sepa, the scottish environment protection agency, regulates the impact of the farms on the sea bed andxecutive agrees there have been shortcomings. technically, it's a very difficult industry to regulate. most of the things we regulate are factories, and they have stacks into the sky or pipes into a river or the ocean. and it's much easier to measure the impact directly. so here we're talking about things that are off the coast. now the fact that it's harder, that it's technically complex, just means we have to be better. we have to be more sophisticated. sepa tries to contain the impact the farms have on the local area. a fish farm can have a significant impact on the environment if it's not operated to the standards that are required. so it's really important that they do a good job, and it's really important that we do a good job to check that that's happening. salmon farming here is big business. more than 90% of companies are foreign owned. and there's one that's bigger than all the rest — mowi, formerly known as marine harvest. a norwegian giant which controls a third of the mark

including the clean air act, the clean water act, and the establishment of the environment protection agency. today, hayes is chairman of the board of the earth day network which has become an international event that focuses attention on the state of the earth's health. so as he looks to be events golden anniversary next year, he is focused on where he says it is the biggest threat to our planet. today, climate change. as he told stanford magazine last year, he wants next year's 50th anniversary to quote quiet and unprecedented global outpouring of outrage over climate change and other global threats. we will hear more about those plans this morning. please join me, and welcoming dennis hayes to the national press club. >> thank you for much allison. >> the 50th anniversary of earth day next year will be the largest and most diverse action i believe in human history. we plan to engage more than 3 billion people and 190 countries. we have made these kinds of claims before and often done so at some level of trepidation, and in every case, just proven to be more modest than what actually trans

last week in geneva, the environment protection agency and state department joined the plastics industrytrying to sort the landmark legally binding agreement. despite this, the united states will still be affected by the agreement because countries will be able to block the dumping of mixed war unrecyclable plastic waste from other nations. the amended treaty will make itt much more difficult for wealthy countries to send their plastic waste to poorer nations. only around 9% of plastic is recycled. amy: the u.n. estimates there are 100 million tons of plastic waste in the world's oceans. for more, we go to anchorage, alaska, where we're joined by pam miller, co-chair of the international pollutants elimination network, or ipen. it''s a global network o of ngos dedicated to a toxics-free future. miller is also the executive director of alaska community action on toxics. welcome to democracy now! it is great to have you in from alaska. can you talk about what the u.s. and theing to do significance of the problem? >> yes, it was appalling to see the u.s. government behave in the way that th

agency the environmental protection board. led this rate but he denies knowing anything about the sexual abuse the agency was set up to protect the environment of nigeria's capital but it's now part of the multi agency task force that are arrest people for loitering and causing what they call news events to society some of their main targets sex workers prostitutes are often treated as criminals although the law does not specifically state that prostitution is a crime the sex workers are arrested extorted and sometimes sexually assaulted by police forces to show itself which is the act of prostituting yourself. illicit sexual activity however bad. yet in my view and therefore we must be very circumspect in. proceeding with. bridgeman infringement of the rights of magick. sex work is growing increasingly popular but many nigerians openly condemn it because of the country's conservative culture that's why violations against the human rights of sex workers are often ignored this is arlin of venue in lagos an area well known to nigerians for its commercial sex activities every night the clubs here are busy cars are lined up a young women stand o

the environment agency has launched a consultation on what we all need to do to protect against floodingnsultation on what we all need to do to protect against flooding. according to its chair, "we can't win against water." the agency said at least £1 billion needs to be spent on flood and coastal defences in england every year because of the threat posed by climate change. it's also warned that some communities living in vulnerable areas may even need to move. the issue was raised during environment questions. today, the environment agency announced it's preparing for a catastrophic four—degree rise in global temperatures and huge sea level rises. the ea say need £1 billion a year for coastal defences, but the government's only allocated £2.6 billion over six years — less than half of what is needed. when should we expect the necessary increase in funding and a plan to protect our vulnerable coastal communities? the honourable gentleman raises a very important issue. and can i first of all record my thanks to emma howard boyd, the chair of the environment agency, and sirjames bevan, the

environment protection agency says, a chemical used in many popular weed killers, including roundup doesadicting recent court decisions. it reaffirmed earlier findings. the company is facing thousands of lawsuits from people who say it caused their cancer. and two separate jury trials, one man was awarded $70 million, another, 80 million. the fda is issuing new and more serious warnings for prescription sleep aids such as ambien, lunesta, and the fda and dozens of reports of patients engaging in risky behavior ranging from sleepwalking to sleep driving. 20 of those cases have resulted in death. the extra warnings are needed so doctors and patients can be more aware of the risks and more diligent about follow-ups. >>> logan could tour had a record night come in that win over colorado. logan scored the first goal late in the first, followed minutes later by meyer, he scored to give them a 2-0 lead. it was tied in the third, but they turned over the puck, logan took advantage of another goal. and in the final seconds of the game, logan got another score into an empty net. first time in his

