the way e.p.a. has handled that look at the regulation, the re -- regulations where there is a substantial amount of monitoring required. but others for which there is no standard, they just exempt from the monitoring requirement. what the states do in their permitting processes with respect to the analysis requirement for the non-naaqs substances, for example, sulfuric mist, is to apply a very simple idea. you are not trying to make sure that the emigs are consistent with the overall air quality level. it's a very simple calculus. more is worse, less is better the so with respect to things like sulfuric acid mist and ozone-depleting substanced, that is how it has always worked at the state level of the program. you look at what the levels of emissions are and try to get them down. so we're not treating greenhouse gases any different than sulfuric mist or any of the other substances that don't have local requirements. i would just remind the justices about the e.m.c. homer city case a few months ago

the way e.p.a. has handled that is look at the regulation, the regulations where there is a substantial amount of monitoring required. but others for which there is no standard, they just exempt from the monitoring requirement. what the states do in their permitting processes with respect to the analysis requirement for the non-naaqs substances, for example, sulfuric mist, is to apply a very simple idea. you are not trying to make sure that the emigs are consistent with the overall air quality level. it's a very simple calculus. more is worse, less is better the so with respect to things like sulfuric acid mist and ozone-depleting substanced, that is how it has always worked at the state level of the program. you look at what the levels of emissions are and try to get them down. so we're not treating greenhouse gases any different than sulfuric mist or any of the other substances that don't have local requirements. i would just remind the justices about the e.m.c. homer city case a few months ago the

the problem for e.p.a. is that they have insisted for decades that it can mean different -- >> i get that. but if you had been sitting in congress and the senate, mr. billings i think is the staff person and senator muskie and suppose you had this choice put to you with your language, we'd either like to have the authority implicit here to exempt the football team, the tiny emitters or we'd like to not to cover it at all, which do you think the senate would have chosen? >> i think they did make a choice and it's in the language of the bill that the e.p.a. does not have the authority to exempt any main source from title 5. they say that right there on page 4 -- >> title 5 is not the p.s.d. requirement. it's just a record-keeping provision. >> that's true. >> so why should we exempt people from title 5? that's not what's causing the burden that you are talking about. it's just a record-keeping provision. >> but it's a very burdensome recordkeeping provision, by -- which e.p.a. acknowledges. that's why they're

the e.p.a.'s regulation will cost approximately 1,200 per household per year in -- $1,200 per household per year in lost income. but most importantly this regulation will cause the greatest amount of harm, lost jobs, diminished incomes and igher electricity bills. it isn't the rich on fifth avenue or in beverly hills that will be impacted, it's earn the american working class -- it's the -- it's america's working class. places like ohio's fourth district or the first district, home to chairman ryan, or even wisconsin's second or iowa's first district, both represented by my colleagues from the other side and all will be unnecessarily hurt by this regulation. for all the talk about fairness, this regulation is profoundly unfair. the electricity, security and affordability act sponsored by my friend rejects the administration's backdoor tax on americans' energy bill. this legislation restores opportunity and fairness by ensuring more americans' paychecks do not unnecessarily go to expanding electri

right now the e.p.a. they have these contracts that exempt them from the sea safe drinking water act because the safe drinking water act or the safe water act excuse me doesn't allow for any dumping but if you get an exemption then you get to certain fluids that are approved for this fracking waste is one of them but it does have to me a certain toxicity level and they have and they have set this limit according to the analysis from the center of biological diversity that says that they can dump up to nine billion gallons of this waste every year one derful a comforting you know what i guess i guess an expression is why doesn't the ocean i mean is there really nothing else that can be done with the liquid waste here. right well it does seem like a. very poor place to put it but when you think about the alternative if it's equally as dangerous if it is to talk to dump into the ocean then it has to be shipped on shore and put into injection wells now these injection wells are really a source of great controv

very thing it's completely ignored the very special and the over the cream as a state and i think the e.p.a. has been far too aggressive the idea of economic sanctions and so forth is simply silly and as we saw and heard from the earlier the enormous economic interests of germany france britain would really preclude economic sanctions while the crisis in ukraine and the way its coverage is affecting the situation right after the break stay with us. the first issue that this government this interim government preoccupied itself which was the future of the russian language in ukraine and at a time when. the country's. government was prepared to take. you know what appears to. many people at least in the west let's say

