u.s. environmental protection agency which should be in the business of doing exactly what their title implies protecting the environment but the agency is face cando after scandal and specifically with some pronounced personnel problems as hard to report that continues ethics scandals cost former e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt his job now another trump appointed to the environmental protection agency's south east regency as been region has been indicted for violating state ethics charges in the. state of alabama president trump appointed trey glenn as regional administrator of the e.p.a. in august of last year despite a history of ethical issues ironically mr glenn's indictment may actually help alabama clean up some environmental messes molly barrows contributor with america's lawyer is here to explain molly welcome back what happened with mr glenn. tre glen has been a center of ethics controversy for the state of alabama for some time but in essence he was a lobbyist working for a law firm opposing e.p.a. cleanup efforts in some predominately black neighborhoods north of birmingham where

u.s. environmental protection agency here's a sneak preview they continue to have some pretty pronounced personal problems all that straight ahead but first we had some headlines let's do it. we start today's global report with british prime minister theresa may who moments ago announced her cabinet has backed a draft withdrawal plan for brecht's that ms may said the alternatives to the draft were a no deal breaker. or not leaving the european union at all as described the deal as the best that could be negotiated she also said that difficult days were ahead and that she believes with her head and her heart the deal is in the national interest the deal must now be approved by parliament we'll continue to get some details and bring you more. the continuing clash between the italian government and the european commission over italy's two thousand and nineteen budget continues italian finance minister giovanni tria defied previous objections in a letter to the commission that notify them that mr tria and his colleagues would push ahead with a budget that projects a budget deficit equivalent to two p

u.s. environmental protection agency acknowledges coal ash can cause serious health effects. coal ash is also being used in creating products like roofing material, bricks, and concrete. the epa calls this "beneficial use," and members of the coal industry claim reusing coal ash provides an environmental benefit. >> there are a wide variety of things we can use coal ash for, rarather than throwow it away.. the most prominent uses are, uh, using coal fly ash in concrete. every ton of fly ash we put into coconcrete is a ton o of cementt doesn't need to be made, and not making that ton of cement has saved over 11 million tons of co2 emissions last year alone. used p properly, coal ash is a safe material for beneficial usese. the levels of metals in coal ash are comparable to the levels of metals in n the dirt and rocks in yourur backyard. we believe the best solution to coal ash disposal problems is to quit throwing it away. in parts of ththe country, these historic coal mines have a tremendous problem with acid mine drainage. you'veve seen n the oranange-cod creeks and those ki

u.s. environmental protection agency which continues to have pretty pronounced personnel problems molly barrows was join us as we head to break oil prices staff there twelve days down we told you about last time west texas intermediate trade it up just a little above six fifty six dollars per barrel at nymex as does the global benchmark brant crude which trades at the intercontinental which change in europe ice futures europe in london which closed just above sixty six dollars per barrel and here are those numbers at the closing bell we. could total more on the beach to close those troops immediately sent its shots the steadily shrinking. look to. be totally against it i said. you couldn't be sure you believe that but i'm going to have to scan to show. you the seventy's. in the perspective of the session users. so some new t. come forward summed up for. the mummy what you called the british mr bush cuts and then we'll show you the school. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic to follow people only p

u.s. dollars and twenty thirteen this volume is growing rapidly this year the ratings agency moody's already expects two hundred fifty billion dollars the good news is that high returns often go very well with environmental protection social responsibility and good corporate governance in london for example fund manager charlie thomas invests large sums for his clients in sustainable investments when i took over found in two thousand and three there were strangely ten companies what you could say is that how that's changed. in the last kind of fifteen years that we've now it's four hundred percent increase in the number of countries that we can invest in so those are companies providing solutions that could be water could be way sic a renewal energy energy efficiency so if that doesn't look like a bank so far we have yes why wouldn't. climate risks for example play an increasingly important role in the selection process environmental pollution and workers' rights are also important factors on the deck of funds opposition to our presence in the humbucker forests shows that something is changing in the financial sector still the investment company doesn't want to part with arguably shares instead it wants to have a c

u.s. government agencies it says global warming will disproportionately hurt the poor undermine human health and damage agricultural production findings clash with president onil trumps policies which of rollback environmental and climate protections while boosting the domestic production of fossil fuels all alan fischer is in washington and joins us live now alan tell us more about what's in this report. what's very interesting this is a report this pulled together by thirteen federal agencies they collate all the information they've got to do it under congressional mandate and what they're saying is that the climate is no changing at a faster rate that any point in modern human history and they say there are big problems ahead for the united states because they see the current measures that are in place to fight climate change simply aren't enough they're talking about a lot of people being forced away from the course and they're not just talking about the likes of florida and south carolina if he has been hit with hurricanes over the last few years and a lot of flooding they're saying look this could in fact hit all of the united states course though is the talk particularly about the likes of new hampshire in the northeast ups

u.s. government agencies it says global warming will disrupt fortunately hurt the pool undermine human health and damage agricultural production the findings clashed with president on trump's policies which of rollback environmental and climate protections while boosting domestic production of fossil fuels alan fischer as male . this is a pull together of information from thirteen federal agencies and it's been pushed not in december when it was planned but wait on a friday afternoon after the thanksgiving holiday here in the united states perhaps the administration hoping that many people won't pete too much attention to it but simply because of what's in the report it is lighting up social media people are deeply concerned but what the scientists are seeing this see that climate change is no progressing at a faster rate in the united states than any point in modern history that it's going to be inevitable that people will have to move away from coastal areas in the united states because of rising sea water they're not just talking about the likes of florida and south carolina where we have seen extensive flooding in the last couple of years after hurricanes they're talking about the entire eastern seaboard a large chunks of the wester

u.s. seat in california for a net gain so far inhe midterms of 37. the president said today he plans to nominate the acting head of the environmental protection agencybe its permanent chief. andrew wheer is a former coal industry lobbyist. he became acting administrator after scott pruitt resigned in july, over an ethics scandal. wall street wound up a losing week with some modest gains today. the doinw jonestrial average rose nearly 124 points, to close at 25,413. the nasdaq lost 11 points, and the s&p 500 added six. for the week, all three indexes dropped 1.5% to 2%. and, seven americans today received the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. the recipients, all chosen by presidtrenp, included elvis pressley, babe ruth, and former supreme court justice antonialn , all honored posthumously. the four living honorees were utah senator orrin hatch, former pro-football greats roger staubach and alan page-- who lathter served on minnesota supreme court-- and philanthropist miriam adelso still to come on the newshour: a federal judge sides with cnn in white house.inst the major changes are made to federal government guidanc