he's the head of the environmental protection agency and the love child of george w.h and a baked potato. because, you see, he's taken cabinet scandals to a whole new level. - president trump is standing by epa administrator scott pruitt amid growing ethics scandals. - let me put up a list of all the other things that have come up. there's the condo that he rented from energy lobbyists. he approved raises, apparently, for two aides' salaries after the white house had declined the request. he asked security to use sirens to cut through traffic. he reassigned staffers after they raised concerns about his spending. he requested a 24/7 security detail on personal trips that racked up tens of thousands of dollars. - okay, okay. hold up. hold up. am i the only person who was shocked when they went to page two? [laughs] like, when your scandal résumé goes to the second page,

environmental protections agencies regional office here in san francisco. i'm joined here by my colleague- >> please continue. >> sure. >> i'm joined here by john chestnut, and lilly lee, the remedial project manager for the hunters point site. the public's concerns are important to us. we take them seriously. as such, this site remains a high priority to b.p.a. region nine. we have assembled a team of national experts on radiological clean up to advise us and provide technical expertise. all this in fulfillment of our over site role. that is our role here is to oversee the work that the navy is conducting. you have already heard from the navy. the lead on the clean up at the hunters point site. e.p.a. and the state of california have been overseeing the navy's radiological work to ensure the safety of the surrounding communities for the past decade. long-term radiological monitoring by various parties of groundwater, ground surfaces have shown no exceedance of third party contractors routinely conduct in-person observations of the current radiological clea

environmental protection agency the e.p.a. under barack obama gina thanks for joining me on outfront. great to be here mary thank you jeanne of the i.p.c.c. is dramatic report this week says we have just twelve years until twenty thirty to make unprecedented changes to prevent catastrophic climate chaos does that timeline from the i.p.c.c. surprise you did it shock you. well i think there were there was news here one was that no longer are we looking for a two degree goal we're looking for a one point five degree goal that means it's going to be steeper and hotter and have to be faster they're doing that because they're already seeing that we're experiencing some catastrophic problems already we cannot afford the luxury of thinking that we can keep emitting carbon pollution and to allow us to get to a two degree world it's just not going to be sustainable but the other thing it did is it said that we have the scientific knowledge we have the technical capacity and we have the financial capacity to be able to address this what

environmental protection agency, department of toxic substances and control, the department of public health, and -- and the city of san francisco department of public health. so california department of public health and san francisco department of public health. >> specifically i want to go back to you, and your presentation. you mentioned the surface scan process. how in depth will the scan go, and does the surface scan include scanning buildings? i think you said you picked up the deck marker. it was 10 inches below -- >> below the ground surface. so we'll have to put a plan in place what that scanning is going to look like, but our intention, and we haven't drafted that yet. we've just now made the decision and thought it would be prudent to do a surface scan. so we'll put a plan together on what that scan will look like, but our intention is to any accessible areas that we can scan, that that's what we intend to do. >> president cohen: will you be scanning buildings? >> we'll have to evaluate. we likely will not be scanning the building sidewalls, but we can evacuate whether or

fighting foam according to both the international agency for research on cancer and the us environmental protection agency p f a as are possible kirsan engines to humans this c.d.c. lists the side effects of p.f.a. s chemicals as they can affect the growth learning and behavior of infants and older children they can lower a woman's chance of getting pregnant interfere with the body's natural hormones increased cholesterol levels affect the immune system and crease increase their risk for cancer now with cities and towns across the u.s. finding elevated amounts of p s.

