the criminal division's statutory theory of prosecution is weak. the solicitor general has to resolve those issues personally. bob bork conducted many conferences not only to settle fights within the government, but also to hear presentations by private counsel. it's one of the office's traditions that anyone -- a litigant, a potential amicus curiae -- can be heard by the solicitor general personally before the united states files a brief in the supreme court. bob prepared carefully and asked sharp questions at these meetings. as he said in the book, he tried to advance the positions of the executive branch, not his own views. i never saw him favor his own position and never saw him misundersta

natural resources and the environment. they make recommendations which go to the sg assistance and the piece. sometimes there is an internal conflict. the department of justice includes the bureau of prisons and the criminal division, and those people always want to defend organs and guards in suits by prisoners. the civil-rights position ten step the pentaprism eyes. the criminal division statutory position is weak the solicitor general has to resolve those issues personally. bob bork conducted many conferences, not allowed to stop fights within the government, but also to hear presentations by private counsel. one of the offices traditions that anyone to mulligan, potential me to scary i, can be heard by the solicitor general personally. he asked sharp questions. he tried to advance the positions of the executive branch, not his own views. and never saw an favre is own position and never thought -- cy misunderstand an argument. >> you can watch this and the programs online at c-span.org. >> driven by this certainty that religion and reason are in different boxes. science and religion are in different boxes. that to actually are at war with each oth

department. >> reporter: what were people saying? >> i couldn't tell what you the dispatchers, they were receiving the calls. the nature of the calls. the reaction i was getting from our dispatchers, we immediately had resources. we have a fire station that is located on the campus. >> reporter: so you were here immediately then. >> yes. >> reporter: how was the suspect apprehended? >> you would have to talk with the law enforcement officer. i'm not sure about that. >> reporter: we understand the details are still developing and appreciate your type, robert raza from the cyfair fire department. we'll continue to follow this from here. we now know 15 injuries. we don't know the nature of those critical injuries. we'll keep on top of it. >> thanks, janet. theran, back to you, if we have you. i'm wondering, i remember from the last altercation at the other lone star campus, a lot of parents came to the scene to check on their kids. have you heard similar reports of a lot of parents on the scene there? >> we haven't seen from the air, from the news conference, the police were very swift order to tell people to stay away after they locked down the campus. they were allowing obviously students to leave right away.

our economy needs to depart from oil dependence, from mining the natural resources, from its influencing all aspects of life. i don't think this departure is happening. yes, certain measures are being taken but these factors remain serious in our economy. the second thing, the government should be more clear, more understandable. they should give clearer messages to the business community. today, we don't even know what the insurance payments will be for the hub in this community. you know that last year small businesses suffered from insurance payments, insurance contributions. a decision needs to be made to rescue them.!ú#ú third, there were promises that regions would receive more support. i do support that. many believe that in the past, government we held at centralizing expenses. we have begun to increase federal expenses including the military, and the pension system, other measures are needed. part of the expenses and revenues need to be given over to the region so that they will feel free come and then growth will be motivated by the region. i cannot speak about all the factors but a very impo

department. while the obama administration weighs whether or not to proceed to approve this pipeline house natural resources committee is taking action on its own. it is fredding with the markup ofill call the northern route approval act. the committee knows even if the president agrees to the pipeline there is a strong likelihood environmentalists will throw up all kind of legal challenges to delay it. so this bill imposes a 60-day deadline for filing legal challenges. the administration, as we all know is under tremendous competing pressures within its own camp to do something with the pipeline. environmentalists obviously are adamantly opposed to it but the president's union base is adamantly pushing for approval. in fact union representatives from the building and construction trades will be rallying at 10:00 to support the keystone xl pipeline. adding to all of this pressure, when asked in a new poll by the woodrow wilson center, what is more important to you, reducing greenhouse gases or having north america free from importing oil outside of north america? 6% of americans said they want to be free from imported oil. only 30% think reducing greenhouse gases is more importa

the senate energy and natural resources committee is about three hours this morning to consider the nomination of dr. dr. earnest moniz that served as the department of energy. it's been at the center of the most pressing issues facing the u.s. economy and the environment, how to manage a newly accessible reserves of natural gas, combating climate change, making our economy more efficient and supporting new energy technologies. i believe our country needs energy that transitions america to a lower carvin economy and is built on three pillars: strong economic growth, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and energy innovation. it's no accident that the early focus of this committee's agenda centers squarely on those matters. our first hearing focused on natural-gas. technological advances in the recent years have allowed the country to tap into the reserves and natural-gas that were previously not economic to read now this resource has the potential to buy the country with a lasting economic at vantage but for manufacturers and steel companies as well as families and businesses that can save on their power bills. the savings can make a difference

department with a very broad mission. so the way i'd like to think about it is that we are the custodian of america's natural resources and that's all the energy. our national parks and also our history. because in the statute of liberty to the historic monuments that we oversee around the country, that is all part of our mission at the department. >> every cabinet secretary has to make decisions and get pressure on different fronts. but in your role you are dealing with the conservation movement and the oil industry. two very different political forces in this town. >> that's true. areit happens whenever you dealing with land use and natural resources issues. they are not easy issues. there is conflict, those who want to preserve and those who want to develop. we try to arrive at the right balance. so yes, we allow development of our energy resources. we've led the effort on renewable energy. we've doubled it over the last four years. we have 31 power plants of generation. but at the same time as we move forward with the development efforts, we have been cognizant of our mission to protect the resources of this country.

resources is important to strengthen our partnerships and bolster security. under section 3 of the natural gas act, companies seeking to export natural gas must receive permits from the department of energy which determines if such exports are in the public interest. exports permits to u.s. free trade countries are automatically approved, nonfree trade countries must go through a process. when it comes to exporting u.s. goods, we often talk about barriers in other countries for u.s. producers to -- they just overcome to sell their products. but in this instance we have a domestic barrier that presents us -- prevents us from exporting our natural gas to consumers willing to buy. there are 20 applications before the department of energy from companies seeking approval to export natural gas. as the department of energy evalue waits these applications, i hope it takes into consideration the domestic benefits. i have authored a bipartisan and bicameral legislation, h.r. 580, the liquefied natural gas for americans act which would make approval of export licenses to nato countries and japan automatic. this bill creates a process that allows the addition of other foreign countries to