and the e.p.a. said no, you can't use that. the usual way that e.p.a. operates is registering a product and there by, creating and reviewing a label, and they registered a product called rat ice, and this is from bell labs. so we were sad, but then suddenly, we were happy again because we had a product that we could potentially used that was a replacement for rodenticide for certain situations, and we waited and waited for it to be distributed on the west coast, and we bugged them, and we're not alone in this. we and other agencies with i.p.m. programs, and that was three years ago, and it is not happening. the distribution out here is simply not happening, and yet, we still can't use a product that we know to be a safer alternative. so this started out as kind of a failure story for the program activities. we failed to find a way to use this, but we'd love to turn it into a success story and do what we can at least to find a way to do so. so what we recommend is that staff work with the commission to draft two letters to try to push this along. one to

contamination and people who are sick and they always seem comforted by the fact, "well, okay, the e.p.ahas shown up, so it is going to bell okay" or, "the department of health, why weren't they here, they should have our back. it's going to be okay." and i was always the one that was the be i mean, no one's coming to fix this. >> reporter: and aer years spent looking into america's water supply, brockovich has assembled an arsenal of bad news. >> we all know about flint, michiga there's 200 more flint, michigans out there. there is one, if not multiple communities in every state america.he united states of and you may never think flint will be you, but it's already you, and they're just-- they're everywhere. >> reporter: in 2018, using data from the environmenl protection agency, the natural resources defense council found that nearly 30 million americans water from communi systems that violated the e.p.a.'s lead and copper rule. whether it's crumbling ictnfraste, antiquated regulations, or chemicals being alerlowed to ehe water supply, brockovich's book lays out a system well beyond th

e.p.a. has website the white house has website it's clear that this president wants to double down on a fossil fuel industry which white frankly is failing right now 100000 fewer jobs lost in the last 3 months exxon who previously 5 years ago i believe was the most valuable company in the world recently kicked out of the dow and themselves saying that they're going to have to underwrite $25.00 to $30000000000.00 so what we need right now is a massive shift renewable energy of course you know we're. told right now in pennsylvania and for climate activists and those who really understand that we are running out of time to climb a clock struck midnight that we simply can't afford 4 more years of donald trump in that arena. well given the massive talent out there we've already seen and. these are the topics of really got people interested again in politics they want to have their say many thanks that was me raj is right political environmental activist always good to have you on the program than

there are so many products, materials that end up in the trash can, such as e.p.a.'s foam expended, polish tyrion. that's the material that we're replacing in this helmet. polish tyrion makes up 30 percent of plastic waste in landfills worldwide. that's a lot of photos of them or heard, or of course we've got photos. first, tests have shown that the helmet can even outperform conventional ones in safety terms. the team still needs to come up with a sustainable outer shell and to ensure that the product is long lasting. once they've solved those problems, they want to go into business. almost one in 4 cyclists in germany. wear a helmet that tom schmidt, another by a technologist at the technical university of berlin, discovered the novel uses for fun, be cheering a citizen science project that he led the fascinating organisms on the, the animal planet. they come in many shapes and sizes. they love rainy days like this one, and they have lived on this planet for millions of years. a fungus may well be the biggest living organism on earth. when they stick their heads ou

step is our 3 countries will try and reach an ore c e p plus free trade agreement based on the orsi e.p.a., agreement, e.p.t. howdah. so to some o.c.d., according to the american peterson institute for international economics, china will be the biggest winner of the free trade agreement. a common criticism is that china is too dominant within the or c p. i would be able to call the shots on important trading terms from japan to new zealand. this fear became much stronger when india pulled out its got more of us from d.w. business correspondent and writing in singapore and iran. china is the centerpiece of this agreement, apart from being the biggest market in the region. why is this deal so important to beijing? to self its is an extension of china's influence in the region quite obviously. and this deal just cements it all. and china's involvement in the r.c. p. will help boost the g.d.p. of member nations. and while china has bilateral deals, this will be the 1st multilateral deal that china has sucked under to significant economic players of the region aren't part of the pact, india an

