the bill makes clear that it does not provide the environmental protection agency with new rule making authority. further, it requires the environmental protection agency to defer to the states with respect to the regulation of coal ash. this would allow states to protect human health and environment by adapting an existing solid waste regulatory program for coal ash. to ensure adequate safety measures for human health, the bill requires installation of ground water monitoring and all structures that receive coal ash. the second bill included in today's rule has been carefully designed to protect consumers from a run away environmental protection agency, which in my experience as a member of the committee on energy and commerce, constantly uses some pretty strange figures and funny math in depicting the so-called benefits of its rules and rarely fully admits to the full cost of he rules it prom mull gates -- promulgates, since the beginning of president obama's and lisa jackson's tenure with the federal government, the environmental protection agency has promulgated regulations imposin

president, we're about to vote on the new director of the environmental protection agency, and it -- i would -- i have a real problem with that agency, and with the individual that has been nominated to direct that agency. i will cast my vote shortly on that matter, but i want to take the opportunity here to talk about the e.p.a. and an agency that i think has exceeded its -- the authorities given to it by this body, that has overstepped its role and its bounds and has had enormous negative impact on my state and i think on our country. the overreach and the regulation after regulation that has come, rule after rule that has come out of that agency has in my opinion, while it may have achieved some benefit in some places, it has nowhere come close to exceeding the benefit as weighed against the cost. the competitive enterprise institute totals e.p.a. regulations at roughly $350 billion a year cost. making it the single most expensive rule making agency in government. this is particularly relevant to talk about this now because, as i said, the new administrator is before us, and i thin

president, gina mccarthy is the wrong candidate to head the environmental protection agency. america deserves better. i would ask that my colleagues oppose this nomination, not on the content of this administration's policies but on the actions of this specific nominee with regard to accountability, competence, and transparency. i believe this nominee gets a failing grade on all three counts. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: morning business is disclosed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of labor, thomas edward perez of maryland to be secretary. mr. lee: plap? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, i rise today to voice my strong opposition to the nomination of thomas e. perez to be the secretary of the u.s. department of labor. sumly putsimply put, there's noe of reasons why mr. perez should not be confirmed ae as our next labor secretary. several of my colleagues have disc

h.r. 1582 is yet another attempt to block the environmental protection agency from fulfilling its mission, that is to protect public health and our environment. the bill is premised on the false notion that protection of public health and the environment comes at the price of jobs. simply it does not. h.r. 1582 is not about transparency or fairness. the bill creates a burdensome and duplicative requirement for analysis by the department of energy, designed to block e.p.a. from moving forward to address climate change. the people stands in the way of policy -- standing in the way of policy to address climate change are willing to subject us to ever-increasing costs, costs of natural disasters, damaged infrastructure and the loss of lives and livelihoods. why? to preserve our dependence on a fossil fuel-only energy economy. proposed regulations are analyzed and reviewed now under multiple laws and multiple executive orders. rules in the federal register consume more page numbers now due to the requirements for additional analyses and documentation under the paperwork reduction act, the unfu

environmental protection agency expert. this documents in detail the various health and safety paroles for at at to install their equipment including the acid batteries located on a building that's could be flooded. this has lead components and materials that could cause cancer and materials that react violently to heat. mr. hag man says this requires another study to address how at&t proposes to deal with those hazards. the unusual swishgz of relating to at&ts equipment in the building with the history of flooding that presents a potential flooding speaks too on the error of this project from sequa. please vote to override the planning depends determination to pass this permit for this location. thank you >> next speaker >> good afternoon supervisors my name is vince co- owner of the property next to the subject property we're discussing this knowledge. as was previously talked about this pipeline both at and the and the city planning department are oblivious to this project stands in an area a that's prone to flooding. un

