the epa went to court. factories were shut down.sage got through, gross pollution would longer be a part of business as usual in the united states. the clean water act passed in 1972 also required enormous efforts on the part of the new agency. 60 million people were on sewage systems discharging 2 million tons per year of raw organic waste into surface waters. the new law mandated a system of universal sewage treatment and gave the epa the job of bringing it about. a job that meant running one of the biggest public works programs in the nations history. these huge programs were hardly underway when congress gave the epa new ones. an expanded pesticide program to examine and register new pest killers. to ensure that these chemicals do not menace human health or the survival of natural systems. a program to test, register and control toxic chemicals used in industry and the home. a program to set standards for the nation's drinking water. a program to control the disposal of solid waste including hazardous waste. a program to help cl

epa's solid waste program forms are relatively new. the problems are old and will take a long time to solve. 6 billion tons of solid and hazardous waste are produced in the united states each year and deciding what to do with this mess or better yet, how to reduce it will not be easy. we have made a good start. regulations governing the treatment. storage and disposal of hazardous waste are now in place. we have also moved forward against the problems arising from inactive sites under our superfund authority. epa and the states have almost completed the inventory of potentially hazardous sites. the complex process of determining what to do at particular sites and who should do it is underway at many of them. the effort to control the harmful effects of the toxic chemicals used by our technological society is one of the most difficult and complex tasks ever devised. there are over 60,000 chemicals in commerce. between three and four pounds billion of pesticides are used each year. it is the job of the office of pesticide needs and toxic

and the pace of cancellation slowed in the last 3 decades said i have worked at epa. it has been very rare for a toxic pesticide to be taken off the market. karen mccormack worked at the dhs office of pesticide programs for almost 40 years before retiring in 2018. she agreed to speak to us in her 1st on camera interview. you think the pace overall fulfilling its mission? no, i do not think it's the feeling it's mission just about every, every new pesticide application that is submitted to the agency is approved. no matter how high the risk. and so that allows for something like park lots of just stay on the market. yes. and a lot of other toxic testify. why is it so hard to band a pesticide of the pesticide companies and their congressmen have tremendous influence on e. p. a's decisions in a statement dpa said it's committed to ensuring its decisions are free from unwarranted interference. today the agency manages more than 18000 pesticide products. in the past decade, it has removed only one from the market, declined to give us an interview. but in november we attend

and in one case, a mercedes went 70 miles more than the epa rating. >> that's the story. i don't know, jeff. you like the ride in the ev? >> when he hits the gas on this thing -- it's not gas. it's a fun ride. i will say that. >> sandra: thanks, jeff. riley gains is expected to testify any moment on capitol hilton biden administration's push to change title 9. she says it will gut not only women's sports but scholarships and academics as well. we'll take a quick break. my daddy's a cowboy. i'm a cowboy and i'm raising a cowgirl. and discovering that my family come from farmers, for generations. this life is in our blood. and we ain't stopping no time soon. give the gift of family heritage with ancestry. looking for a health insurance plan? it's a piece of cake, right? that is, if you like reviewing dozens of plans comparing all the costs and finding someone to answer your questions... all on your own. or, you can turn to healthmarkets. and let us help make it easier to find the right affordable care act plan for you. the aca enrollment period ends january 15th, so call no

former epa administrator and climate adviser to president biden.nk you very much for coming to the sunday show. let's be honest, given what we've seen this year alone, are we passed the tipping point? >> well, i don't believe we are. i don't believe we're past the tipping point, jonathan. i appreciate the opportunity to chat with you about it. look, if we go all in, and looking at this conference that we have now, and if we are at the state and local levels, this will make a time to change. it's all about acceleration, jonathan. we have answers, solutions, we just have to move fast. >> we have to move fast, but at least in the united states, is there the political will to move fast? >> well, the inflation -- we turn the corner, we say that we don't have to sacrifice two of those climate change, then we can turn this into an opportunity, we can have clean energy, we can have fossil fuels, we've already seen 310 and investments, in the u.s., we've seen 388 products. we've seen 110,000 clean energy jobs. this is the opportunity of a lifetime. with the

records show instead of retiring rabbits from epa's research lab directed by the trump era epa administrator release a single one and still plans to kill healthy bunnies when they are no longer useful testing. joining me now, andrew wheeler, the former epa administrator that hope to end animal testing once and for all. andrew, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me on your show. >> i think this story is so interesting because for a lot of reasons, why did you make the decision to phase out the animal testing? >> i've been opposed to animal testing since i was a child. when i was in college in 1987, i wrote an op-ed on my student newspaper calling for the elimination of animal testing and when i became administrator, i looked at that and said it's been 30 years and we haven't made any progress. we are still doing the same animal tests since the 1950s and before and i thought in the position i've had is administrator if i wouldn't call for an end of animal testing the no one was and i set the deadlines and call for 30% reduction by 2025, six years o out. elimination of animal tes