. >>> estate agency created to help protect the environment being accused of doing the exact opposite and putting the bay at risk in the process. life in foster city with this story. >>> as you know the bay area conservation and development commission is that save agency tasked with protect being the bay and improving public access to it. today in a state audit, one of many things that came to light is abandoned boats have been kn io ngpritansays it's one of many il poout repor. >> the mandate is a great one but they have lost their way. they are badly organized and there is a lack of oversight. >> reporter: peter blackmore is the cofounder of the bay stewardship alliance. an organization that warned year and a half ago come out of concern that the state agency tasked with protecting the bay was instead putting in a risk. today the state released an audit confirming that fear. >> this just highlights to me more and more problems. the state audit highlights a massive backlog of cases bcdc has failed to act on. some have been left open for 17 years. there are 230 open violation cases. t

ofjobs, trade relations with the eu and protection of rights at work, environment and consumer protections, and of course the access to very important european agenciesyou have discussed indicative votes in detail, including on what the commons might vote on in regards to customs union. they put forward views that they are going to bring this indicative votes forward. we will obviously vote accordingly on them depending on where they fit with labour policy. but the issue has to be that the government is not fundamentally shifted its view on the divisions within the conservative party mean it is a government that is negotiating with no authority and no ability that i can see to actually deliver anything. theresa may, who was out campaigning for next week's european elections in bristol, said mr corbyn hadn't been clear on labour's position on brexit. as jeremy corbyn says, actually these talks have been constructive and we've made progress. there have been areas where we have been able to find common ground, but other issues have proved to be more difficult. and in particular we haven't been able to overcome the fact that there isn't a common position

environment. we had ireland, we had the environmental protection agency been w-- we had delegation from france. they published that incredibly depressing report about million species going extinct. the french delegation is here to talk about biodiversity. the city of zurich was here talk about their incredible energy initiatives that they've done. on and on, it's been a very busy six weeks. reminder of how much that we do in san francisco doesn't stay in san francisco and how curious the rest of the world is about learning from us. you want to call out that we not only give out money but we apply for money and the zero waste program received a $500,000 grant from cal recycle to do a big initiative on food waste prevention. that is going to be using interesting new tools we'll be contracting with ngos to accelerate. our food waste. as you may remember, one of the big commitments that came out of the climate action, the governor's climate action summit was to reduce our generation 15%. we're very much trying to figure out how do we reduce generation. that's why some of the grants were about reduc

the environment agency traditionally, of course, spends its money on flood protection, coastal defences i think, if they are going to be successful with this strategy, the government and the environment agency need to be ready to look at spending money on different things. one of the things which the strategy raises is the possibility of having to retreat some coastal communities, and that's going to take investment, it's going to take a lot of investment in time, and in helping people who are hardest hit so that they don't incur unreasonable losses. that was professorjim horne that was professorjim home from 0xford that was professorjim home from oxford university. some breaking news coming in. police in northern ireland investigating the murder of journalist lyra mckee in londonderry last month say they have arrested four people under anti—terrorism legislation. they are aged 15, 18, 38 and 51 and are being questioned ata 38 and 51 and are being questioned at a police station in belfast. the officer in charge of the investigation, jason murphy, said, as part of this morning's operatio

trade relations with the european union and protection of rights at work, the environment and consumer protections and the access to important european agenciesuding on what the common spitefuljob in regards to a customs union. they put forward views that they would bring these indicative foods forward. we will vote on how they fit with labour policy, but the issue has to be that the government has fundamentally shifted its view and the government is negotiating with no authority and no ability that i can see to deliver any of this. if the government could see a way forward through an indicative vote on a series of measures looking at the customs union, is not something that labour will go along with? provided that customs union has a permanent nature about it, so we can guarantee oui’ has a permanent nature about it, so we can guarantee our relations in the future, otherwise the danger to manyjobs in this country, too much trade in this country, is absolutely huge. they have not been able to give us that guarantee, other than there would be prepared to discuss a temporary customs union. there were reports that one of the other indicative boo

than £1 billion a year will need to be spent to protect homes and infrastructure from the effects of climate change, according to the environment agency in england could be affected with some communities having to move elsewhere. our environment analyst, roger harrabin explains. floods of rigged havoc in the uk in recent yea rs. floods of rigged havoc in the uk in recent years. 17.5 thousand properties were flooded and several bridges collapsed. this bridge collapsed sent locals on a ten mile round trip to get from one side of town to the other. the environment agency forecasts more intense burst of rain and continuing coastal erosion with climate change. it says currently two—thirds of properties in england are served by infrastructure that is at risk of flooding and it calculates that for every home flooded around 16 more suffer problems with power, transport or telecommunications. we should invest heavily to protect properties, it says. we cannot continue to wage a war against water by building ever higher flood defences and barriers. so we are preparing for resilience measures, a range of different methods for protecting communiti