. >>> the environmental protection agency, charging the epa with not doing enough to protect children there dangerous pesticides. >> the pesticide action network filed suit claiming pesticide drift, when wind carries pesticide to places where people live or to nearby school grounds. >>> stanford university and uc berkeley have something new to brag about. >> four top colleges ranged stanford as the best colleges. >> sanford beat princeton, yale, and harvard. >> berkeley ranks best as the best state school. >> they bested rankings on what they get out of college, including a number of topics. >>> congress is looking at an overhaul of the mail delivery system, debating a bill that would move delivery to cluster mailboxes and cutting delivery says from fix to five days. >> the postal service lost billions of dollars. >> they say it would save $4 billion every year. >>> how the league handles testing hgh, union officials say they favor testing but have concerns about the appeals process and how players would be discipline. >> both sides say they hope to have guidelines in place for the 20

clinton will be on hand at the headquarters of the environmental protection agency which will be namedhonor. >>> we also want to say happy birthday to the hoff, yes, david hasselhoff, prince charles' wife camilla turns 66 and actor donald sutherland is 78. >>> all right. so here's what's coming up on the "today" show. new meaning to the term cell phone technology that may help retailers deep track of your private buying behavior. and "the voice" winner performs on the plaza. now keep it right here for more news, weather and sports. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for watching "early today." have a terrific one. about the state's plan to release a serial rapist who attacked dozens of women in the bay area. what we learned overnight, next. >>> plus, what we are learning this morning about the ymca child care worker accused of lewd acts with a child under his care. >>> and new worries this morning from the department of agriculture after fruit flies found in the south bay. what they're doing to try to get rid of them, next. >>> live outside to san francisco as we give you a look at the all litup

public utilities commission, our california public utilities commission as well as the environmental protection agencies. we are now home to more than 35 solar companies and five of the top 10 solar module manufacturers in the world have their offices here in san francisco. we're home to energy major developers and installers, including sun run, sun edison, teetion energy, basse electric, [speaker not understood]. so, to the solar companies already here in our great city, thank you for investing in our great city. ~ teague as those who are not yet located in san francisco, we welcome you. ~ with open arms. (applause) >> please consider joining your great colleagues in being part of the world's most innovative and dynamic solar clusters in the world. we continue to be a great city. we're very proud of our partnerships and our solar companies and our service providers, out of their work. we're not stopping here with these milestones. we're going to heed the call of our governor. we're going to get to goals yet to be imagined, and i thank you for being here in our world class city to kickoff this inter-sol

protect themselves against corporate abuse the early seventy's expanded those safeguards with the creation of agencies like the occupational safety and health administration whose mission was to protect workers the environmental protection agency was created human health and the environment. regulation is nothing more than the imposition of a set of rules to prevent the free market from behaving in a way which is contrary to the common good. a decision was reached by corporate america that working with unions working with government to improve the standard of living for all people was not the right thing to do in one thousand nine hundred seventy one corporate leaders began to orchestrate the details battle plan to eliminate any government policies that might stand between them and profits the plan was laid out in an influential memo called a act of american free enterprise system. lewis powell was a well respected citizen of richmond virginia he was a corporate lawyer a partner in a prestigious corporate law firm and friends with an executive at the chamber of commerce named eugene sidner and sydney asked his friend if he would draft a position statement that he could submit to the chamber of commerce that w

protect themselves against corporate abuse the early seventy's expanded those safeguards the creation of agencies like the occupational safety and health administration whose mission was to protect workers the environmental protection agency was created human health and the environment. regulation is nothing more than the imposition of a set of rules to prevent the free market from behaving in a way which is contrary to the common good. decision was reached by corporate america that working with unions working with government to improve the standard of living for all people was not the right thing to do in one thousand nine hundred seventy one corporate leaders began to orchestrate the details battle plan to eliminate any government policies that might stand between them and profits the plan was laid out in an influential memo called a act of american free enterprise system. lewis powell was a well respected citizen of richmond virginia he was a corporate lawyer a partner in a prestigious corporate law firm and friends with an executive at the chamber of commerce named eugene sidner and sydney. i asked his friend if he would draft a position statement that he could submit to the chamber of commerce that

it's quality tested over 100,000 times a year and it's highly regulated by the environmental protection agency or the epa. i think the fear of drinking tap water often has been caused by slick and really misleading campaigns by the bottled water companies and over the years there is a certain fear. but i think the countering with a strong public education program, community education, has been critical. and many of you know that my work to work with christina and others within the department of public health to combat childhood obesity has been a passion of mine. but drinking tap water and lots of water has been a key component of a healthier life-style in my family, especially for me as well, the health benefits have been tremendous. in addition to installing a number of water stations throughout the city in recent years,s there's been a lot of work to make water available in schools. i'd like to thank the school board, school district staff and others for working together with the department of public health for three summers and lots of other efforts to increase water usage. the banning of

