and the environmental protection agency is once again ruffling feathers this time it's taking on the hydraulic fracturing industry telling companies to clean up their act or close shop we'll tell you about the latest tussle over fracking. it's tuesday april seventeenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz of all in you're watching our t.v. . well it's an internet provider that puts your privacy first sound like a dream while someone wants to make it a reality his name is nicholas marilyn he's able to build a telecommunications company that shields customers from surveillance and he wants to take it a step further and challenge the government if they ask for the information he ran a new york based internet provider and saw everything that went down behind the scenes so he is well aware of how easily your personal information is out for grabs and he joined us earlier today to tell us more about fairness. the essence of the idea i'm trying to redesign how the telecommunications industry works and what i want to do is change that basic paradigm and one where it's completely transpare

agency. and we miss her in new jersey when she headed the department of environmental protection. did such a good job and thank goodness is carrying forward in her task here. we're very proud of your work. over the last year we've seen epa take important steps to protect the health of the families and restore our environment. after years of the delay by polluters and their allies, epa finally finalized new pollution standards that will cut mercury and toxic air pollution. these standards will prevent asthma attacks, heart attacks and even premature deaths. they'll also protect children from mercury, brain poison for children that can cause developmental problems and learning disabilities. the epa also worked with the d.o.t. to set new auto pollution and fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks. by nearly doubling the performance of our vehicles, these standards will cut america's oil dependence, clear our air and save consumers money at the gas pump. but despite its record of success, the epa is once again under attack. for example, some senators have launched efforts to subv

for example, west virginia has 60,000 wells operating the west virginia environmental protection agency who they report to. the e.p.a. has very it will to do with the enforcement of oil and gas. >> eric: that isn't exactly accurate. pull up the full screen. it's not accurate, bob. the e.p.a. has a lot to do with what the oil companies can do. watch under president obama. 75 new e.p.a. regulations costing bidss, including oil companies $38 billion. 219 major regulations are still pending at this moment right now. the top seven of those are estimated that they are going to cost american businesses, including oil companies $100 billion. not one time. but per year. this one, $19 billion in 2011 in fines levied by the e.p.a. you can't see at the bottom -- >> bob: heritage foundation, a right wing think tank. >> eric: i did this research. it's via the epa website and heritage foundation. >> bob: i see. >> eric: both. >> bob: okay. okay. >> eric: the heritage foundation research was done via the epa website. >> bob: one people you had denny hartman, a friend of the show. denny has done many we

the environmental protection agency is giving energy companies more time to begin using green completion equipment when they drill for natural gas. the 2015 deadline is the first federal mandate governing pollution from hydraulic fracturing or so-called fracking. >>> new data from the labor department shows food prices are rising at a slower pace which could bring relief at the check out line. >>> finally, mcdonald's new mcbagette launched to mixed review. some customers embraced the change, others critique the missing crunch from the crusty bread. >>> the celtics charm the magic, the brewers walk off in extra innings, the penguins net ten goals to avoid elimination from the stanley cup playoffs. here with morning sports headlines straight ahead. >>> a few thunderstorms could be on the strong side. the forecast coming up you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, if you're just waking up this is "early today." >>> in sports excitement last night in the stanley cup playoffs as two nhl teams stafd off elimination, here is fred rogan with a early look at all the sports headlines. >>>

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. >> the environmental protection agency plans to put limits on power plant carbon emissions. >> stephen: putting limits on carbon emissions? what's next, putting limits on how fast we can drive? what? really? welcome to obama's america. [laughter] now, fortunately the coal industry is taking a stand here. so a tip of the hat to cecil roberts, president of the united mine workers, who knows how to appeal to american sense of justice >> the coal industry is not far behind with respect to what happened with osama bin laden. the navy seals shot osama bin laden in pakistan and lisa jackson shot us in washington. so there you go. >> >> stephen: well done, sir. osama bin laden was definitely the sympathetic figure in that story. and who can forget how upset the american people were when the american government took bin laden out. >> u-s-a, u-s-a! >> stephen: u-s-a, of course, the first three letters of usama. if you're comparing the coal industry to homicidal maniac, i would have gone with saddam hussein. the guy knew a lot about fossil fuels and he spent some time in an underground shaft. tru

in two thousand and four the bush cheney administration's environmental protection agency asserted that fracturing does not threaten drinking water this was childish way a thirty year e.p.a. environmental engineer weston wilson acting under protected whistleblower status the former chairman c.e.o. of halliburton cheney within a few months of coming into office and as vice president he was pressuring him in a straight of u.p.a. christie todd whitman to exempt hydraulic fracking from safe drinking water regulation my own point of view as a technician. i just thought it very alarming the e.p.a. technically had described how toxic these materials are toxic at the point of injection and still come out with a summary that says they don't need to be reported or regulated. and that led me in the fall of zero four to object on technical grounds then the inspector general of e.p.a. began an investigation of my complaints. and several months into that congress took the report from e.p.a. saying that fracking did not present a risk along with other information and exempted hydraulic fracking from r