it's widely known in the -- and the e.p.a. hassic knowledged coal has a big footprint on our water resources, from the mining of coal to the burning of coal for electricity and the waste created by that process, just what happened in duke energy in north carolina. so it's about coal. the west virginia spill was a spill of a chemical used to clean coal. >> ifill: right. we're talking right now about discharges from mines that happen on a routine basis. and then north carolina is about coal ash spilling into a waterway. this is ash that's collected actually by air pollution equipment and so we're transferring what we're taking out of the air into the waterways. >> ifill: how does the coal industry respond to this? >> it was very interesting. they acknowledged they had these violations but made a point they're a very large company. they acquired nassy energy in 2011, increasing the portfolio and permits. over 700 permits, they told me, from state officials. 5,000 discharge points. they said, in the grand scheme of things, there wa

. >> ifill: we return now to the e.p.a.'s settlement today with one of the largest coal producers in the country over pollution in five appalachian states. dina cappiello, the national environment reporter for the associated press, joins me now. 27 1/2 million dollars in finds, $200 million for the cleanup. in the range of penalty, how does this rank? >> it's the biggest ever for a company that violates its water pollution permits. other companies that paid big fines in the past in 2008, the e.p.a. said this is the biggest ever for a company that violated permits it had from states. >> ifill: describe the pollution. >> we're talking about 6,000 violations over 300 state-issued permits, hundreds of streams, tributaries and rivers, 79 active coal minus, over 20 coal processing plants where they put the coal and wash it before it's shipped, over five appalachian states, so it's a pretty massive coverage area for the settlement. >> reportersettlement. >> ifill: how did the discharges occur? >> they're actually piped into the wat

as administrators of the e.p.a. under presidents nixon, president ronald reagan, president george bush and george w. bush, we held fast to the commonsense conservative principles protecting the health of the american people. working with the best technology available and trusting in the innovation of american business, and in the market to find the best results for the least costs, highlighting your words, senator. that approach helped us tackle major environmental challenges to our nation and the world, the pollution of our rivers dramatized when the cuyahoga river in cleveland caught fire in 1969, the hole in the ozone layer and the devastation wrought by acid rain, all points just made by the senator from new mexico. they continue -- the solutions we supported worked. government acted. they worked, although more must be done. our rivers no longer burn and their health continues to improve. the united states led the world when nations came together to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals. acid rain diminishes each y

the e.p.a., under the clean air act, the e.p.a. must finalize new rules within one year of its publication in the federal register. now, what i'm saying now, what they could not get done through legislation, treer tryin they'ro do through regulation. and one of the things they're trying to do is give the -- have the greenhouse gas legislation would come under the e.p.a. now, the -- any time you have an e.p.a. rule, to finalize a new rule within one year of its publication of the federal register. so the rule was released on september 20 of 2013. but it was not published in january 8, 2014. why do you suppose that was? had the rule been published since september 13, when it would have gone final, then the new rule would have gone into effect six weeks prior to the midterm elections and people would know how much it's going to cost them. now, if there's any doubt in anyone's mind, there's an article here that was published on december 14 in "the washington post" that goes through the detail as to why they did this so that the people w

well, the first is the leader of gina mccarthy at the e.p.a. her background working republican governors, her reputation among business leaders as being tough but fair, and her experience navigating the ways of washington make her well-suited to look at the bigger-picture issues. as someone who comes from an ag state, i understand full well how the e.p.a. can sometimes get bogged down in minor issues, from my perspective, taking on things that create a huge firestorm but actually don't solve the problem. i believe that this administrator, gina mccarthy, is going to look at the larger mission of the e.p.a., especially when it comes to climate change. secondly, i'm optimistic because we still have some good things going on. the washington post ran an editorial last fall where the editorial board wrote, "the overwhelming problem is that congress hasn't faced up to the global warming threat. instead of building a policy that addresses the unique challenge of greenhouse gas emissions, it has left the e.p.a. and the courts with a strong and sometimes

