>>hompson: the e.p.a.'s mike basile says that waste was cleaned up immediately, and he won't comment on the litigation. he says the agency hasn't conducted soil or air tests in he black creek neighborhood since it first declared the area s fe, 30 years ago. >> ther need to test, and i'll tell you why. because we have over 150 monitoring clls around the anal. >> thompson: but if we know the chemicals spread, shouldn't there be continuing soil sampling, air sampling of the wider area? >> once again, based on our-- the information that we have from these monitoring-- wells, the public is protected in the immediate area. >> thompson: glenn springs holdings, a subsidiary of occidental petroleum, said in a statement that the monitoring well data demonstrate the system is working and, "we believe the plaintiffs' allegations are meritless"... "the health and safety of the surrounding community and neighborhood is our number one priority." ana navas-acien is a physician and epidemiologist at columbia university who

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hanwhile, the federal cou ordered the e.p.a. o enact a ban on corpyrifos nationwide within 60 days. the agency can appeal, but says it is still reviewing the decision. in california's central valley, i'm miles o'brien for the pbs newshour >> woodruff: finally tonight, the latest installment in our "race matters-solutions" series. earlier, we reported on how a riite police officer in texas, convicted of mur an unarmed african american teenager, is still undergoing the sentencing phase of his trial. it is another case in the t going tensions between law enforcemd the african american community. and around the cntry. police departments are looking for new ways to officers about race and policing. reporting from new york city, special correspondent charlayne dehunter-gault examines onl of training that's gained popularity across the country. >> reporter: here in new york paty, issues between the new york police ment and african americans have long been simmering, with cases like thern death of eric four years ago representing somethi

., when they issued the rule, found that thousands of people were alive cause of the e.p.a which protected this clean air. >> on that i will just say, again, with his environmental record, i understand if you just want the look at theend result, you can pick the winners and losers and maybe nothink it's fair, but what kavanaugh does is goes with the authority the agency had.wi e.p.a. in particular, what we've seen in the last several vedecades, is they h pushed the envelope as far as they can d far ng the outermost bounds of what any statute they have requires them to do, and he is pushing back on that, and we think that is appropriate, because it's time for congress to relook at the lawles, thean air act and clean water act for results and not continue to let them legislate. >> woodruff: do you expect a change of the supreme court on tissues with brett kavanaugh joining. >> sadly not. the robert court has beera po corporate court. just this year you saw them rule in the epic systems case to make it harder for people having their wages stolen fromholding corporations accoun

there's one case where he ruled that the e.p.a. have the authority to require upstates that were polting toreimburse down state areas. that meant e.p.a., when they issued the rulefound that thousands of people were alive because of the e.p.a. rule which protected this clean air. >> on that i will ju say again, with his environmental record, i understand if you jus want the look he end result, you can pick thwinners and losers and maybe not think it's fair, but what kavanaugh does is goes with the autehority agency had. with e.p.a. in particular, what s've seen in the lat several decades, is they have pushed the envelope as far ashey can as far as doing the outermost bounds of what anya tute they have requires them to do, and he is pushing back on that, and we think that is appropriate, because it's time for congressoo to rat the laws, the clean air act and clean water act for results and not continue to let them legislate. >> woodruff: do you expect a change of the supreme courtn tissues with brett kavanaugh joining. >> sadly not. t

wifia was enacted in congress in 2015 and issued by the e.p.a. the e.p.a. requested applications for the inaugural round of funding. we submitted an application to fund 49% of the $1.3 billion project, maximum allowed to finance a project, 49%. we were one of 43 agencies to submit an application. it was one of 12 selected for funding and our loan represents the largest in the entire country. so we feel fortunate to present this to you today. since this selection from the e.p.a., staff has been consulting with advisors and legal team to negotiate terms for the loan. with your approval today, we're scheduled to close the loan this friday, july 27. the remaining costs of the bio solids project would be funded with combination of additional state loans and revenue bonds. in terms of the loan terms, the amount, as i noted before, $699 million, consists of $625 million to fund the project. $47 million of financing costs. the interest rate will be set on the loan of the execution, again, scheduled for this friday. it's estimated to be 3%. so the 1% difference repr

and what we're saying is that the e.p.a. tsa have acted arbitrarilyy and capriciously against the law. they are undoing standards that they, themselves, they, themselves said not only that but they are violating the requirements under the laws that apply to them that require hem to continue to make advances to clean up our air. >> ok. so aside from the lawsuit how open has the government been in negotiating coming to the table and talking to you? >> not open at all. that is why we're at this point where we have to likely sue the administration to try to stop them from violating the law. if they were willing to sit down and have a serious conversation perhaps there could be a chance to make some progress but for the past year or so it has been clear from their actions they haven't been interested in really speaking because they keep taking actions that not only violateth own laws but show they're not interested in serious conversation. >> given this how long do you expect this litigation to continue for? >> that one is a tough

when compared against the clean power plan using the e.p.a.'s own number, using the e.p.a.'s own numbers, it's easy to see the dirty power plan's shortcomings. and let's start, if you will, with the clean power plan. we have a chart here. it says the clean power plan would create $54 billion per year in public health and climate benefits. impair that to the dirty power plan. got another chart. this one shows e.p.a.'s -- e.p.a.'s own analysis. not my analysis. not the democratic party's analysis. e.p.a.'s own analysis of trump's clean power plan replacement. what happens to smog? it goes up. what happens to soot? it goes up. what happens to mercury? it goes up. what happens to carbon pollution? it goes up. and how about premature deaths per year? well, they go up by a couple, by a hundred, a thousand? no, no, no. up by 1,400 premature deaths per year. that's enough for me to say no thank you. and to give the dirty power plan a failing grade, a failing grade. but there's more. the clean power plan would reduce household energy prices by $85 a year through energy efficiency inv

