to treat water properly, according to a new analysis by the natural resources defense council, or nrdcin 9 out of 10 cases, the epa took no enforcement action when water systems violated the lead and copper rule. the federal regulation meant to keep america's tap water safe from lead. >> imagine a cop sitting watching people run stop signs and speed at 90 miles an hour through small communities and doing absolutely nothing about it. that's, unfortunately, what we have now. >> reporter: eric olson is among the experts saying water utilities are routinely gaming the system, using incent testing methods to avoid detecting high levels of lead. what that means is there are even more water systems with lead issues that aren't officially in violation. >> they don't care if they're violating the law. they don't feel like they're going to face any penalties. >> reporter: philadelphia is one city accused of gaming the system. in 2014 city officials sent residents questionable instructions for testing telling them to preflush their water and remove aerators which often track particles of lead. ex

my name is elizabeth noll and i'm the director at nrdc. nrdc has long supported energy efficiency standards and we are far from alone. we have successfully worked alongside many groups, including nema, ahri and a hem here today. and support was reiterated in a recent op ed we authored with the national association of manufacturers. let's not forget, the initial law was signed by ronald reagan, then expandsed and approved with broad bipartisan support. why is that sponge support for efficiency standards? this program is wildly successful. dplifring tremendous consumer and national benefits. it has broad and bipartisan support founded on a long history of collaboration and consensus building. and by all accounts, there is still huge potential for even more energy and financial savings now and in the future. to my first point, by every single measure, the program provides huge benefits n. fact, national appliance standards are the second biggest energy saving policy in u.s. history. second only to vehicle fuel economy standards. appliance sta

coughed including failure to properly to a new analysis by the natural resources defense council or nrdc. in 9 out of 10 cases, the epa took no enforcement action when water systems violated the "lead and copper rule" -- the federal america's tap water safe from lead. "imagine a cop sitting, watching communities and still doing absolutely nothing about it. that's unfortunately what we have now." olson is among the experts saying water utilities are routinely "gaming the system", to "avoid detecting high levels of lead." what that means is there are more water systems with lead issues, that aren't officially in violation. "they don't care if they're violating the law, they don't feel like they're going to face any penalties." philadelphia is one city accused of gaming the system. in 2014, city officials sent residents questionable instructions for testing-- telling them to pre- flush their water, and to remove aerators which often trap particles of lead. experts say levels appear lower than they actually are. far back as 2007 that they "should not remove or clean "i wanted to test my wate

in a recent report by nrdc and aceee shows that energy efficiency is a key strategy for reducing the energy burden that low-income households face. i would say that is why groups like the national consumers law center and texas rose and other consumer advocacy groups engage and are highly active in the standards setting process because of the important benefits that it serves for the low-income populations that they support. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. this time recognize the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is actually a very good panel. you know, there really is more that unites us than divides us on this whole debate. and i think that's true across the board. and first of all for mr. mcguire, mr. cosgriff and mr. yurek, you're saying there's a need for some reform, but you're not claiming that there's a desire to jettison energy efficiency standards, are you? >> no, not at all. we're supporters of the program. >> okay. let me -- i'm going to go quickly, so mr. cosgriff? >> absolutely not. >> mr. yurek? >

my name is elizabeth noll and i'm from nrdc. we have long supported energy efficiency standars and we are far from alone. we've successfully worked among the groups here today and support was reiterated in a op ed with the national association of manufacturers. and let's not forget the initial law was signed by president ronald reagan and expanded with brought bipartisan support in laws by george w.h. and w. bush. and why is there such strong supportive for standars. this program is successful and delivering tremendous consumer and national benefits. it has broad and bipartisan support founded on a long history of collaboration and consensus building and by all accounts there is still huge potential for even more energy and financial savings now and in the future. to my first point, by every single measure the proglam provides huge benefits. they are the second biggest energy saving policy in u.s. history. second only to vehicle fuel economy standars. appliance standars are saving the typical u.s. hold house about $500 on their

jonathan: the nrdc says the e.p.a. has underreported problems in flint and in d.c.ween 2001 and 2004. the e.p.a. says that many of the cities in the analysis are already working toward resolving the previous violations. the agency says states are mainly responsible for drinking water issues and it works closely with those stateses. -- states when there are problems. michelle: no better way to ruin a summer than spend it in the emergency room will head to the e.r. because of accidents. many caused by unsafe toys. "7 on your side" consumer investigator kimberly suiters looks at the top seven summer safety traps. kim? kimberly: the consumer group has the number one problem toy in their opinion are the toy guns. this one in particular can go 100 feet. they shoot pellets 100 feet in a second. oh, man! there we go. it's jammedded. there it goes. okay. that thing goes fast. i didn't break anything. but the lady at the store says if it hits you, it will hurt. they do sell goggles next to those toy guns. but two store employees told me at two different stores people often do