. >>> a new lawsuit filed today claims the federal environmental protection agency is not doing its job and children are threatened because of that. a local you called the bay area pesticide action network filed the lawsuit that claims pesticides from strawberry fields and vineyards are a hazard to schools in the area. the suit charges the epa with years of failure to act. >> we're asking the epa to do its job. it has a mandate under federal law to protect children from pesticides exposure. >> vineyard owners promise to comply with all federal laws. >>> google unveiled its latest tablet today, as the competition heats up with apple and amazon. the next version goes on sale tuesday. it has a higher-definition screen and double the processor speed of the original. the 16-gigabyte model sells for $239. amazon's kindle fire goes for $199. is >>> the city of oakland is promising brighter and greenerring lights. this afternoon, mayor jean quan and other officials held a news conference in west oakland. the city is converting 30,000 of the old street lights with new led fixtures. we're told th

protect themselves against corporate abuse the early seventy's expanded those safeguards the creation of agencies like the occupational safety and health administration whose mission was to protect workers the environmental protection agency created human health and the environment. regulation is nothing more than the imposition of a set of rules to prevent the free market from behaving in a way which is contrary to the common good. a decision was reached by corporate america that working with unions working with government to improve the standard of living for all people was not the right thing to do in one thousand nine hundred seventy one corporate leaders began to orchestrate the details battle plan to eliminate any government policies that might stand between them and profits the plan was laid out in an influential memo called a act of american free enterprise system. lewis powell was a well respected citizen of richmond virginia he was a corporate lawyer a partner in a prestigious corporate law firm and friends with an executive at the chamber of commerce named eugene sidner and sydney asked his friend if he would draft a position statement that he could submit to the chamber of commerce that would

currently under consideration by this body is the president's nominee to head the environmental protection agencyis agency has broad reach across the country. its regulatory authority extends to power generation and air quality, a heavy-handed approach on these issues in particular, has the potential to put a stranglehold on arizona's economy. with only 15% of arizona's land privately owned, e.p.a.'s influence is phag ni feud by consideration footprint the federal government has in the state. the president's choice to head the e.p.a. is an important choice and the senate's advise and consent role is vital. after reading some of the media reporting on the president's pick for this position, i initially had some heartburn. however, after meeting in my office with the president's nominee, discussing issues unique to arizona and receiving assurances we could work collaboratively on these issues, i felt comfortable with the president's choice. on the whole, this has been my experience with the president's nominees. now if this rule we are to consider were in place, would i have received a visit from t

learned that tomorrow, a bay area environmental group will file a lawsuit against the environmental protection agencyusing the feds of not protecting kids from what's called pesticide drift. linda yee shows us what one family found happening in the field next to their house, a field that grows a well-known brand of strawberries. >> in this northern california farming community, strawberry fields are everywhere. >> it does make me nervous. >> melissa and sam pleaser live just feet away from one owned by driscoll's, the popular brand we all see in supermarkets. it's lying fallow now, but once a year it gets fumigated before planting. >> see a machine with 12, 13 people in these white chemical suits, gas masks, full gear. >> the fumigant contains chloral pick ren, a former chemical war fair ajent. there are con frikting studies over whether it causes cancer, but melissa points to a uc scientific panel that warns it could be a potent carcinogen. >> we've all grown our children here. they talk about they're 76 times more likely to get cancer having been exposed to this stuff. >> driscoll's has always reas

protect themselves against corporate abuse the early seventy's expanded those safeguards the creation of agencies like the occupational safety and health administration whose mission was to protect workers the environmental protection agency created human health and the environment. regulation is nothing more than the imposition of a set of rules to prevent the.