." >>> also environmental protection agency has republicans outraged and the white house in retreat.trip down memory lane for tonight's truth about presidents mixing official travel with reelection politics. guess what? everybody does it. >>> syrian opposition group today reported 462 deaths since april 16th, that's the day the united nations observers began monitoring what's supposed to be a cease-fire. about an hour ago the secretary general claimed he's gravely alarmed by the continuing violence. an explosion killed at least 70 people in the city of homa. >> reporter: john opposition activists are saying the explosion was caused due to a rocket that was launched by syrian government forces into this neighborhood. and the reason why it ended up causing such wide scale devastation is because it was fired into an area that was fairly poorly built up, causing a number of buildings to collapse on top of one another. video posted to youtube showing the extent of the damage that was caused and parts of the rescue effort that included images of women and children being pulled out from und

they have never seen such a surge of regulatory impact and -- as they are now from the environmental protection agency. they say much of it is not responsible and unwise. >> i would say, first, whether it's the pace of regulation which i signed fewer regulations per year than my predecessors or the fact that several of the regulations that we have done, the mercury and air toxic standards the cross state air pollution role was a rut of court decisions that remained and found previous versions of those regulations illegal, and the last i would offer is that those regulations, mercury and air toxins, so the minute people get health protection and savings in terms of what they have to pay to keep themselves healthy. >> i don't believe when you mandate a company to employ more people to meet a regulation, that they otherwise would not be employing, that that is really a job creator. because it reduces their wealth, reduces their ability to hire people to do productive items. the question is whether or not the regulation justifies the cost. i believe my time is up. so that's the kind of thing -- and as to

but the environmental protection agency. the desegregation of southern schools. that was really -- tom of "the new york times" columnist said that was his greatest achievement. when he took office 68% of black children in the south were in all black schools. when he left office, 8%. and the way he did it, and it showed his leadership is that he quietly engaged southern officials. instead of saying this is a shame and scandal and the south is bad and we have to change this, he got the southern officials to be on advisory committees. they were doing all kinds of things to make sure this happened. and there was a partnership. this made the south the great region of the country it is today. how could they be a great region if parts of the population were not treated equally? you have to get rid of that to move forward. the south is now the most dynamic section of our country. so there are many things we could talk about the with nixon presidency. better not get me started. >> dave, there's a memorial that's being planned now in washington to your grandfather. it's ad

. >>> and the environmental protection agency is giving energy companies more time to begin using greenompletion equipment. when they drill for national gas. the 2015 deadline is the first federal mandate governing pollution from hydraulic fracturing or so-called fracking. >>> new data from the labor department shows food prices are rising at a slower pace this year which could bring some much-needed relief at the checkout line. >>> and finally, is this a little strange? mcdonald's has a new mcbaguette that it launched to mixed reviews in france. while some customers praised the chain's nod to french fare, others critiqued the missing crunch from the traditional crusty bread. >>> well in health news, a new study says the risk of alzheimer's disease can be reduced by being physically active. even people in their 80s lower their risk if they move around. and that includes regular activities such as cooking or cleaning, rather than formal exercise. the least active seniors were more than twice as likely to develop alzheimer's disease compared to the most active. for more information on thi

that will be followed by the environmental protection agency administrator, lisa jackson, discussing the epa's budget. >>> the securities and exchange commission is tasked with implementing much of the dodd/frank financial reform law, and the agency's 2013 budget request is $1.5 billion. that's an increase of $250 million. s.e.c. chair mary schapiro recently testified before a house appropriations subcommittee about the budget request. >> hearing's going to come to order. thank you all for being here, and i'd like to welcome our witness, s.e.c. chairman schapiro. thanks so much for being here today. thanks to my colleagues for being here as well. joe and i decided not to talk baseball today, since both of our teams lost yesterday, so we're sad, but it is only the beginning, so, hopefully, it will all turn out well at the end. we'll be playing each other in the world series, right? anyway, again, welcome, chairman schapiro. the s.e.c. has the complicated mission of protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly and efficient markets, and facilitating capital formation, while at the sa

