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But when they hit places like burma, of equal power, they kill 200,000. the answer is always going to be in prosperity and freedom. thats good news. he cant sell that. by the way, none of those people were listening to him. they were going, youre out of your mind. >> theyre wondering how much money can we get for that? >> the senate democrats late last week said this is the new thing. were going to talk climate change. over the weekend, the talk shows go there and john kerry goes there. how does...

Lines. and they have repeatedly rejected any efforts on the presidents side to reduce tax breaks for oil exploration. you remember that energy and solar energy became a big issue during the last campaign. so i think he knows hes going to get pushback, but continuing to talk about. >> and leading up to the decision on the keystone pipeli pipeline. if he approves t hes got to make a decision i think by june or july, something along those lines. all of these current action might be designed to, you...

Mexico, no death. but when they hit places like burma, of equal power, they kill 200,000. the answer is always going to be in prosperity and freedom. thats good news. he cant sell that. by the way, none of those people were listening to him. they were going, youre out of your mind. >> theyre wondering how much money can we get for that? >> the senate democrats late last week said this is the new thing. were going to talk climate change. over the weekend, the talk shows go there and john kerry go...

Trying to shut down. >> in louisiana, for example. >> this week in the california desert one of the worlds largest solar farms opened. the problem is that the process generates heat waves approaching 1,000 degrees. birds are flying and being eviscerated. the green lobby is complaining. a hit to the solar plant. not only is it exposing environmentalist contradictions but an important lesson how we organize our lives we cant do it to protect the birds. >> before "saturday night live" there was med...

Last three years. thats patently false. this is not the first time this occurred at the state department. they had to throw out a previous environmental impact statement. this is the second time. in fact, the inspector general is currently investigating what actually happened with this contractor and the state dp. >> all right. we wanted to get to the bottom of this so we asked the state department today for a response because that same point was brought out by an activist on this program last n...

Adventure? >> i dont actually know. im still trying to recover from the last one but im -- i also do work on capitol hill to promote the northern rockies eco system protection act and protect ecosystems instead of bits and pieces of wild land. its like our national parks, it took 100 years to get the national parks and local people that used to object, saying let us keep our national parks, dont touch them. were trying to bring that consciousness to local people who think, i dont know, jobs vers...

Would have a negative impact on the environment. the ultimate decision to approve the keystone pipeline or not is the president. putting him in a tough spot between environmentalist who dont like it and unions who want the jobs. we have karl rove here. and former howard dean campaign manager joe tripy. karl you dont have palms behind you like joe in florida. >> it is tough, mind numbing work but someone has to do it. >> karl, you know about splits, the environmentalist and the unions, when is go...

Im for wind energy, but we have a responsibility to adapt to the oil thats coming out of our ground whether you like it or not. shale oil will be in the keystone pipeline and it will alleviate the pressure thats on the rail system in this country. its not a fair debate to any liberal. its not a fair debate to any environmentalist in this country if you allow all this oil to go on rails across this country and not be concerned about safety. joining me now is michael bruin and susan of the natural...

Department regarding the final environmental impact statement on this. but if you read the tea leaves, some here suggesting that the administration may be, may be moving towards approval of the keystone pl pipeline -- xl pipeline. earlier this week the ntsb and the safety board of canada issued a rare joint statement to impose new safety rules on freight trains that carry oil. weve already seen one major loss of life in quebec be last year. secondly, yesterday senator john hoeven of north dakota...

Theres an environmental battle smoldering in the northwest. timber industry and environmentalist clashing over trees burned in a forest fire six months ago. dan, tell us what this is about. >> reporter: the environmentalists are winning the battle. six months ago a devastating wildfire in oregon, 48,000 acres of private timberland, half privately owned, half managed by the government. on private land full scale salvage crews hauling out charred woods before its rotted out. between now and last a...