is now urging the e.p.a. to review the findings and asking them to limit the use of quietus a on food crops in washington sarah montecito. with so much of our nation's capacity for moral outrage focused on the real and perceived villainy of democrats republicans. and of course the irreplaceable amoroso it's easy to forget that beyond the borders of our most recent most outrageous and most viral social media feed algorithm lies a vast sea of human rights abuses and tales of actual moral depravity that aren't as easy to die just as a political sex scandal or a president announcing his longtime staffer and friend as it turns out is actually a low life dog so while many here in the land of the freedom and prosperity may still blown how president obama once launched a mediocre health care website will snatching your top choice of position away investigative author of the gottman has spent a career exploring a world where the issue isn't really run medical websites or crummy insurance plans but rather what appears

indeed this person that if you look at the texts and the e-mails that went back and forth between the e.p.a. and months into it was this person that was their lapdog it was their controlled person in the p.a. life a safe a they man gradient. are you calling for a to be rightly bound. well certainly there's enough evidence that it should never be allowed because it is that into a biopic which means it can damage your gut bacteria it can buy with minerals which means it shuts down certain metabolic pathways in fact more than thirty diseases in the united states not just cancer are rising in parallel with the increased use of roundup and glyphosate based herbicides in the us these genetically engineered crops that are designed to be sprayed with round and i've interviewed numerous scientists and doctors who see a clear correlation and a reason why roundup may be causing any of these different diseases because if it's loads of action the figures in this case are a style ending aren't they we heard this court case close to three hundred million dollars that the majority of that be imputed of bei

that caused the be a to throw out that you don't believe he found that tumor nobody ever saw it and the e.p.a. then ordered monsanto to redo the study and thirty years that's ever been. you know months ago that was a lot of bad behavior by monsanto and we got a we got a wealth of internal memos from the companies that were seen by this jury many that were not. in our other trials mostly so one thing that's interesting is when johnson what what was so unique about your client's case that that allowed you to finally able to take it to trial with his case oh we could have taken any of our case to trial it was an urgency with dwayne which is that he is not expected to live through next year and so we really want to do we want a jury to see me as a very charming charisma addict and he. he has a very inspiring life if he can from extreme poverty and really he's been extraordinarily hard worker as a strong work ethic he has a great sense of humor is a wonderful stories of beauty wonderful father. and it was it was a good gauge for us one of the most important things and wayne's case is when he start

follow the law the law is it is very clear the clean air act says exactly what they're supposed to do the e.p.a. hasn't done it government hasn't done on the state level they haven't done it on the federal level and that's what that case is about the judge has allowed that to go forward because he can't he can't make a decision is a matter of law here's the difference is a matter of law he can't say well your writ of mandamus doesn't have merit to it a judge on the other side of the cons been brought in rhode island can as a matter of law say look i've looked at the information you've got you've got to do the analysis you have breach of duty analysis and then you have a causation problem and you're not able to show that their conduct was the direct cause of this so the two kinds of cases are very different from the rhode island lawsuit the state contends as a direct and proximate consequence of defendant's wrongful conduct described in this complaint average sea level will rise substantially along rhode island's coast average temperatures and extreme heat days will increase flooding extreme pre

that would be speaking that's conducted through either the e.p.a. or the department of public health. >> and are we testing that? >> we are testing our building. >> excuse me. e.p.a. and whoever's supposed to be testing, especially the people who falsified the reports, are we getting access to the testing that they're doing? >> well, the current testing that's occurring right now is with the california department of public health in parcel a. those are the actual samples that they're taking there. pertheir website, they'll have the results of that testing later this fall. >> all right. that's -- i think we should discuss it as a commission and talk about what we can do. >> commissioner hamasaki? >> just briefly. currently how many sworn and nonsworn personnel are working out at the site. >> we have approximately 41 individuals out there. >> 41. and based -- i guess we understand the testing's coming, but at this time are you confident that those 41 employees, that their health is not being jeopardized by their presence there and their exposure to the

the trump e.p.a. estimates that by 2030 there will be an additional, for example, between 470 and 1,400 deaths aear as a result of an uptick in thoseit trnal pollutants. >> woodruff: and how does the trump administration explain that? how do they defend that decision? >> so their argument is that this rule is about carbonox e and not those other polluteneds, and they're adhering to the law and focusing on greenhouse gas emissions and they have other methods of controlling those emissions. so potentially they could, you know, address it in another capacity. what they're saying is that thet o make these plants more efficient, and by definition, if they're going to do that and not impose an additional regulatory burden on these plants, they wanted tr make it eas do these upgrades, and as a resulth they'rnging the kind of current requirement that exist under federal law.>> oodruff: who is happy about this decision, juliet? >> so utilities fr the most part say that they're happy about it. that thiis... whil

has been working on this since two thousand and sixteen since they are in charge of the e.p.a. food standards there is they did say quote the results are being evaluated and those results will be included when the agency releases the twenty seventeen pesticide report so we are waiting on that report to see where they want to get you back as quick as possible to continue this conversation. at thank you sir. and soft drink and their joint pepsico announced on monday that they will acquire a soda stream the israeli maker of do it yourself so of making machines for three point two billion dollars buying them out at a hundred forty four dollars per share more than ten percent above soda stream starts closing price on friday pepsi's move is the latest episode of soft drink makers seeking to adapt to consumers shift away from the usual sweetened sodas by marketing to others possible products such as sports drinks caesar carbonated water the acquisition also was reportedly one of the final initiatives of outgoing pepsi c.e.o. in drug needy who departure we covered here and now we shift