suing the government over the impacts of climate change, we hear from one of the students taking on the epa. >> i'm ready to do anything to protect my generation's right to a livable future. >>> and bears getting brazen in tahoe. >> the bears are running amuck. i think they're crazed for calories right now. >>> this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. >> good evening. >>> we have some new surveillance video revealing more about a deadly confrontation inside a 7-eleven in oakland. a security guard was shot and killed trying to stop a suspected shoplifter. 59-year-old james johnson was well liked by people who knew him, a father who lived near the store he was trying to protect. johnson was shot friday night at the 7-eleven on harrison street just a block from lake merritt. it is the second deadly shooting at a 7-eleven in oakland in a week. our max darrow has reaction to this heartbreaking story of a man who lost his life trying to do his job. >> reporter: melanie parker has made a lot of trips to this 7-eleven in oakland's adams point neighborhood, but on monday the nature of this

former epa chief of staff joins many now.cost of drilling for oil and gas? >> yeah, it does. it raises the cost, and it puts a lot of small businesses out of business. and the haas thing we need right now, stu, is for energy praises to continue to skyrocket. if you read through the rule, you get probably page 100-150, the epa makes some really alarming admissions. one of them is the fact that by 2038 because of the cost of energy going up, because of this rule, this will be 41 million barrels of oil produced less per day. and so it just with shows you how much of a future of energy scarcity this administration has been building from day one. remember, president biden on the campaign trail promised to end all fossil fuels -- stuart: he id decide. >> and he's coming through on that. he did. stuart: i thought it had to do with cows and cow flatulence. it does have something to do with that, doesn't it? this is an attack, in a way, on farming. >> yeah. no, absolutely. there's the combined animal feeding operations, the u.s. epa h

the epa rating and the tesla model s was in short of its epa ratings. mbws and mercedes. >> yeah, bmw ix and i4 were 40 more and eq mercedes sedan about 70 miles over rating. reporter: amazing they can be so far off and without even putting them through the real heavy paces and like this for example. can you go ahead and give this a punch and maybe stuart sees what it looks like? >> evs have insane acceleration and we hit 50 miles an hour in just a second or two. reporter: what about doughnuts? is it possible in an e. >> the torque of the motor is strong. reporter: mr. varney is such a big electric car fan he'd like to have a model s. stuart, it's amazing if they can be so far off in terms of that's without using the heater or the air conditioner. >> yeah, those systems all will have an impact and traffic speed and make an impact on them. reporter: exclusively on the fox business network, mr. varney, we're putting them through their paces. stuart: he makes the point of what sold everybody on electric cars in the first place was incredible acceleration.

i spoke to the epa be a _ was changed. ispoke to the epa be a about— was changed.he drugs happening in the horn of africa and what happens _ in the horn of africa and what happens there is because there is no _ happens there is because there is no rain. _ happens there is because there is no rain, the crops are failing. _ is no rain, the crops are failing, weathering on the field — failing, weathering on the field meaning malnutrition. severe _ field meaning malnutrition. severe acute malnutrition leads to stunting. what that does as under— to stunting. what that does as under five—year—old if you don't _ under five—year—old if you don't have enough nutrients in the first— don't have enough nutrients in the first five years, at least a lifelong cognitive disabilities for that you can never— disabilities for that you can never recuperate from that. young — never recuperate from that. young people are more impacted than anybody because they cannot _ than anybody because they cannot defend themselves. they are hot— cannot defend themselves. they are not small adults,

most of the questions they've asked me have been, what is that epa regulation coming out?are the monitoring requirements? because the u.s. is the biggest oil and gas producer in the world, other countries and companies look to our regulation to set the bar for their practices. it's plugging leaks, when the compressors heels where out, compressors leaking methane, you have to replace them, you have to regularly look for and fix leaks. this is not rocket science. this is the companies, they should already be doing it. 90% reduction is a big deal. john: is the agreement to reach the lower levels, essentially bring it to near zero at 2030 or are there other specific things plugging methane leaks would stop? >> the agreement is performance oriented. these companies are leaking two or 3% of the methane they take out of the ground, natural gas is methane. the agreement requires near zero defined as .2%, going from 2% to .2%, you get that 80% reduction. the reductions in this pollutant mean we will reduce pollution in the next 10 years and feel that benefit, we will able to reduce