and she was the one who did it the e.p.a. responded to the government crackdowns by trying to assassinate key leaders, including just somehow i wasn't surprised to find out that sally had taken part in response to military government called for the public to join its mass killings . free name in the campaign. the red tear bodies of countless people were left on the street for all to see tribute into mourn. frightened and grieving, relatives were forced to pay the price of every bullet used to kill their loved ones. as a result of the red terror period, an entire generation of urban youth with at least a minimal education, were lost. their remainder left so afraid that for decades, no expression of just sent occurred. my grandparents survived this dark period searching desperately for their daughter trying to avoid the daily tears. they wouldn't get any new information about sally for nearly any other 10 years. not knowing whether she was dead or i'm not. it's really painful. we asked a lot of people and i had a friend who wor

because of president trump's founding and leadership of operation warp speed, even as we face daunting e.p.a. deem logical trends across the

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saw with the t.p. 3 here but with the care of the free gift this people were an intel park or the e.p.a. today every year that it was one of the ideologues the prime minister he was one of the people he was a minister he was responsible for one of the security agencies in that country now it is easy having the separate in that region now to say that there is even has a disorder the. constitution was not committed to democratize vision what was the reason that we have to believe that the people who are now to leave the country are actually committed to democracy mission when we see on the ground taxes that are completely the opposite of what they say that it said the electoral vote is independent there is no evidence to show that they look for bodies 'd after the independent the prime minister is in control of the government and most of the things that are happening in the country out of happening precisely because he missed money to the transitional process in this month of the transitional process to say that while he was given a very specific mandate when he came to power i think it's

and in detroit we have michael dorsey co-founder of the sunrise movement and former e.p.a. national advisory committee member during the obama administration. welcome to you all, michael. 1st of all joe biden wants to put climate change on the agenda in the situation room. what effect will that have on getting the global community to endeavor intensify the battle against climate change? putting climate change on the situation room, as you say is critically important for welfare and united states as well as go welfare. it's essential that we get back into these talks and meet them just as kerry mention, not just comparisons because that's not enough really to delivering on high ambitions. that means bowing out more noble energy. that means. 'd unfolding climate as it were, so it's absolutely critical that we get climate change square on in a multilateral conversation in the u.s. play a big role in bel after 4 years of a trump administration. will it make a big difference globally to having somebody like john kerry, as joe biden says, in the situation room? yet if you will, t

e.p.a. includes australia, china, japan, south korea, new zealand, and 10 other associations of southeast nation members. this will help the region lower tariffs in an effort to help the already struggling countries all due to the pandemic. many say the deal is a huge geopolitical one for china and a huge blow to the united states. for more, let's bring in host of economic of day and author of sickness is the system. professor richard wolfe, professor, good to have you. as always, we, we've discussed here and boom bust this deal earlier this week with christie, but i want to get your take on how big this deal really is. well, it did a lot of little an economic condition. well, look, we need a little break in the world we're talking about locally. it's locally only as just don't get there. like they do something really good for all of them. namely, the lower terrace, the opposite of what the trumpet, ministration did to lower tower. it's so that they can rate among one another without a littl

e.p.a. includes australia, china, japan, south korea, new zealand, and 10 other associations of southeast nation men, berth. this will help the region lower tariffs in an effort to help the already struggling countries all due to the pandemic. many say the deal is a huge geopolitical one for china and a huge blow to the united states. for more, let's bring in host of economic update and author of sickness is the system. professor richard roth. professor good to have you as always and we've, we've discussed here and boom, bust this deal earlier this week with christine, but i want to get your take on how big this deal really is. well, it couldn't launch the little terms. an economic 1st economic conclusion, or roughly 30 percent of the world trade and one. so we're talking about roughly a 3rd of the global economy as just yeah, they like to do something really good for all of them. namely, the lower tariffs, the opposite of what the trumpet, ministration did to lower tower. it's so that they