. >> the environmental protection agency in washington is being dismantled by the trump administration. here we have a parcel property that is very questionable. and wierig mothering the environmental protection agency that we have here, yeah. what are we needed for? we're searching for ways to create healthier communities. we had a vote a couple of years ago in washington and 2-1 they knocked it down. and we have a governor, lieutenant governor, that did create a suit against that same vote, because it was going to reduce financial development, financial rewards, and so here we have another question of a community coming to say we have reasonable doubt, and we want our government to stand up for us. the people that are here. not for all the new people that are going to come in that aren't here yet that are going to buy up those pieces of property. the people of the city are going -- are watching what's happening here. we need new directions, even our governor running for -- [ bell rings ] -- our democratic gavin newsome running for governor says on kqed "newsroom," that we need a new

this is privately own land this is not government land any less the environmental protection agency finds scientific proof that there is real pollution going on they won't be able to shut this down. and so far there is no proof. there's just. propaganda. is it possible to respect safety measures tracking. down how deep it is advocating this notion and it attempt to avoid all risk of polluting groundwater it seems to success is very unlikely. the question is being raised to address the attention of anti-fashion groups. one thing is certain the practice of hydraulic fracking to be as large quantities of drinking water. ten young is the owner of eclipse services a company that facilitates the shipping of water for fracking through pipelines and provides water storage in its huge tanks as well. these things through. that used to hold water for the fracking. thirty five thousand barrels and so they'll pump water from one to the other until eventually it's over to the frac and down the hole. it's fresh water all the water that's run in here coming out of the city water line so it's all clean wa

environmental protection agency the e.p.a. under barack obama gina thanks for joining me on outfront. great to be here mary thank you jeanne of the i.p.c.c. is dramatic report this week says we have just twelve years until twenty thirty to make unprecedented changes to prevent catastrophic climate chaos does the timeline for the i.p.c.c. surprise you did it shock you. well i think there were there was news here one was that no longer are we looking for a two degree goal we're looking for a one point five degree goal that means it's going to be steeper and hotter and have to be faster they're doing that because they're already seeing that we're experiencing some catastrophic problems already we cannot afford the luxury of thinking that we can keep emitting carbon pollution and to allow us to get to a two degree world it's just not going to be sustainable but the other thing it did is it said that we have the scientific knowledge we have the technical capacity and we have the financial capacity to be able to address this what we

. >> under the toxic substances control act, or tsca, the burden is on the environmental protection agency to show that an industrial chemical is unsafe. epa can only ask the company for data or require testing if epa can prove that there is a potential risk. and that's hard to do without access to the company's data in the first place. >> the burden of proof has to shift. it has to be on the companies, not on the government. the companies are making the profit, and theare government simply doesn't have the resources. >>>> the decisions aboutut chems are made almost entirerely on te basis of their functionality for a manufacturer. >> in reality, we become the guinea pigs in the m marketplace. >> safety onlnly comes into play if people like us have made a stink about it. >> the chemical industry, scientists, and environmentalists all agree that change is neneeded. but efforts at reforming legislation are currently stalled between the chemical industry's push for profit and safety advocates' drive to protect the public from harm. with federal toxic law broken and no improved law likely comin

judge kavanaugh has consistently opposed strong environmental protections and sought to restrict the authority of the environmental protection agency, and he authored a dissenting opinion that argued that net neutrality rules were unconstitutional. at the same time and time again on all of these issues, access to health care, consumer and environmental protections and a free and open internet, gun kavanaugh has been a rubber stamp for a far-right -- far right-wing agenda. but that's not the only reason president trump chose brett kavanaugh for the supreme court. judge kavanaugh, who once served as ken starr's top deputy in the investigation of president clinton, has since written that a sitting president should not be investigated for allegations of wrongdoing, should not be indicted or tried while in office, and should not even have to participate in the civil legal proceedings until he leaves office. that's had a convenient reversal of a pro-investigation, pro-litigation position that kavanaugh held when a democrat was in the white house. it's a reversal that synchronizes very well with donald trump's interests. when donald trump