the e.p.a. has asked the army corps of engineers to expand the review process for new export terminals. it wants the corps to consider the carbon emissions produced by exports after they leave the united states. the e.p.a. wants to block exhorts because of the carbon emissions that the exports would produce when they are used after they leave the united states. well, the national association of manufacturers says that the e.p.a.'s actions would set a very dangerous precedent that could block exports of all types, that includes exports of american automobiles, exports of civilian aircraft, exports of heavy equipment that we manufacture here in the united states. to its credit, the army corps of engineers has said it will not expand the environmental review process for new export terminals. president obama should ensure that the corps will complete its work in a timely manner and do so without interference from the e.p.a. or any other agency. president obama is fond of saying that he has a pen and

he testified, quote, if the e.p.a. uses the same approach that they have followed in recent rules, columbus brick may cease to exist. after almost 125 years of operation. i expect a minimum of having to shut down two or three kilns. this will mean permanent job loss to 45 to 50 families in our small rural community. sadly, mr. speaker, it gets worse. the e.p.a. regulations do not result in any significant benefits to the environment. the brick industry in general, columbus brick company in particular, is already operating well within safe levels. unfortunately columbus brick company's not unique in the impact this rule would have on small businesses. many will be forced to close their doors. only in washington are rules handed down to businesses without allowing the affected parties the ability to weigh in before the settlement agreements are adopted. environmental regulations should be fair, reasonable and they should balance cost versus benefits. this body understands this concept and that's why in february we passed

the inspector general looks at the e.p.a. edit card spending and it looks at $150,000 worth of spending and 80,000, $85,000 of that is inappropriate spending in the credit cards. >> that's more than half. >> almost all the spending. so, again, this is the kind of thing that everyone kind of has to scratch their heads and say how does this happen with the controls supposed to be in place. >> that's what they said with the credit card act. i don't buy that. suture, i mean, look, they said that happen once. congress says we are going to pass this law. the president signs it and happens right away. >> i'm not surprised. what was interesting about this report. look, this wasn't loot of money, but it was a small sample. they looked at 80 transactions. 75 of those 80 transactions were not in compliance. so you are talking about a grand total of $150,000 spent. that's just a tiny sample. try to extrapolate that out into the rest of the government. this suggests, you know, rampant miss spending within the government with these credit c

>> i think the president's record through the e.p.a.n a regulatory fashion on energy and climate is really good. i think that he really understands this issue. messing this up, you wouldn't see today but in 20 years would be superobvious. and i think they have that perspective. >> tom, do you have any ambitions of running for office? >> i've always said that i would do virtually anything to make our agenda come true. and that is true. but i've also tried to be clear that this is not a intelligent, strategic, well thought out interested effort to promote myself so i would say if there came a time i thought that was really important to do, i wouldn't shy away from it because i felt like i was going to get the bejesus kicked out of me. >> you looked like a little bit of a political candidate there at the mayflower diner. though he says he has no plans for higher office, steyer stopped to have lunch with some of the victims of the mayflower oil spill while he was in arkansas and listened intently like a good politician. what did you learn i

and simply declaring that the administration is out of control or e.p.a. is overreaching or there's a war on coal doesn't make it so. people can see for themselves the devastation from mountain top removal and the fact that we have been negligent as a country for years, providing adequate protections -- for years providing adequate protections. i would hope that the chamber sees fit to reject legislation that's not going anyplace, and that we stop the charade of initiatives that are -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. blumenauer: i have 15 more seconds? mr. holt: i yield the gentleman 15 more seconds. mr. blumenauer: that stops conjuring up imaginary threats when we're not focusing on the clear and present dangers to the environment now, to community protection for health . reject this legislation and then let's get down to business on things that really will make a difference and we can agree upon. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. chairman,

in fact, the obama e.p.a. itself admitted its proposed greenhouse gas rule would not have a notable impact on u.s. carbon emissions until the year 2022. i also note, mr. president, that despite having members of his party talk about climate change all night, that's all it was -- talk -- there's no legislation that they're offering, nor will the majority leader, who controls the agenda of the united states senate, bring that legislation to the floor to actually vote on it. so it is just talk or perhaps i could say it was just a lot of hot air. so our colleagues across the aisle, including the majority leader, controls the agenda on the floor here in the senate, seems to be content letting the president use his pen and his phone and skirt the legislative process, not engage with congress to try to do things that actually are the priorities of the american people, but instead to rely on unelected e.p.a. bureaucrats. so i would think it's pretty much a consensus in america -- i could be surprised, but i would surpr