the epa says it's just the beginning. more clean up projects will be coming down the pipeline using funding from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. >> my office is investing $50 million in water infrastructure projects all around the country. so more to come, more safe water, more healthy and thriving community cities, the epa says right now more than half the population drinks from water systems that contain excessive levels of lead. >> at the white house, jared halpern, fox news. >> as for california, the epa and the natural resources defense council says there could be between 13 and 65,000 lead pipes in the state. both estimates put california with the lowest rate of lead pipes per 100,000 people of any state in the country. >> a two year old boy from san rafael was hospitalized after almost drowning in his family's pool. today, police say the toddler was ridg his bike around the pool about 830 this morning while bei wated by his mother. while the child then rode his bike through the gat and into the pool after his m

they want the epa to take responsibility for damaging air pollution. many of the kids in the lawsuit are from right here in the bay area. they say, the epa knows that companies and cars are big polluters and they are doing enough to address that. we spoke with one of the young plaintiffs who says that worrying about the earth's future is taking a toll on her mental health. >> it is really, really paralyzing to have such an unsure future and something that takes up so much of my mental space, that it is really hard to think about anything else. >> the group hopes to take their case to trial. their lawyers won a similar case in montana last year. emma says, they are fighting so future generations don't have to live with climate anxiety. >>> a recent report from the american psychological association backs up the plaintiff's claim and says, climate change can have lifelong impacts on the mental health of young people. research shows that extreme weather events can cause ptsd and long-term effects of climate change can increase the risk of anxiety, depress

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biden continuing his big ev push, this is epa regulation pushed through last spring targeting gasolinenew federal regulation is designed to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles, in nine years, two-thirds of vehicles on the road must be electric. even the democrats aren't having it. yesterday five democrats joined republicans in striking down the epa's ability to mandate that the american people drive electric vehicles. ben ferguson. >> ben: one, they are really expensive, two, they are really unreliable. bills to fix electric vehicles are through the roof. even with your tax incentives to get ev vehicles on the road. it is tone deaf from an administration, you have to drive what we tell you to drive. remember when there was a stove, we are going to get rid of glass stoves. the vice president's stove was a gas stove. you guys can't do things and must drive, must have gas truck, that is what it is going to be, the democrats, some of whom voted with republicans on this, it takes away epa's power to do this, are from texas, allstate, and in alaska, when indigenous people of alask

sticker said but a lot of vehicles went way further. >> reporter: you trust the epa are what is on yourk at the numbers, this mercedes along with other german makes and give you more range than advertised. >> it is rated for 340 miles by the epa. jeff: the bad side, other ones like the popular ford lightning pickup truck, 40 or 50 miles west. >> 50 miles less out of the ford f 150 lightning. other vehicles within a couple miles, all over. >> reporter: can you pause for a second -- >> the acceleration of these evs is nearly instantaneous. because of that, we've reduced the weight of the acceleration score because so many of these are so fast it's not reasonable to use them on the road. we reduce the credit. >> reporter: important to note of our real world stuff. kind of trust these guys at consumer reports to give us the impartial numbers in terms of what the evs do. good to see some do better in some not so much. >> we really feel in the highway driving situation going on that trip you know how far you can go so that is what the data does. >> reporter: put the pedal to the metal as we s

navy and the epa have failed to properly clean up toxins at that shipyard. the legal notice comes as the group says tests found additional radioactive material at the one-time superfund site. >> this notice is a shot across the bow of the navy and the epa to let them know we're not going to give -- we're got going to let them get away of doing a slip shod, shoddy and unlawful clear up at the hunter's point shipyard. >> for years the property was home to the navy's radiological defense lab and it previously declared clean by the navy. the group says the discovery should trigger a new inspect of the site. the group says that the feds now have until february to act or they will file their lawsuit. the navy said that it had no comment on this action, because it had not received that notice yet. but has said that the ongoing testing is at the heart of its work to ensure there's no contamination on the shipyard that would pose a public health or environmental risk. >>> driving with a vr headset on? our scott budman gets a look at the car of the future. wow. he wil

i mean, why his gpa not them to deal. epa makes decisions in some ways in terms of how much of our health are we willing to give a way to because of other economic or political considerations. the scientists make recommendations about what levels of exposure are problem out of that then goes into the epa. but there are lots of other factors that enter the conversation at that point, which i think include economics, probably, politics, etc. that's different in europe, where they've adopted what's called the precautionary principle. which to states that it has to be found to be safe. not without those kinds of other considerations . so from a health point of view, we're not there yet. oh yeah. we're gonna start with our 1st one may may me move. how does it feel when, when you have parkinson's, what does it feel like it does to your voice in your speech? i need to more and smaller as far as my speech. and that feels awful because one time i didn't speak in front of a big audience. and i didn't mind that actually i really should have and you know, listen parkinson's, this is kim on i think so

