garbage juice. it s terrible for the environment. they made laws in 1976, they had to line the garbage dumps. also methane, more famous with cows than garbage. now, we have to burn that before it heads into the atmosphere. that s where the real regulation happens. all the more encouragement is needed for us to recycle. we re up to 24%, which is a huge increase. we re only landfilling less than 1% more per year and less use of paper that we have. people don t read papers as much anymore. get their news from places like slate. who s crying now? it s up next. homeowners rates have been going up, but you can still refinance to a fixed rate as low as 4.75% at lendingtree.com, where customers save an average of $293 a month.
higher education. using tear gas and water cannons to break up the demonstration. china, snow and ice causing travel troubles. it comes ahead of the country s lunar new year holiday. for many chinese it s the only chance they get each year to visit home. spain, a trashed hotel in madrid. the building made of waste from garbage dumps and from beaches in western europe. the man who designed the place, he wants to draw attention to trash that is generated. the ocean is biggest garbage dump of the world. one that stayed there it s nicer than you expect and there was no smell of garbage at all. that is a wrap around the world in 80 seconds. shep: here at home a new plan to make it easier for you to get back pay when an investment goes
wetlands or garbage dumps and have flight paths on arrival and departure that do not take us over large bodies of water or wooded areas where birds are likely to be attracted and to whoever can detect them, quickly provide a warning of that to the cockpit so the pilots can act on it and we re working on all of those fronts. mike: captain sully, thank you for being here and author of the book highest duty a remarkable story he s told in his own words. two years and seems like just yesterday, but i tell you it s going to be one of america s great moments of watching this extraordinary man with nerves of steel land that airplane safely in the hudson river and every living soul survived. captain, a pleasure, thank you for being here. [applause] coming up grand funk railroad s co-founder mark farner joins us, stay with us. [ amy ] as a dietian, all of my patients are my top priority.
upcoming reality show. regulators had reprimanded the producers of kate s old show for not getting the permits though no legal action was ever taken. if you believe babies come from a stork maybe this one carries only boys. a rare blue stork is causing a sensation in a small village in germany. the possible explanation is a little less charming. while the birds are usually white they migrate long distances and sometimes rest in garbage dumps. some experts believe that s where this one may have picked up its blue hue. that brings us right down to the wire. look at that. did i make it? three, two, i made it. see, mike? told me to keep speeding up. i beat it. told you. hollywood has always loved depicting the first meeting between human and aliens. now one prominent scientist says it wouldn t be a fairy tale ending.
logon to scoop.todayshow.com. other news around the morning this time of day, news that makes us say no way. woke up to find a motorboat that crashed into their dock and gazebo. police arrived at the scene to find the boat suspended almost vertically with the driver still in the driver s seat. surprisingly the driver was not injured but charged with careless operation. oops. if you believe babies come from a stork, this one would likely only carry boys. a rare blue stork is drawing plenty of visitors to a small village in germany. they are supposed to be white and my great long distances and sometimes rest in garbage dumps. some bird experts are saying this could explain why this one has a blue hue, because it was