and it's shutting down because the e.p.a. created this rule lled boiler mact -- that stands for maximum attainable coal technology. it was obtainable coal technology, the company wouldn't shut it down 10 years before its useful life is up. it's being shut down because it's not attainable. the e.p.a. did not tell the truth when they told people, this can be attained. and now that plant will be disassembled, taken to another country and put back up and be burning coal there. this is not wise policy, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i have grave concerns about the proposed deactivation of the 440th airlift wing located at pope army airfield contained in the president's budget. the 440th is critical to conducting the ty

one of the most frustrating parts of the e.p.a.'s new venture in regulating our existing energy infrastructure is that the e.p.a. has actively blocked proper congressional oversight from receiving the science and calculations used in crafting these new costly regulations. and that simply must end, mr. speaker. if the environmental protection agency is proposing new regulations because they believe they will truly make americans healthier, let them share the data. let them share the data with the united states congress so it can be peer-reviewed. both the energy and commerce committee and the science committee have continually been ignored when requesting such data. that is unacceptable. that must end. this legislation is a step toward bringing accountability to an agency that for too long has run rough shod over our economy. the second bill contained in this rule, h.r. 4118, suspending the individual mandate penalty law, addresses the disparity that president obama and secretary sebelius have created between big businesses, which ha

these steps outlined in the e.p.a.'s implementation regulations, known as the spill prevention control and countermeasure, spcc, rule, require facilities to put in place measures to prevent any spilled oil from entering the water which can include both construction of containment systems or more simplistic measures to capture small leaks. the spcc rule requires such facilities to have a plan in place in advance that identifies additional measures to clean up any oil that might otherwise escape such containment. these provisions generally have been in place since 1974 and have been enforced for farmers since may 20, 13. since that time, all farmers who fall within the guidelines of the sb -- of the sbc rule should have put in place appropriately scaled countermeasures base thobed size of their facility and the likelihood of an oil spill reaching u.s. waters. yet h.r. 311 would modify existing obligations of farmers to comply with the rule. in many instances, h.r. 311 would alleviate existing obligations for farmers to de

lawmakers now pressuring the e.p.a. . >> and pay students to travel. how does this sound? tusk university in texas introducing a take a year off between high school and cleaning to volunteer, work or travel a year abroad. the university will pay for housing which could add up to $30,000 or more. about 40,000 students were in gap year programs last year across the united states. similar things going on in other places in the world. >> let's check in with rick reichmuth. >> where does he go? >> he is out on a crews right now. he is in a gap year right now. >> i like that idea. hey, you have got to get your sign ready you are about to be on tv. there you go. >> across new york? >> yes. >> you love new york. >> yeah. >> all right. perfect. good. if we take a look at the weather maps. there you go. texas, you guys are from dallas, you said there is severe weather in dallas you guys aroused to that time of year it's starting to begin and we are going to see that for a few tornadoes today possibly from around the dallas area do

but the e.p.a. says there will be virtually no effect. president obama sought today to salvage hopes for an israeli- palestinian peace plan. at a white house meeting, he pressed israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for tough decisions, while netanyahu held out little hope of a breakthrough. >> it is still possible to create two states, a jewish state of israel and a state of palestine in which people are living side by side in peace and security. but it's difficult. it requires compromise on all sides. >> israel has been doing its part, and i regret to say that the palestinians haven't. i know this flies in the face of conventional wisdom, but it's the truth. >> ifill: even as the two met, israel announced it started work on more than twice as many homes in west bank settlements last year, than the year before. >> osama bin laden's son-in-law went on trial in new york today for on charges he plotted to kill americans in his role as spokesman for al-qaeda. >> if convicted. he could face life in prison. the supreme court is be. the sup

one of the issues we discussed in my subcommittee was the upcoming e.p.a. rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired plants. i know that a number of my colleagues are concerned about these regulations and argue that they will increase the costs of electricity, especially in areas that are heavily dependent on coal and coal-fired plants. i understand these concerns. i believe these regulations should be crafted using common sense. for example, if you give flexibility to states to implement these regulations, you can allow power plant operators to offset their emissions by investing in energy efficiency in homes and buildings. buildings consume about 36%, 37% of the energy in this country. if you retrofit our buildings, you will get the same environmental result at a lower cost to power plant owners, and just as important, you will unleash energy efficiency manufacturing and installation jobs throughout the country. it will reduce our energy use. it will benefit the environment and send a signal throughout the business sector that we are