i'd recommend it to every person who works at the environmental protection agency. thank you, madam chairwoman. >> thank you, senator. i look forward to reading it. we have a majority report called "a strong epa protects our health and promotes economic growth." and the executive summary points out that since the passage of the clean water act, the clean air act, the safe drinking water act super fund and many of these -- most of these signed by republican presidents, our gross domestic product has risen by 207%, and it remains the large nest the world. i find it rather amazing that one small agency would be blamed for all the troubles we're going through. if anyone cares about jobs, have the house ask speaker boehner to bring up the bipartisan transportation bill. 3 million jobs are at stake. so this committee has a great role in definitely creating jobs through this transportation bill which i'm so proud is bipartisan. and we'll call on senator udall. >> thank you, madam chair, and welcome administrator jackson. great to have you here again. and i wanted to talk t

. >>> the environmental protection agency is seeking $8.3 billion for next year. that's a 1% decrease over this year's budget. e.p.a. administrator lisa jackson recently testified about the budget before the senate environment committee. >> good morning. i'd like to begin by welcoming administrator jackson to this oversight hearing on the 2013 budget for the epa. epa is charged with implementing critical public health and environmental protections, including programs that address children's health, safe drinking water, water quality, america's lakes and rivers. epa's mission is to protect the public health, including children of families. the agency was established with bipartisan support as demonstrated repeated success in improving our family's health and in keeping the nation's air and water clean and safe. the president's budget makes tough choices, some of which i don't agree with, but i believe overall it maintains a strong commitment to epa's mission. for example, the president's budget would make investments in enforcing our nation's public health laws, in

along with the department of commerce and under the leadership of the environmental protection agency. it is the beginning of, and it is just the beginning, of building a one-stop shop portal for people to both make requests and also to easily find the records that are disclosed as a result of those requests. we are hoping the plan is right now actually this would roll out october 1. we're looking for agency partners. obviously the more partners that participate, the better it will work. but this is just version 1. we are already thinking of version 2 and we've been developing it with very much input from both agency foia professionals and also members of the requester community. and we think it's a great idea, but of course it's only one of a number of efforts that are being made in the government to figure out better ways to use technology, but we're -- we think it's a great idea and we appreciate your recognition of that. one other thing i would just mention is in terms of the ogis priorities. we really sort of from the beginning knew that our first priority had to be actually deal

not just the foreign policy, but the environmental protection agency, the desegregation of the southern schools. tom wicker the "new york times" columnist said that is his greatest achievement. when he took office 68% of the children in the south were in all-black schools and when he left office, 8%. the way he did it, it showed his leadership. he quietly engaged southern officials. instead of saying, you know, the isis a shame and a scandal and the south is bad and we've got to change this, he got the southern officials to be on advisory committees. they were doing all kind of things to make sure this happened and there was a partnership and i really think that this made the south, the great region of the country it is today because how could the south be a great region if they had parts of their population that were not treated equally? you have to get rid of that in order to move forward. so, now, today the south is probably the most dynamic section of our country. so, i think there are many things that we would talk about with the nixon presidency. you better not get me started. oka

previously he served as the administrator of the environmental protection agency under george h.w. bush and in that capacity led the original u.s. delegation to the 1992 earth summit. as his record in distinguished public service demonstrates, bill reilly is among the most respected leaders in the environmental and energy space. so carlos and bill, please join me on the stage. [ applause ] >> welcome. thank you. >> do you want me to go first? okay. nice to see you again. >> likewise. >> it's a real pleasure to join you, nigel. thank you very much. an honor to be here. bill, thank you. thank you to center for global development. nancy, it's a pleasure to be a part of this session. and thank you to the danish embassy and the danish government for the long active involvement that you've had on these sets of issues. when nigel and i spoke a few weeks ago about participating in the session, one of the things that i said was that i could talk quite a bit about sustainable energy for all if nothing else because i've been latched at the hip with this guy, vijay iyer, down here. and we've b

once and campaigner for its action well a battle on capitol hill today over energy the environmental protection agency is set to finish up rules to cut down on pollution from oil and gas drilling under scrutiny as a controversial practice i'd garlic fracturing are commonly known as fracking environmentalist say the product practice leads to toxic waste but the oil and gas industry say regulators are going overboard and joining us today to talk more about the future of fracking as chewed out reporter mike leavitt wig welcome like so how hopeful are you that you pears regulations to come out today well as all the problems associated with fracking. well we've been waiting for some kind of federal regulation of fracking for a long time and what they're coming out with today is only regulations era missions they're going to be putting forth new rules to ask the industry to contain and dispose of gases like methane and organic compounds that are released with fracking rigs when the chemicals in the water that they used to drill for gas actually come back so environmentalist been pushing for federal regulati