the conservationists say they plan to sue the environmental protection agency to require pg&e to do moreo help protect the butterfly.ci the utility company says its power plant is one of its cleanest and it's doing its part to protect the butterflies. >>> it's been a non-stopped a venture and yes, a full schedule for pope francis over in brazil. yeah, he's been very, very busy, surrounded by all those people, but's his aides who say they are stressed out. >>> plus, i bet you can smell it. the smell is in the air. the fun competition kicking off the annual gilroy garlic festival. >>> and the mysterious death of a hacker who was to talk about a big secret in just a couple of days. take a look in business and technology. >>> and we've got a lot happening in the bay area for this weekend. the great news is temperatures are not going to be too hot. the garlic festival, america's cup, giants and a's all in town and we have got your forecast for everything when nbc bay area news at 11:00 comes right back. >>> arguably rio de janeiro in brazil is known most for its world-famous carnivale but its

and former president bill clinton will forever be linked with the environmental protection agency, well you why when the kron4 morning news continues. announcer: announcer: you're on the right track to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. or choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most popular tempur-pedic mattresses. you can even choose 48 months interest-free financing on the new tempur-choice with head-to-toe customization. the triple choice sale ends soon at sleep train! ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ (male announcer) live from the bay area here is your kron 4 news >> top stories we're following this july it 17th, >> we are live in the port of oakland were at their are no trucks running this morning after a worker died there yesterday. we will tell you the latest there. >> watching the weather, we have a bank of clouds. we also see the sunshine we are in for. >> we see some improvement we are still tracking delays for the ride out of concord

. >>> later today a bay area environmental group will file a lawsuit against the environmental protection agency accusing the feds of not protecting kids from what's called pesticide drift. linda yee shows us what one family found happening in the field next to their house, a field that grows a well-known brand of strawberries. >>> reporter: in the northern california farming community, strawberry fields are everywhere. >> it does make me nervous. >> reporter: melissa and sam live just feet away from one owned by driscoll's, the popular brand we see in supermarkets. it's fallow now but once a year it gets fumigated before planting. >> we see a machine with 12, 13 people in these white chemical suits gas masks full gear. >> reporter: the fumigant con tears a former chemical warfare agent. there are conflicting studies over whether it causes cancer. but melissa points to a uc scientific panel that warns the chemical could be a potent carcinogen. >> we have all grown our children here. they talk about it being 76 times more likely to get cancer having been exposed to this stuff. >> reporter: drisco

president obama recently exercising his executive power again to direct the environmental protection agency. repeatedly wiping sweat from his brow, declaring that climate change is happening now. >> i do not have time for a meeting of the flat earth society. [laughter] >> it's not going to productive from the coming storm. lou: one of the top climate adviser said that president obama is using an orchestrated assault on. daniel stein told "the new york times" that the white house declaring a war on coal. but there is more than a little hypocrisy in the obama administration's war. at the same time, the obama administration is committing a huge increase in coal exports. the administration encourages those that have a dismal record when it comes to clean coal technology. coal exports doubled during the president's first term. that was in part because it went from 2% of our total exports in 207225% last year. this president wants to kill coal. and this president delivering to blockbuster rulings on gay marriage. two victories for equal rights, striking out a key element of the defense of marriag

but somebody has to run the environmental protection agency. if you've got a problem with those policies, you're going to have to go to someone who's intelligent and wise and bipartisan in flair to talk to. -- in nature to talk to. gina mccarthy is one of those peevment this is the second time gina mccarthy has been nominated for a top position at the e.p.a. she was confirmed by the senate for her current position which is the assistant administrator for the office of air and radiation, without one "no" vote. let me reiterate that. no one stood up and said "no." everyone supported her. now, the senate environment and public works committee reported out her nomination on may 16. may 16. it's july. this is the longest period that e.p.a. has ever gone without an administrator. and the full senate should confirm this nominee as soon as possible. now, when i say gene ma mccarthy is the poster child for bipartisanship, i mean what i say. she has over three decades of public service at the local, state, and federal levels; she is demonstrated a work o

environmental protection agency renamed head quarters in a special ceremony.ormer president says he's grateful for the honor but says the build kog have been named after his vice president al gore. >> if it hadn't been for his leadership, his initiative particularly in the way we dealt with regulation would it have been a different record. >> congress amoved the -- approved the swij last year. >> the queen has given the royal stamp after proveal for same-sex marriage in england and wales. the bill cleared parliament yesterday. the first marriages are set to start next summer. legislation does not cover scotland or northern ireland. >> thank you very much. i'm getting a holiday. >> i'm sure you can hear that the queen asked do you want a boy or girl. she just wants the baby to arrive getting impatient waiting for the birth. she told a school girl she hopes it happens soon. prince william and the former kate middleton are expecting their first child any day now. the queen heading soon to her summer holiday in scotland. >> up next you're going meet a 96-year-old