the e.p.a. and the d.o.t. -- the environmental protection agency and the department of transportation -- estimate that the corporate average fuel economy standards that require vehicles to be more fuel efficient and emit less co2 by 2025 save $8,000 per vehicle over each car's lifetime. upgrading and retrofitting buildings to be more energy efficient and creating jobs by creating new technologies and training workers to develop the skills to execute the retrofit and to work in a burgeoning alternative energy industries will generate tremendous return for our economy. the bipartisan shaheen-portman energy savings and competitive act which i was proud to sponsor, is waiting in the wings here for congressional action. it would create over 190,000 jobs and save $16 billion a year for consumers by 2030. we must make the shaheen-portman bill law. it is only one example of what the senate can and must do to help stop climate disruption. it is a small measure modest in its impact, but it is a start, and

this is why it is so important that we allow regulators like the e.p.a. to move forward with rules that can save consumers money on their electricity bills, encourage energy efishency, and lower the cost of electricity for all of our consusmers. -- consumers. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on the motion to recommit to ensure a better and cleaner america for our children, our grandchildren, and many, many more generations to come. i yield back the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: the yeal yields back her time. -- the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise. >> to claim time in opposition to the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for five minutes. the gentleman are suspend. he house will be in order. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, if there was ever a motion to recommit we don't need it's this one. the entire purpose of the electricity security and affordability act, h.r. 3826, is to ensure that america remai

difficult for lower-income americans and middle-class americans to make ends meet are policies out of the e.p.a. that will drive up the cost of energy. energy is an important input. it is a huge factor in places like south dakota where we have a cold weather climate, where we have an ag-based economy, travel long distances to get places so when you talk about raising the cost of energy in a state like south dakota, you are significantly increasing the cost of doing business in way that will make it more difficult and expensive to create the jobs we need to get the people back to work and the economy growing at a faster rate. these things are harmful, mr. president, to job growth. i talked to a bunch of small businesses in my state last week and asked them about some of these policies and asked them what are the biggest obstacles right now to your success and what are things that could be done that would actually be helpful. and, of course, obamacare is something that immediately comes up, but also the whole issue of the minimum wage which a lot of these small businesses and i was talking to bus

the e.p.a. has predicted by tend of the century summers in new hampshire could be as warm as summers in north carolina by would drastically shorten fall foliage. we're already seeing it in terms of fewer snow days in new hampshire, earlier iceout on our lakes, and maple sugar production is being affected. it depends on prolonged cold temperatures with freezing nights and warm daytime temperatures to create the optimal sugar content and sap production. but with warming underway, maple sugar producers in new hampshire tell me they're already seeing an impact on production. according to a report by the new hampshire citizens for responsible energy policy, current modeling forecasts predict maple sugar trees eventually will be completely eliminated as a regionally important species in the northeastern united states. that's if we fail to act on climate change. and new hampshire sea coast is facing rising sea levels. the coastline is one of the most developed parts of the state and flooding could deaf

these things seriously you've got a conservative movement in this country that is trying to hamper the e.p.a.'s ability to use the the. clean air act to regulate greenhouse gases that cause and worsening climate change we should be doing things that are going to make it even more difficult for the e.p.a. to do its job and leave an even bigger mess for them to clean up and call you know this is an issue necessarily where it's just a divide between red state dems and the environmental movement there's also a divide between the environmental movement and the labor movement you've talked a lot about that in your reporting and in these times how real is that divide and could it actually threaten the democratic party's future coming the next coming years you know i don't know about the future of the democratic party. conversation that the people in labor movement are really you know there's a big divide here and basically of the labor movement we shouldn't say just the labor movement in general support some keystone x.l. pipeline you have the building trades federation department within the a.f.l.

