. >> lisa jackson heads the e.p.a. she's been reviewing whether the federal government should get involved by labeling coal ash a hazardous waste, which would mean much tighter regulations and oversight. why wouldn't you, right now, this minute, on 60 minutes, declare that coal ash is a hazardous waste? >> e.p.a., in making a regulatory determination, has to look at a number of factors, including the toxicity of the material and how it's currently managed. but that's done according to law. >> the industry opposes calling coal ash hazardous waste. they're pushing for another solution: recycling. [ticking] >> as we'll see when 60 minutes on cnbc returns, the coal industry thinks it's found a solution by recycling coal ash. but in some cases, it's only made the problem worse. we asked people, "if you could get paid to do something you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect. what if i t

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lisa jackson says there's never been a study that shows that fracking causes water pollution same thing from the department of energy same thing from president obama's science adviser they're all saying that there are no conclusive studies on this on this issue yet it's hard to say that we're back to cigarettes in the ninety's we're still waiting for these studies to come out because these are these are still relatively new studies are josh fox to go around with the camera over a shoulder walk into people's houses in neighborhoods that are getting fracking and light their their faucets on what actually happens even in neighborhoods where there is no fracking that's something that's common in a lot of these areas where there are natural pollutants in the soil so but suddenly it happens when the fragments are cool yeah i mean this whole fracking thing i think there has been enough studies to kind of show the fact that it or in our environment i mean that's why you have states like new york who have completely banned fracking within the state because of the studies that have come out that

three different presidents and a distinguished career service from gina mccarthy and administrator lisa jackson. those accomplishments are far from mine alone. just as the many notes of thanks that we continue to receive him exceptional individuals that i recruited and managed and mentored during my 30 plus years of epa. in 19871 of the people that i included to assist with the efforts was john beal. we met at graduate school when he was working on both a masters degree in public affairs and a law degree as part of a scholarship program. and we became good friends and we worked together to identify recognized leaders of the area of energy and environmental policy and after graduate school we stayed in touch from the early 1980s until about 1989, we saw each other about once a year at a vacation home that week alone in massachusetts and i want to take this opportunity to describe john's recent production and why it is so inexpressible for his friends and colleagues, including me. the answers that was preceded by more than a decade of highly regarded work and not included the codirected working g

presidents and a distinguished career service award from the bench administrator gina mccarthy and lisa jacksonof course, those are far from mine alone just as meaningful of the notes of thanks i received from exceptional individuals that i managed and mentored during my 30 years at the e epa. one of those people recruited was mr. beale we met where he was working on a master's degree of public affairs and a law degree as part of a scholarship program. we became good friends and work to identify and recognized leaders in the area of and burned into policy. after graduate school we stayed in touch from the early '80s through 89 we saw each other once you're at a vacation home we call owned in massachusetts and when to take this opportunity what his conviction is so inexplicable for his friends and colleagues, including me. the answer is that period was preceded by more than a decade of effective and highly regarded work. during that time period john code directed the clean air working group cover during the challenging clean-air legislative process. he developed many strong relationships at the

. -- >> lisa jackson. >> she's the one who famously had the -- >> private e-mail accounts.ing a lot of money with i think apple and has not been held accountable for having those accounts. >> now we've got somebody new in the job. >> gina mccarthy. >> in charge of the current power grab. >> it's scary. you're a private property owner. you own that land. you pay taxes on it. why should you be under the e.p.a. with what you want to do with your land? >> when i was growing up in kansas and we had ponds on our land the cows and horses would drink out of, now the e.p.a. will say do some tefgs or fine us for -- do some testing or fine us for something we've done for years. >> there are a lot of people tied up in red tape fighting government. if you're a landowner, you have water on your property, whether seasonal or all year round, you should be concerned if this passes. >> thank you, deneen borelli. is socialism headed into your kids' classroom? details about a textbook that praises fidel castro. >>> it's the worst storm in decades in the most unlikeliest of places and it is cau