than £1 billion a year will need to be spent to protect homes and infrastructure from the effects of climate change, according to the environment agencye million people in england could be affected with some communities having to move elsewhere. 0ur environment analyst, roger harrabin, explains. floods have wreaked havoc in the uk in recent years. 17,500 properties were flooded and several bridges collapsed in storms desmond and eva. the collapse of tadcaster bridge sent locals on a ten mile round trip to get from one side of town to the other. the environment agency forecasts more intense bursts of rain and continuing coastal erosion with climate change. it says currently two—thirds of properties in england are served by infrastructure that is at risk of flooding and it calculates that for every home flooded, around 16 more suffer problems with power, transport or telecommunications. we should invest heavily to protect properties, it says. we can't continue to wage a war against water by building ever higher flood defences and barriers. so we are preparing for resilience measures, bringing in a range of different methods for better p

the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco.

cases entire communities will have to move to protect homes and infrastructure from the effects of climate change. that's according to the environment agencyanalyst roger harrabin explains. floods have wreaked havoc in the uk in recent years. 17,500 properties were flooded and several bridges collapsed in storms desmond and eva. the collapse of tadcaster bridge sent locals on a ten—mile round—trip to get from one side of town to the other. the environment agency forecasts more intense bursts of rain and continuing coastal erosion with climate change. it says currently two—thirds of properties in england are served by infrastructure that is at risk of flooding, and it calculates that, for every home flooded, around 16 more suffer problems with power, transport or telecommunications. we should invest heavily to protect properties, it says. we can't continue to wage a war against water by building ever higherflood defences and barriers. so we are preparing for resilience measures, bringing in a range of different methods for better protecting communities against flooding and climate change. some whole communities may have to be abandoned to g

cases entire communities will have to move to protect homes and infrastructure from the effects of climate change. that is according to the environment agencyplains. floods have wreaked havoc in the uk in recent years. 17,500 properties were flooded and several bridges collapsed in storms desmond and eva. the collapse of tadcaster bridge sent locals on a ten—mile round—trip to get from one side of town to the other. the environment agency forecasts more intense bursts of rain and continuing coastal erosion with climate change. it says currently two—thirds of properties in england are served by infrastructure that is at risk of flooding, and it calculates that, for every home flooded, around 16 more suffer problems with power, transport or telecommunications. we should invest heavily to protect properties, it says. we can't continue to wage a war against water by building ever higherflood defences and barriers. so we are preparing for resilience measures, bringing in a range of different methods for better protecting communities against flooding and climate change. some whole communities may have to be abandoned to get them out of harm's way

the environmental protection agency in a restaurant even though she was with her husband and kid, she knew she had to say something. >> we need somebody who does protect the environmentmate change and takes it seriously. >> that's my son, brooks. >> i think i saw her in a viral video. >> i saw her as a parent who knows how to multitask with the complicated list of things. raise the kid, save the world. >> the video of you walking over to scott pruitt to as we say, read him for filth. and it was such -- i think it was a mom moment. such a parent moment. >> on many levels. >> that's what made it great. as a real person, it was not a rehearsed speech. what you did shows how the regular people of this area get pulled into this. >> my husband took the video for me and after he walked away, i was like that was a boring video. nobody is going to watch that. >> why do you think it was boring? >> i just came up and said what i wanted to say and i was polite and he was like -- and i sat back down. you gotta post it. >> new tonight is resign from a woman who came face-to-face with scott pruitt in a restaurant. >> you definitely helped him put the accelerator down. >> we will ne

that i generate won't be and the more i'm protecting the environment and my neighborhood of foreign made mine in mr one. according to the german environment agency wood stoves account the twenty percent of the particulate matter emitted in the pm two point five size range in germany that figure is rising. power plants are still the biggest emitters with twenty six percent two thirds of these emissions stem from coal fired power plants traffic takes third place with nineteen percent of the share contributed by agriculture is just five percent. but the german environment agency only measures direct emissions your slowly felt is a professor of atmospheric physics at the max planck institute for chemistry his findings are quite different lately felt says there's another culprit responsible for polluted air livestock. the out it clearly is the animals bear a share of responsibility for the problem at this farm operates sustainably but whenever you buy cheap meat from a conventional factory farm you're making a decisive contribution to the creation of atmospheric particulates matter. how was that possible lately felled explains the following important

