them to make sure that it is safe or are we testing it is being tested in certain ways national wildlife federation has advocated that all of the information that the government and b.p. are collecting be open to the public so they can see what is truly going on one of the huge problems we have as well spill and everything became closed door and held close to the chest rewrite of the administration by the administration and by b.p. by the unified command we had a terrible time getting information about the deaths of sea birds and marine mammals like the office that we had to file freedom of information act requests and appeals when they were denied just to get that information released but you know b.p. doesn't own those off of their sea turtles you and i do they're a public resource we have a right to know about it but so far we haven't gotten any information still of the state we now know we now know the numbers we got them to release that but the cause of death is being held they say because investigations under way judicial proceeding and so they're not releasing that information remarkable wha

thing from happening again dr doug brinkley joins me now he's a senior scientist with the national wildlife federation practically welcome thank you very good to see you after talking with you on the radio the sentence it's good to see again is the gulf. still experiencing oil leaks the gulf of mexico we have to look at two things here one is there are some natural leaks in the bottom of the gulf but those are relatively my new compared to what happened last year with the b.p. oil spill but people are largely unaware of it is that there is oil spilling into the gulf in large quantities i would time from various pipelines from various wells that are not adequately closed last night excuse me last week the national wildlife federation have a team out to collect a sample where there's been a chronic oil spill going on for months and everyone's trying to figure out exactly where that's coming from how much oil is leaking so there's oil out there all the time and it's a sign that there are problems with the oil and gas industry and keeping our waters of the united states the waters you and i own clean and

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national wildlife federation. >> ducks inlimited? >> quail unlimited?>> rooblingy mountain federation. >> no. >> quality deer management? >> no. >> conservationists have given more money, hunters, fishermen, others, have given more money to set aside land for conservation than a lot of other organizations that are out there that hold themselves up as conservation organizations. i want to make that point very, very clear. the anwr area was set aside in 1980. the anwr area was set aside in 1980 by jimmy carter. president carter then and congress set aside area 1,002 for oil and natural gas development. around that same time, 1978, 1980, the department of energy was created to lessen our dependence on middle eastern oil. they knew that we needed to have domestic energy production that lessened our dependence on countries who may not be friendly to the united states. we've got the resources here in this country. we recognize that area as an area that had oil and natural gas resources at that time. we heard the governor say that there's capacity in the pipel

>> national federal wildlife federation. >> quail unlimited? rocky mountains region? >> nope, nope. >> management solution? >> no. >> conservationists have given more money, hunters, fishermen, others, have given more money to set aside land for conservation than a lot of other organizations that are out there that hold themselves up as conservation. i want to make that point very, very clear. the anwr area was set aside in 1980 by jimmy carter. president carter then in congress set aside a real 1,002 for oil and natural gas development. around the same time in 1970 to 1980, the department of energy was created to look for the dependence on foreign oil. the new that we needed to have a domestic energy production to lessen our dependence on the countries who may not be friendly to the united states. we've got the resources here in this country. we recognize that area as an area that had oil and natural gas resources at that time. we heard the governor say that this capacity in the pipeline and it's just a drill oil, durrell the natural gas, let's reach those resources,

to examine the potential for new jobs and revenue for the federal government by drilling for oil in a small portion of the arctic national wildlife refuge known as anwr. that hearing should get under way shortly. the president speaking now. you can follow that from the united nations on c-span3. also on c-span3 this amp at 2:00 p.m. eastern, google executive chairman eric schmid testifies on whether the search engine crowds out competition. the federal trade commission is currently investigationing google over antitrust complaints. that's at 2:00 p.m. eastern. coming up at the top of the hour, 11:00 eastern here on c-span, we plan to take you live to a senate judiciary hearing to disrupt terrorist activities by identifying and cutting off their finance. until then we'll take you to this morning's "washington journal" and a conversation with new york congressman charlie rangel. host: what's your take on the president's said, a plan aimed at the 2012 election, more of a political statement than a plan? guest: first of all, i'm glad we do have a plan. i'm glad that people have something that they can talk about. i'm glad that the un

that's why national wildlife federation created the be out there movement. kids moving indoors uses a host of problems, from obesity to adhd. but outdoor play can go a long way to improving kid's health, body, mind and spirit. it helps them stay fit, enhances creativity and attention spans and could even make them better students. do your part. be a part of be out there. there's a reason why they call it the great outdoors. learn more at be out there dot org. [kids shouting] be out there!