firefighting foam according to both the international agency for research on cancer and the us environmental protection agency p f a as are possible kirsan engines to humans this c.d.c. lists the side effects of p f a s chemicals as they can affect the growth learning and behavior of infants and older children they can lower a woman's chance of getting pregnant interfere with the body's natural hormones increase cholesterol levels affect the immune system encreased increase the risk for cancer now with cities and towns across the us finding elevated amounts of p.f.a. ass chemicals in their drinking water and considering it could take a decade or more for concentrations of the chemical to leave our body i think it's time to get serious and start watching the hawks. told. the first real that this would be a large part of the arctic to see. what it feels like you are going to. sleep. with a digital. city . and joining me from the t.v. do you find that asserted right. there lesko host tyra relevant thank you so much for joining me today. it is it is a little rainy and surely up your blood boil boy talk about chil

after a years-long investigation, the justice department along with the environmental protection agency announcing today they are requiring chevron to spend approximately $150 million to significant safety improvements at all of their domestic refineries. chevron must also make environmental upgrades in the areas surrounding their domestic refineries. >>> well, the threat still very the east bay. federal investigators from the what sparked that looking for fire at a construction site in west oakland yesterday morning. the flames heavily damaged the housing complex in which families were to move in dpin g beginning this holiday season. melissa is in oakland for us where a news conference is about to begin. melissa, what are we expecting here? >> reporter: we are awaiting to hear from atf agents as well as opd and fire investigators as well as the alameda county sheriff's office. we are awaiting that press conference any minute now. we're learning that tuesday omp april 29th. it is unknown who started that blaze and it's unclear the developers did anything differently to improve security.

today fish is contaminated by toxic pollutants so the environmental protection agency. now the only food most people can afford is process and imported they have the highest rate of diabetes in the world. when someone gets really you. do they go to the hospital over on the base because they've got a pretty modern clinic or. they don't treat three maybe's in. there for taking the blood. then. so what happens when somebody is seriously ill. to haiti. the most consistent example. is the example of the ronald reagan missile site and e.p.i. next to it. on the ronald reagan missile site is a vivid example of the united states golf courses and. swimming pools and all kinds of manatees. right next to it is what was called the slum of the pacific and said it's a challenge by. is in great need right now we talked about infrastructure one of the projects the u.s. is working with our australian colleagues and with the asian development bank is a sewer and water project desperately needed for e-vite he buys overcrowded schools need repair actually the u.s. military did a survey back

the environmental protection agency, the legal services corporation -- he started a lot of institutions within washington. he was willing to look at problems and try to fix them. but he became fixated on his position, his power, his enemies, his adversaries. that is when he went awry. he went after them. he went after them through burglaries. you think about it. the watergate burglars stole paper. the russian burglars stole online, cyber materials. same purpose, to win elections, to put down your opponent. so there are some similarities, but i think that it would be difficult at this time, certainly, to draw those parallels. i think, again, what you want -- what i would want -- is no prejudgment. you go with the facts wherever they lead you. if you have read mueller's two indictments, which i would recommend, because they tell a story, they are so precise and so detailed, one about the social media interference, weaponization of information by the russians and their proxies, there bots and trolls and everybody else, even real russian agents who were embedded in our country, who were run

fighting foam according to both the international agency for research on cancer and the us environmental protection agency p f a as are possible kirsan engines to humans this c.d.c. lists the side effects of p.f.a. s chemicals as they can affect the growth learning and behavior of infants and older children they can lower a woman's chance of getting pregnant interfere with the body's natural hormones increased cholesterol levels affect the immune system encreased increase the risk for cancer now with cities and towns across the us finding elevated amounts of p.f.a. ass chemicals in their drinking water and considering it could take a decade or more for concentrations of the chemical to leave our body i think it's time to get serious and start watching the hawks. the. real that this was. as good a part of. what it is like you are going. to sleep. please please. please please. please let joining me from the deep deep in the medicine it had right. there let's go to tyrrell venter thank you so much for joining me today through it is it is a little rainy and surely up here but boy oh boy talk about.