more than £1 billion a year will need to be spent to protect homes and infrastructure from the effect of climate change, according to the environment agencyan five million people in england could be affected, with some communities having to move elsewhere. two english clubs will face each other in the champions league final for the first time in more than ten years, after tottenham followed liverpool in staging one of the competition's greatest ever comebacks. 2a hours after liverpool knocked out barcelona, spurs scored a 96th—minute winner in amsterdam to beat ajax 3—2. spurs take on liverpool for the title in madrid, onjune the 1st. the broadcaster danny baker has apologised after tweeting about the duke and duchess of sussex‘s son using a picture of an ape and being accused of mocking the duchess‘s racial heritage. danny baker — who presents on bbc radio 5live — made a comment about the birth, tweeting a black and white photo showing a well—dressed man and woman holding hands with a suited chimpanzee. mr baker later deleted the tweet and wrote a new one saying that it was — in his words — supposed to have been a joke about royals versu

cases entire communities will have to move to protect homes and infrastructure from the effects of climate change. that's according to the environment agencylains. floods have wreaked havoc in the uk in recent years. 17,500 properties were flooded and several bridges collapsed in storms desmond and eva. the collapse of tadcaster bridge sent locals on a ten—mile round—trip to get from one side of town to the other. the environment agency forecasts more intense bursts of rain and continuing coastal erosion with climate change. it says currently two—thirds of properties in england are served by infrastructure that is at risk of flooding, and it calculates that, for every home flooded, around 16 more suffer problems with power, transport or telecommunications. we should invest heavily to protect properties, it says. we can't continue to wage a war against water by building ever higherflood defences and barriers. so we are preparing for resilience measures, bringing in a range of different methods for better protecting communities against flooding and climate change. some whole communities may have to be abandoned to get them out of harm's way,

protection agency. we're taking their job killing clean power plan, it's got a beautiful title. that's where it ends. which would have actually made the environments clean by shifting energy production to foreign countries. so instead of doing this, you would have foreign countries think that don't works out too well. and we're focusing the e.p.a. on its core mission, ensuring clean air and crystal clean water for our citizens and our air right now is cleaner than t's ever been. nd one of the things i told to bill and steve and john coming over, we're in the beast. we traveled in the beast. i think it's the world's most expensive army tank, right? the windows, the walls, but they said, sir, we'd love to have john kennedy saying can do. you can do, i the bridge. i like i-10 much better. can we go by i-10? do you mind. you've been saying that word your whole lives. me, i just heard it 20 minutes ago. the i-10 bridge and i give you this commitment and i can't do it without these three, john, bill, everyone sitting here. if we win this election which is just 16 months away, we're giving you a brand-new i-10 bridge. [applause] president trump: i didn'

environmental protection agency, for those who don't know that sound -- we are taking their clean power plan -- it has a beautiful title, that's where it ends -- which would have actually made the environments clean by shifting energy production to foreign countries. instead of doing this, you would have foreign countries doing that and shipping it back. i don't think that works out well, fellas. no good, right? john says it's no good. that means no good. onare focusing the epa ensuring clean air and crystal-clean water for our citizens, and our air right now is cleaner than it has ever been. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: and one of the steve i told to build and and john coming over, we were in the beast. we traveled in the beast, the world's most extensive army tank, right? the windows, the walls. they said, sir, we would love to -- you knownnedy the eye 10 -- i-10 bridge? . like i-10 the i-10 bridge, and i give you this commitment, and i can't play with these three, steve, john, bill, if we win this election, which is just 16 months away, we are giving you a brand-new i-10 bridge. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: i did not know it was going to be that popular. we will start work o

that i generate will be and the more i'm protecting the environment and my neighborhood of foreign made mine in mr one. according to the german environment agency wood stoves account for twenty percent of the particulate matter emitted in the pm two point five size range in germany that figure is rising. power plants are still the biggest emitters with twenty six percent two thirds of these emissions stem from coal fired power plants traffic takes third place with nineteen percent the share contributed by agriculture is just five percent. but the german environment agency only measures direct emissions you'll slowly felt it is a professor of atmospheric physics at the max planck institute for chemistry his findings are quite different lately felt says there's another culprit responsible for polluted air livestock. yeah. the animals bear share of responsibility for the problem this from a great sustainably but whenever you buy cheap meat from a conventional factory farm you're making a decisive contribution to the creation of atmospheric particular matter. how was that possible layfield explains the following distinction primary particulate matt

the environmental protection agency making it easier to pollute the environment. it's a textbook definition of distopia. as my colleague, senator whitehouse, so often points out, dark money lurks behind so much of what the trump administration does. big oil, big gas, big polluters everywhere are the only possible boosters of this decision. it's their money fund to political organizations and politicians without a trace of disclosure that motivates folks in the trump administration to make it easier to release more pollution into the air. so we should be using the senate to debate climate policies in search of common ground, but leader mcconnell has decided to bring forward his version of the green new deal just so his party could vote against it. so we know what leader mcconnell and the republicans are against. what are they for to deal with climate change? so far, nada, zero, nothing. they haven't put a single thing on the floor. the american people see the effects of climate changes in their lives. they know congress must act. only the republican majority stands