then there is the rollback, especially e.p.a. actions that have been taken. mentioned one very prominently control of methane emissions in the end-to-end -- it's in many sectors. certainly in the natural gas sector. it's gotten a lot of attention. so i think we'll see clearly that rollback. and the congress has provided new administration. , in fact, to alert them to the of various provisions that have been done towards the end of a preceding administration. and finally, i think there will advancing t areas of new things in a certain sense in ferc, the federal energy regulatory commission. i think we'll see much more regions forgiven to carbon pricing. for see regulatory reform allowing more renewables and storage. high-voltage ng transmission lines. the financial regulatory agencies, we had the cftc, the report, that i is a hash -- harbonger of providing risk management and disclosure from companies. with thecourse, aligns whole e.s.g. initiatives that the private banks are also pushing forward aggressively. so i think we'll see quite a bit change without le

there are so many products, materials that end up in the trash can, such as e.p.a.'s foam expanded polystyrene. that's the material that we're replacing in this helmet makes up 30 percent of plastic waste in landfills worldwide. that's a lot of the first tests have shown that the helmet can even outperform conventional ones in safety terms. the team still needs to come up with a sustainable outer shell and to ensure that the product is long lasting soft those problems they want to go into business. almost one in 4 cyclists in germany wear a helmet that time schmidt, another by a technologist at the technical university of berlin, discovered the novel uses for fun, detouring a citizen science project that he led these fascinating organisms on the, the animal planet. they come in many shapes and sizes. they love rainy days like this one. and they have lived on this planet for millions of years. a fungus may well be the biggest living organism on earth. with when they stick their heads out, that's not even the tip of the iceberg, but only a very small part. you don't se

because of president trump's founding and leadership of operation warp speed, even as we face daunting e.p.a. deem logical trends across the country, we have reasons for optimism. with monday's announcement from the monitoring board for moderna 95%idate vaccine and showed efficacy, we have two safe vaccines that could be authorized by the food and drug administration to be distributed within weeks. operation warp speed has vaccine in a fe number of ways. and ensure there are no delays in vaccine production. because of this work, by the end of december, we expect to have 40 million doses of these two vaccines available for distribution pending f.d.a. distribution and going to our most vulnerable americans. we have been laying the groundwork in administration for months. there are four major caps to get the manufactured product to americans safely in order to save lives. allocation, distribution, administration and ongoing monitoring and data work. we have led the groundwork for these and paid for the vaccines and worked to ensure that the administration costs will be covered by private insure

additionally, e.p.a. takes the theory only to get to the people in which to make the a. in the melee, a french policeman had shot and killed a young man waving an algerian flag full of anger. the demonstrators attack settlers and kill them in the street. soon there were over a 100 dead this photograph of a victim with his hands cut off was widely distributed and spread panic among the colonial french. a trade had now been stolen in algeria and harness. victory in europe was immediately forgotten. the at the colonial settlers organize themselves into local militias and the french army went into action in the areas around city and care ata villages where race to the ground. the army didn't stop to question suspects. they let the cameras get the footage and the executions began. only a message to the city for the militia account. thank you. have it in trying me the most astute it deja to do pull of axes and those awful they usually will go to the cottage with and before the perpetrator caught. but boy, one older person is almost in full as the dr. went to see also the about

and then again, it seems that the think of the telemetry down to the e.p.a. or people worked with the student and labor movement and embraced communism as a way to confront the imperial government. many believed that arms struggle was the only way to create the democratic change that they were hungry for that brought them well. one up on the morning in 1974, the university students started exposing the cover up of the 1st major famine in ethiopia to be shown to the world on television, outraged by the suffering of their people. sally and her friends took part in protests in the capital. they were soon joined by bacon ploys, taxi drivers, teachers, and other groups, demanding democratic reforms. the family is devastated, of course, and perhaps the answer to that. and i think there was answer that was given, that the famine was conceived. it wasn't told to the emperor. we don't know if that's true or not, but the point is it shouldn't have been so devastating. i guess what really brought it in tonight. it's also the television show itself was shown internationa