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at the time of the study, there was that this, this was not reported to the epa is i didn't know. after we obtained the footage, we spoke to the attorney who questioned syngenta as representative in 2021. she won a $187000000.00, settlement from syngenta on behalf of parkinson's patients. what used power required the company did not admit liability. earlier in his career, he suited big tobacco companies. the tobacco playbook is doubt and they are the merchants of doubt. that's who they are, the se, same thing is done here with respect to chemicals. i absolutely agree that power quality is safe to find that some girl is to use wait a minute, they may have improved the cpa, who's there to help has so said this doubt, doubt, doubt insufficient evidence to link power off to exposure to the development of pumpkins for the disease to create doubt about what about the safety of that chemical. it's a highly effective, you know, playbook. they see it in pharmaceutical. you see that only gas just as you saw in tobacco and you see it in the chemical industry. so what are some of the differen

the epa has been hit with a lawsuit over ongoing problems at the naval shipyard. the city has been trying to build thousands of home to that site for more than a decade. the area was previously used as a shipyard and contaminated with radioactive pollution and controversy erupted in 2012 when it was discovered that contractors cleaning up the site at falsified soil test results. the navy tells us several radioactive objects have turned up in recent months. environmentalists are suing, hoping to force the navy to retest the entire site. >> we need your support. support the community led work. the residents are out here, begging for their lives out here. so please -- please come and help us. >> we reached out to the epa for comment and have not heard back yet. at 6:00, we are going to look at how we ended up here almost 2 decades after the shipyard was declared safe. struck two russian hackers were indicted by a federal grand jury in san francisco. they are accused of hacking into computer networks in the u.s. and the uk, all in an effort to influence the uk's 2019

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. >>> a group of california kids are taking the epa to court claiming the agency is not doing enoughthem from impacts of climate change. almost half the kids are from the bay area. they argue the epa permits continued pollution "despite knowing the harm it causes to children's health and welfare." they want harsher restrictions on vehicles and heavy duty trucks, power plants, and oil and gas wells. >>> new innovation here in the bay is generating electricity from water. the east bay utility district is partnering with california-based clean energy company piloting a hydroelectricity system. the system generates clean energy from the flow of water in its water system. it uses a turbine to reduce water pressure in the pipeline while generating electricity, creating a clean source of power. local officials say this will help the east bay reach its policy goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. >>> residents in tahoe are dealing with an uptick in bear break-ins. there's been over 250 incidents so far this year. here's a look at the aftermath of a recent break-in. the resident says a bea

the epa says it's just the beginning.ore clean up projects will be coming down the pipeline using funding from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. >> my office is investing $50 million in water infrastructure projects all around the country. so more to come. more safe water, more healthy and thriving communities. the epa says right now more than half the population drinks from water systems that contain excessive levels of lead. >> at the white house, jared halpern, ktvu fox two news ktvu fox two news at five starts now. >> we're all living here and we all got to share this space. >> now at five, an oakland community searching for answers after bullets ring out in downtown tonight, police are investigating a shooting in downtown oakland. another example of gun violence plaguing the city. good evening. i'm greg lee. and i'm cristina rendon. >> ktvu's alice schwartz joins us live from oakland tonight. and alice, arrests have been made in this case, christina. >> although no one was shot last night, police announced today, a

here at the hunters point shipyard yard. >> the navy and epa now have 60 days to respond to this notice. a navy had previously said the alleged contaminated objects found at the former base do not pose a high risk to the public. >> an off duty police officer robbed at gunpoint when investigators say was stolen. and the search for a third person involved. intense fighting continues in gaza amid aid distribution in the strip. >> i'm trey yingst along the israel gaza border. i've got the details coming up. >> then one more day of showers for parts of the bay area. then rain is moving out. steve paulson has your full forecast and he's u next another one in the books. but we're just getting started. everything going well? oh yeah. let's take a look at this knee. because it's the work behind the scenes, that truly matters. [ physical therapy staff discusses results ] for your mind. for your body. and for the community. -team! for all that is me, for all that is you. kaiser permanente. israel israel-gaza border. airstrikes and ground operations continue in gaza as israeli forces continue to ta