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regulatory regime here is being very complicated now with regards to using fossil fuels our environmental protection agency is moving regulations which are designed to reduce our consumption of carbon dioxide consumption of basically carbon fuels. dramatically and so they are complicating the permitting process and so forth some getting these projects done so that's part of what's stopping this but i know if canada does take their business elsewhere which it looks like that's what they're looking to do i mean what does that mean for us that we've been a little valve on on a you know canada that's where we get most of our oil well that will have to bid for the rest of the rest of the world it. would have been a snatch more secure relationship between our two countries had we just been able to have that bilateral relationship but now it puts canadian oil into the more volatile net if you will global oil market in a way that would have the wise not have been and we miss out on the jobs that we would have gotten because of the the extra oil being refined and moved to this country as well and there are these ar

well a battle on capitol hill today over energy the environmental protection agency is set to finish up rules to cut down on pollution paranoia and gas drilling under scrutiny as the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing more commonly known as fracking and iron mentalist say the practice leads to toxic waste but oil and gas industries say regulators are going overboard joining us now to talk more about the future of fracking greg palast a journalist and author of baltar's picnic and pursuit of petroleum pigs power pirates and high finance carnivores. hi greg i know that you are a very outspoken when it comes to the practice of fracking how hopeful are you that you piers regulations that are set to come out today will result the problems associated with a practice i'm not too hopeful you know i'm an investigative reporter you know it's not so much opinion is the facts i have to deal with i conducted investigation for the government on the exxon valdez we had oil companies that lied to us and broke the rules i just completed an investigation of the deepwater horizon blowup whi

contaminated around water and there have been studies from duke university studies from the environmental protection agency suggesting that people have a lot to worry about in terms of those toxic chemicals getting into groundwater supplies the so the industry has responded first by trying to block any even disclosure of what kinds of chemicals it's putting into the ground so laws that have been put forward simply said the industry you have to tell us what you're being what you're putting into the ground and the know what was it that you can't with the stuff in the ground the industry has spotted that in some cases the industry isn't forced to concede and say i will sell some state regulators in some states what kinds of chemicals really we're putting into the ground except they are even at that point in some states they are trying to kind of end around in pennsylvania they've actually passed a law which says that while the industry has to disclose the state regulators for the chemicals they're putting into the ground and physicians can have access to those that information if they're treating a patient wh

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there is a government agency out there that protections us from the bad stuff. we have the environmental protection agency that makes sure that the air we breathe and the water that with we drink doesn't kill us. we the united states of america food and drug administration. to make sure the food we eat doesn't kill us. we disobility have a federal information quality administration. and nor should we. we have the first amend. because it would be immediately discounted the moment the government decided to start saying this is good and bad for you. if it exceeded it would be an incredibly dangerous thing to have control over. we have to take responsibility for our intake. it has to be a responsibility thing. and an ethical decision to go on an information diet. >> any questions? >> just with the prolifuation of media about comodification of, you know, the news, it seems like it's almost enabled the lazy people to get lazier and forced more educated and disearning people to exercise those skills more. and, you know, as kind of an avid consumer of media, i would rather have, you know, the fo

they don't want to think one of the top environmental protection agencies isn't doing their best to protect everyone equally. jay kacarney said a quick look the facts should find the comments are bunk. >> the official's comments not only are inaccurate as a representation of or characterization that the epa has operated under president obama but they are provebly inaccura inaccurate. >>> he is saying he is sorry. i apologize to those i have offended and regret my poor choice of words. i have always been commit the to fair and vigorous enforcement of those laws. that isn't good enough for republican senator of oklahoma. to me it is intimidation that they are doing right now to stop people in the oil and gas industry. >> they reduke buicked him saying it is at record levels. by the way the white house gave no indication of whether or not he will lose his job for that. >>> we have not heard the last of this one did we? >> peter doocy, thank you. he is not buying the epa chief's apology. >> he says the official meant exactly what he said. >> he said it was a poor choice of words. it was a perfe