he seems to have a particular animus against the environmental protection agency and their efforts to follow congress and the direction that has been given in law to reduce air and water pollution. that is a direct affront to the leadership of people like ed muskie who led congress in his effort to control pollution and in 1990 when congress amended the law to combat acid rain, ozone depletion and auto emission and the u.s. supreme court has uphold the -- upheld the clean air act numerous times. in 2007 in a massachusetts case, the supreme court ruled that the environmental protection agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the clean air act and justice kennedy provided the fifth and deciding vote in that decision. but as kennedy's replacement on the court, the government's ability to limit climate change could be lost. that would mean everything from not addressing these impacts that we're seeing on our coastal communities to what we're seeing to damage in wildfires and it could meern the report -- mean the report done by the government accountability office that

the environmental protection agency in coordination with the impacted states is continuing to gather data on national priority list sites as well as oil and chemical manufacturing sites to assess and protect human health and environment. yesterday we had the good fortune to join the u.s. coast guard gulf strike time and the u.s. customs and border protection agency in an aerial survey of the florida coastal area from pensacola to apalachicola, floridian d deaa and epa sites. there are no reported releases of oil and hazardous substance. epa is providing support to the u.s. corps of engineer for u.s. 3 under waste water and drinking water assessment and assistance in the 35 declared counties in florida. we're currently seeing 205 systems operational, three partially operational and are continuing to assess the status of 389 other sites. there are currently eight active boil water advisories. at this time on the ground, in some areas, it remains dangerous and inaccessible. once conditions allow, obviously, our teams will be able to get into the areas and make the appropriate assessment

environmental protection agency who after remember make sure the born today are exposed to these chemicals from birth perhaps even before birth now what is going to happen to them in adult life as a result of that exposure we simply don't know. that not only exposed part of the problem showed to do is a much bigger toxic problem that is yet to be exposed and studied in terms of the impact on health impact on nature impact on the planet and that generated a sensitivity especially because she was a beautiful writer and she was an example for the rest of us that environmental pollution is a massive form of killing have silent violence and it has to be dealt with as a massive form of killer silent violence. perpetrated on innocent people and often invisible man or for the pursuit of profit because of polluters do not want to internalize these costs and get better technology. strange things can sometimes be seen in the landscapes of van land northwest of burning like a boat stranded in the woods that's because it's near the goal of a radioactive waste disposal facility site of pitch battles bet

environmental protection agency the e.p.a. under barack obama gina thanks for joining me on outfront. great to be here mary thank you jeanne of the i.p.c.c. is dramatic report this week says we have just twelve years until twenty thirty to make unprecedented changes to prevent catastrophic climate chaos does that timeline from the i.p.c.c. surprise you did it shock you. well i think there were there was news here one was that no longer are we looking for a two degree goal we're looking for a one point five degree goal that means it's going to be steeper and hotter and have to be faster they're doing that because they're already seeing that we're experiencing some catastrophic problems already we cannot afford the luxury of thinking that we can keep emitting carbon pollution and to allow us to get to a two degree world it's just not going to be sustainable but the other thing it did is it said that we have the scientific knowledge we have the technical capacity and we have the financial capacity to be able to address this what

mobil is pushing they're pushing for a federal carbon tax in exchange for kicking the environmental protection agency out of the business of regulation it is an explicit deal that exxon is pushing you would think that republicans would be all over this just like republicans should have been all over the paris climate accord because the paris climate agreement right which was this global framework it was a voluntary framework there was literally no penalty for noncompliance again. this is what republicans have been asking for for twenty years a global plan with no legal consequences for the u.s. and here exxon mobil is saying just price carbon address the accident ality and get rid of regulations guy republicans are attacking this is a mystery to me sorry we don't have time for more we'll bring you back together and dogs and cats will be one thank you conservative t.v. radio host steve malzberg and tyson slocum director of public citizens energy program thanks for. thanks for being with us take care. of americans a lot of jobs. needed to. make some money twenty five thousand dollars as a teacher fifty