as it is for nrdc. and minimum efficiency standards set a dependable level of energy efficiency that every american can count on. our analysis suggests that appliance standards will save the average american household $500 a year compared to before standards were set. so that is significant. and i agree that, you know, low-income households pay a disproportionately higher portion of their income that goes to energy costs. nd a recent report by nrdc and -- shows that energy efficiency is a key strategy for addressing and reducing that energy burden that those low-income households face. that is why groups like the national consumers law center and texas rose and other consumer advocacy groups engage and are highly active in the standard-setting process. because of the important benefits that it serves for the low-income populations that they support. mr. rush: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. mr. whitfield: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. at this time i recognize the gentleman fr

we are in our third year now with nrdc. we are a large organization. nationalur work is on and state policy initiatives. we are taking solutions and policy victories, at a state level, and looking at the local, with implementation in communities. much of our work is with partners in the coalition and we are looking at affordable multi-family housing and working with communities for retrofits to bring these policy victories in the environmental sphere and looking at them in communities on the ground. disasterhe context of resiliency and emergency management, a term i like to use. tosometimes limit ourselves preparation. is most important mitigation, stopping this from happening. with climate change, we still have a window of opportunity to stop the worst of this. mitigation is important for the communities that are vulnerable and marginalized. they are likely going to suffer these consequences. plan,less of how well we mitigation and avoidance are the most important. then, you get to planning and preparation. when you think about planning, we like to ro

we're in to our third year now with nidc where as nrdc is a large international organization with five offices in the u.s. and one in china, much of our work is on national and state policy initiatives. we sometimes like to think of urban solutions as taking those policy victories at the national, state level and looking at them in terms of the local and saying what do they look like in implementation, in local communities? so much of our work with partners in the energy efficiency for all coalition, looking at energy efficiency and multifamily housing affordable multifamily housing, working with communities, through green neighborhood retro fits, is sort of the culmination of that work. and actually bringing these policy victories in the environmental sphere and actually looking at how they are actually implemented in impact communities on the ground, and in their everyday lives. and in the context of disaster resiliency or disaster planning, or emergency management, which is a term that i prefer to use, because oftentimes, when we focus on disaster planning we sort of limit ourselves

nrdc is a large international organization much is on national state and policy initiatives. we like to think of that and looking at them in terms of saying what do they look like. looking at energy efficiency in multifamily housing, working with communities through green neighborhood retro fits and bringing the policy victories in the environmental spirit. on the ground. in their every day lives. in the context of disaster planning or emergency management which is the term i prefer to use. when we focus on disaster planning we limit ourselves to planning. when we are talking about climate came we can stop the worst of it from happening. they are likely going to have to suffer the consequences of any pending impacts. then you get there to planning and preparation. when we think of planning oftentimes i think we romanticize planning in these broad terms. but in policy it tends to mean protecting infrastructure and property and moving people out of harms way. third step is the adaptation to new norms. in the realm there of climate change it is too late to undo the changes. fina

we're in to our third year now with nidc where as nrdc is a large international organization with five offices in the u.s. and one in china, much of our work is on national and state policy initiatives. we sometimes like to think of urban solutions as taking those policy victories at the national, state level and looking at them in terms of the local and saying what do they look like in implementation, in local communities? so much of our work with partners in the energy efficiency for all coalition, looking at energy efficiency and multifamily housing affordable multifamily housing, working with communities, through green neighborhood retro fits, is sort of the culmination of that work. and actually bringing these policy victories in the environmental sphere and actually looking at how they are actually implemented in impact communities on the ground, and in their everyday lives. and in the context of disaster resiliency or disaster planning, or emergency management, which is a term that i prefer to use, because oftentimes, when we focus on disaster planning we sort of limit ourselves

failure to report contamination and failure to treat water properly according to a new analysis by the nrdc no enforcement action when water sources violated the lead and copper rule. >> imagine a cop sitting, watching people run stop signs and speed at 90 miles an hour through small communities and doing absolutely nothing about it. that's unfortunately what we have now. >> eric olsen is among the experts saying water utilities are routinely gaming the system, using incorrect testing methods to avoid detecting high levels of lead. what that means is there are even more water systems with lead issues that aren't officially in violation. >> they don't care if they're violating the law. >> philadelphia is one city accused of gaming the system. in 2014 city officials sent residents questionable instructions for testing, telling them to preflush their water and remove aouve aerators. the epa instructed as far back as 2007 that they should not remove or clean aerators. jonathan king's 18 month old daughter has been drinking philadelphia's water from the tap since she was born. he's organizing a

. >> eric olson with the nrdc, thank you for being with us on "new day." >> thanks for having me. >>>reaking news on the terror attack. let's get to it. >>> isis suffers set back. >> security is being ramped up at u.s. airports. >> will it happen here? nobody can guarantee it won't. >> new information about tuesday's bombings. >> it was a scary moment. >> we heard people yelling. >> stop, stop. >> bernie sanders cannot stand hillary clinton. >> we know that the economy would be badly damaged if donald trump had his way. >> there is one thing that bernie sanders and i are in complete accord with. that's trade. >> it's not the measure of populism, xenophobia, or worst. >> the public needs to be told the truth about contamination in their water supply. >> why the epa is not doing more to protect our drinking water. >>announcer: this is "new day," with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >>> it is june 30, 8:00. and victor blackwell joins us again. we have breaking news to get to right now. this is out of the terror attack at the istanbul airport. >> we're learning more about the suicide bom