in that case, the epa's ability to regulate carbon dioxide.kagan wrote in the dissent in support of the epa, saying that the court, quote, but does not have a clue about how to address climate change. yet, it appoints itself, instead of congress, or the expert agency, the decision-maker, on climate policy. i cannot think of many things more frightening, and quote. the fact that the supreme court is even agreed to hear the s cc case and other cases that threaten the administrative state is alarming. it signals the courts appetite to tear down, or at least chip away at a crucial check in balance of the american government, without the full use of these federal agencies, who prevents insider trading? who makes sure we have clean air and water, that our food safety, that our roads are up to snuff? and by the way, this whole effort to dismantle the administrative state would hand even more decision-making power, and more responsibility to the supreme court, and to congress, a congress that is notoriously incapable of deciding much of anything at th

the incentives an the inflation reduction act with other efforts by the administration including the epa to ensure we are driving emissions down in the power sector and transportation sector are really i think as i said leading to this boom in investment. and deployment. there has been commentary on the manufacturing side of how this has been concentrated in red states or blue states. make no mistake, this is happen all over the country. i mentioned a factory in new york. you see it in nevada, california. from georgia to michigan. but everywhere there is investment happening whether that is in deployment of clean energy and the buildup of manufacturing renaissance in this country. as well as in the effort to really drive that investment toward places that have often borne the brunt of pollution from the industrial and power sectors. so that is happening. it's real. that's exciting. and that's driving the missions. over the long run, we still need to develop better technologies in climate inspired agriculture. clean hydrogen. removing carbon dioxide from theair. the national academy of sc

there are ways we are trying to develop the supply-side with epa. the fossils there is a variety of things we are doing. fundamentally that shifted that's a good thing we need to stick with this for very long time. >> you heard over and over again seven out of 10 americans were about the wind is that like obamacare popular over time? when is it going to be popular? >> it is it takes a while for people to feel it might mention the 170,000 jobs. 1.5 million jobs. as investments and gain momentum more communities across the country are going to feel the real impact of that. the programs of the rebate there are the programs the tax credits for the whole house efficiency improvements for the use of better appliances. people won't file their taxes until the spring when they finally notice they get the benefits from its. we are on track. we just announced new rules to make availability of the tax credit for consumer electric vehicle purchases. will be available at the point of sale that is an important change but it took a while to get the system built so

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well, kim, this is a major announcement by the u.s., through the environmental protection agency, or epa, they are they are announcing much stricter rules when it comes to the production and the offset and the putting off of methane with oil and gas production and exploration. this is important because methane is a much more powerful warming agent than carbon dioxide, and traditionally it's been a bigby product of the oil and gas industry, cutting the allowable methane that will come out of these industries and hoping that this translates to the rest of the world. but the u.s. and other nations, in fact, are ramping up production of oil and gas. i put that question to a leading climate change expert. you have countries, all over the world, including the uae and the u.s. who are ramping up production of oil. doesn't that completely fly in the face of phasing out fossil fuels. >> yes, it goes in completely the wrong direction, it's really hypocritical, both the emirates and the u.s. are saying they're committed to 1 1/2 degrees but you can't be committed to the paris agreement's temperatur

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. >> reporter: epaing trace, after weeks of back and forth and a threat to hold him in con at the present time of congress hunter biden briefly today appeared in the capitol complex making a public statement outside of the building instead of showing up for his scheduled deposition following a subpoena from house republicans who, as you know, are looking into whether the younger biden and his father, the now president, collaborated in any financial dealings, particularly those involving foreign interests. >> in the depths of my addiction, i was extremely irresponsible with my finances. but to suggest that is grounds for an impeachment inquiry is beyond the absurd. it's shameless. let me state as clearly as i can, my father was not financially involved in my business. >> reporter: he says his father was not financially involved in his business. he didn't say that he knew nothing of his business which, of course, is what the president has been saying. however tonight house republicans are probably incandescent taking great umbrage in what he described as a stunt hunter showing up there. cri

now that the epa has completed the hazmat cleanup this 3-d photo map created by a hawaiian company andowered by ai is being used by officials to see precise details of the disaster zone. >> for example, a road needs to be rebuilt or a community. they can actually plan that reconstruction inside of the model before they go out and do it in real time >> reporter: but this christmas the community is clear they will not turn their backs on each other. >> that's what christmas is all about. loving your neighbor >> reporter: dana griffin, nbc news. >> so much strength there. >>> well, in 60 seconds, with consumer confidence on the rise and prices actually coming down, there remains one particularly big risk for the economy in the year ahead that's next. >>> we're back with good news for the economy. 2023 is ending on a high note as markets soar and prices fall but with the new year just days away a lot still remains uncertain. christine romans explains >> reporter: instead of the lump of coal many americans expected, some christmas cheer. prices actually fell in november from october. that h

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