what was expected to be completed in 2014, the e.p.a. announced it was delaying studies until 2016. can we really wait that long, congress? >> we've announced the winners of this year's c-span student cam video competition. on what's the most important issue congress should address this year. watch the top 21 winning videos, starting next tuesday, april 1, and every week day throughout the month, at 6:50 a.m. eastern on c-span. and see all the winning documentaries online at studentcam.org. earlier today the u.s. supreme court heard oral arguments in the case of sebelius v. hobby lobby and conastoga woods. a combined case dealing with whether for-profit companies comply with the affordable care act. coming up next, some reaction following today's supreme court case from attorneys, litigants and others. this is about 10 minutes. >> our family started hobby lobby built on our faith and together as a family. we've kept that tradition for more than 40 years and we want to continue to live out our faith and the way we do business. the choice of the government has forced on us is unfair an

agreed to abide by a series of safety ethics and other requirements and will drop a lawsuit against the e.p.ae u.s. auction for the right to drill in the gulf where the spill occurred is set for next week. >> how much do americans love their pets? how about 55,000,700,000. >> that is the domestic amount spent on pets. >> the bulk was spent on pet food, americans shelling out $22 billion feeding dogs, cats and other animals. no table scraps for these pets. >> we are talking about dogs and cats here. they spent another $14 billion on trips to the pet and $13 billion on supplies and over-the-counter medicine. it's a lot of money americans spend on pets, but they spent $80 billion a year on beer. >> my wife spends more to have the dog groomed than i do for a haircut. >> i believe it. >> crimea's referendum, i'm going to change the subject now less than 48 hours away. >> some are running for the bank while others are running for cover. >> why some say journalism has become the most dangerous profession in crimea. >> i suffer from a disease and there's no known cure, and that's really hard to get a

in terms of the e.p.a., we're working to make sure they fully understand and appreciate what will and will not hall and they're looking at. we've arranged for meetings to take place between farm groups and the epa administrator. we've arranged that the epa administrators go out and talk to farmers. industrial doesn't exist, and you know it. as far as the rsf is concerned, we are working with the epa so they fully understand and appreciate the current situation relative to gas. when the rsf was established, as you well know, it feels based on the assumption there would be increased gas utilization by americans. that's not necessarily been the case. we are focused on making sure there are continued opportunities to expand exports of ethanol and continued capacity to have higher blends. in fact, i have spoken directly to governor branstad in our home state about a joint effort to encourage more e-85 tanks. i find it interesting that congress made it more difficult for us to do that when you essentially restricted us from using funds for blender pumps. we'll figure out a way to continue t

statement that it takes environmental responsibility is your yes, sir will you and is working with the e.p.avelopment of a final remediation plan for the site. but the tribe fears its rung out of time as many members die young. >> we're at a point where if anybody can get to their 60's, they're lucky. >> chuck was given a few months to live. he said ford is not taking responsibility for the health problems. >> it's very hard to get that out of them. what we can get is full extraction and full removal. >> removal that will leave the mountains as pristine as they were for centuries. >> in a 2010 settlement, ford motors paid $12.5 million to current and former residents. the most anyone received was $35,000. residents say that's not enough for turning their home into a toxic dumping ground. >> ncaa tournament time is here. >> it was a memorable opening day. they need three-pointer to send it into overtime. coming through with six of the 12 points in the overtime period. st. louis erase a deficit to win. dayton beat ohio state. florida survived a scare from 16 seed albany 67-65. the spar tons be

the e.p.a. and then the international network for environmental compliance and then false claims as a first on phrase i'm gonna say of being held well i think. most puzzle for the first time the time we have in such an international conference. here again i'd say is just the beginning of something good i mean does the way i see it from what algae monitoring nothing to believe to move from talk talk or rhetoric to action that for me would symbolize something really good you know otherwise it would be the same old talk show. you know. received. so. many things. from your point again but let me in a couple. become friends gets to the. heart of the reason is that the prices are right on the primer full make that assessment well. like i would tell me because i'm not a low key i mean why. not going to the top and bottom i'm sure you recognize and processing center is easy when you're on the rankings and if you don't want to work i know i'm probably gas prices here and service for part of the world and

in 2005 i authored language in the energy policy act that mandated the -- that the e.p.a. create a study relative to energy use and energy costs of data centers. the report was transmitted to congress in 2007 and it served as a driver of both private and public investment in energy efficiency. based on a widespread agreement across the government, industry and academia, the bill before us today requires an update to that 2007 report. data centers can be extremely energy inefficient. experts estimate that most data centers could slash their energy use by 80% to 90%. i mean, that really takes our collective breath away. so there are enormous opportunities in this. by simply implementing existing technologies and best practices. so we can do this. we can get this done. while several companies in my silicon valley district have taken the lead in developing efficient, sustainable data centers, we can do much better across the private sector and the federal government. the federal government is the nation's largest landowner, employer -- may i have one more minute? mr. welch: yes