plus free trade agreement based on the orsi e.p.a. agreement. e.p.t. how the thought of some aussie according to the american peterson institute for international economics, china will be the biggest winner of the free trade agreement. a common criticism is that china is too dominant within the or c b. i will be able to call the shots on important trading terms from japan to new zealand. despair became much stronger when india pulled out. so that's the impact for the countries involved in our sea and the e.u. . but what are africa which has its own major free trade area? let's put that question to our correspondent in kenya's capital nairobi joy during barrow. thanks a lot for joining us. can you tell us what does all seeping mean fafnir can countries? well, growth is not really much that africa can't be our agreement right now, except that it's going to increase free trade for the 15 countries that have signed that. and so little africa that has also been looking at the african continent to treat trade area. the lessons that it could pick from the eco

step is our 3 countries will try and reach an ore c e p plus free trade agreement based on the orsi e.p.a.,, agreement. you got e.p.t. huldah, some r.t., according to the american peterson institute for international economics, china will be the biggest winner of the free trade agreement. a common criticism is that china is too dominant within the or c b. i will be able to call the shots on important trading terms from japan to new zealand. this fear became much stronger when india pulled out so that's the impact for the countries involved in our c, e bay and the e.u. . but what are africa? which has its own major free trade area. let's put that question to our correspondent in kenya's capital, nairobi joy during barry. thanks a lot for joining us. can you just tell us what does being mean fafnir can countries well wrote there's not really much that africa can teach our agreement right now except that it's going to increase retreat for the 15 countries that have signed that. and so all africa that has also been looking at the african continent of 3 trade area, their lessons that it could

. >> california environmental said or mary nichols is o be on the short list for e.p.a. administration, discusses climate and environmental issues. we are wearing masks ande physically distant. we would love to hear from you today, so please share your questions. today'secording conversation for the climate one radio and podcasts that talks every friday. mary nichols is not a household name, but she arguably has done more than any other public officials to reduce america's carbon pollution. she has beat oil companies in court many times and has crafted detailed rules cutting pollution in china, canada, and other countries. she serves as cochair of the california air resources board 9 to 1983, and she returned to the gela most 25 years later, the board had involved to a much more powerful player in what had become an .rgent struggle aaron brings us more. governorpublican arnold went against the grain and appointed someone to the airport. it willarzenegger: change the course of history. >> ab 42 is the country's andngest climate change law aims to reduce greenhouse levels

. >> california environmental said or mary nichols is o be on the short list for e.p.a. administration, discusses climate and environmental issues. we are wearing masks ande physically distant. we would love to hear from you today, so please share your questions. today'secording conversation for the climate one radio and podcasts that talks every friday. mary nichols is not a household name, but she arguably has done more than any other public officials to reduce

unlike the e.p.a. approved disinfectants, and they've all been licensed and checked, and you can see pretty much what you should and should not be using. now we're kind of getting into new ground here with ventilation, and there just doesn't exist any list like that that, you know, that's been approved by a regulatory agency and is rated for different sized rooms and that sort of thing, so we are kind of breaking new ground there. i think the longer that this goes on, we may have a list someday, but that doesn't exist right now. >> i would encourage you, director, if you have any capacity -- which i know you don't right now -- there's a lot of companies trying to sell you something with a lot of bells and whistles, and a lot of us that don't have filtration systems, people are getting duped for thousands and thousands of dollars. okay. the deescalation training, i'm so glad that you promote this. i know on valencia, there's some really, really amazing people that come to support our restaurants, and th

the partnership that young people were able to learn about the water system and scarcity of water in e.p.a. and equipped for the information to share with the community. i can't do this justice in two minutes, but the other thing i want to highlight. we serve mainly latino, black african-american, pacific eye pc islanders. a four-year university is something they can achieve but location and trade and other possibilities are on the horizon and the network that is offered is valuable to see the growth that they have taken from this program. thank you so much. it is an honor to work with the professional staff. they are very gracious. i appreciate this program and can't wait to see the legacy and impact it leaves behind. thank you all. >> thank you, caller. next caller. i opened your line. >> caller: good afternoon, commissioners. i am marty. i am a apprentice in the local three operating engineers in the social impact construction worker child care program. i am calling to share how sfpc through the suppor the support e program. it helps construction workers like myself with early morning c