the e.p.a. . on. the. there is now no more can. be off a story. we speak your language any time of the war not a day of. school news programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news a little tonnage of angles couldn't stories. you hear. the choice all teach spanish find out more visit eye to eye on t.v. dot com. welcome back to worlds apart to rediscuss in the referendum in crimea with the director of the carnegie moscow center mr trannie and just before we went to break you seem to suggest you know moscow's control over crimea is already a fait accompli but i wonder if it's such a bad deal after all you know given what you mentioned the possibility of sanctions here also wrote about the prospect of the second cold war looming over us but if you take a historic perspective you have on the other side of the scale of russia having control regaining control of the territory that is so central to russia's entire statehood not to mention its security is it such a bad deal after all you know a couple of years of isolation on one

e.p.a. in december of twenty fourteen at the end of this year e.p.a. st issue final regulations so we are hoping those regulations require the phase out of these dangerous ash ponds like the one in kentucky and the one in north carolina and all over the united states and then that require clean up where it's needed and disposal most of all in so. engineers lantos where it belongs and do you think that's going to happen is the obama administration on the ball on this thing well i hope so i hope so but does that are there any indications that they are well we. we are seeing that they are not to that they've delayed the rule which was the reason we had to file the suit so we're seeing they need to push so they're getting the the pressure from the lobby is absolutely getting a lot of pressure from the industry very well funded yesterday lisa thank you so well thank you very much sounds pretty stations keep up the great work thank you. and the best of the rest of the news thanks to the conservative controlled supreme court and it's really an citizens united

the e.p.a. to change the level of allowable t.c. in water they say it said ok level right now what's ok it may be ok for may may not be ok for you you have your chemicals which is actually a pool in the ground in the groundwater and the vapors are seeping up through the ground they take the easiest path. and then they come into your home and that's why you have these really great on machines it's a subset of thing takes the pollution disperses coming into the home puts it in the air outside where it's breaks down we know tricolor at the link as askance or we know that and they say it's a moot point now because they're not using it but it's on the ground the first year i moved into this building. and there was not. i had to storm one long the i.b.m. problem and the chemicals is du pont's problem and the chemicals silicone valley's problem in california nationally we are a hidden. chemical. they're worried about people but i would come as the stupid frogs are not stupid. they get here do it as there are but you can people. you know ho

the e.p.a. . there's now no more all can lead to a tow. me off a story. up right from the scene. of the first trip to mars and i were being put. on a reformist twitter. and instagram. to be in the know. on the top. welcome to the john siberian. what are the places you never go to. the fun. things you never do. experience you'll never again. be surprised you will. emerge. during. an hour. welcome back to worlds apart and we're discussing the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia when they would weinberg a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracy that's a great way of putting it dr weinberg you just heard i turned it in in terms of love and hate and i'm not sure about the love but to see the examples of hatred all you need to do is to open the saudi school textbooks reach. to earlier that for decades have been spinning michel and everything reston and as you as you mentioned here oh the very interesting report recently on how lenient the united states has been with the saudi arabia on this issue but i wonder what is the real reason for saudi procra

at the e.p.a. . there's no more. nato. nonsense on. e on average of nation of an odds he is back in the news amid suggestions it was a premeditated carefully planned bush and not the principled stand it was claimed to be. a thief can steal property but that does not confer the right of ownership on the thief such been so the russians are obsolete i'm excited for a diplomatic tit for tat breaks out of the un this during the eighth security council meeting in just three weeks. and while the state goes just a step further openly blaming russia for a recent shootout in crimea which left two people dead but despite the investigation just getting started. it is twelve o'clock noon here in moscow international with me rule research from all of us here welcome to the program nationwide fame praise on a string of prime time appearances on america's top news networks the on air resignation of an america in protest of the channel's coverage of crimea quickly made her a mainstream media darling what looked to many like a brave and principled protes

have had enough of fracking waste ending up in the golden state's water now they're demanding for the e.p.a. to take action. more on that later in the show. it's monday march third of four pm in washington d.c. i'm not going.