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Legislative reporter rene marsh. what are we talking about? >> a 24% potential overall cut to the budget as many as 3,000 employees, potentially laid off. the elimination of long-standing environmental protection programs and drastic reduction of others. now, every state will be impacted in some way, but some states will be particularly hard hit. president trumps proposed budget could slash state grants aimed at enforcing environmental laws as well as regional programs that address specific poll...

Saying it was littered with rusting equipment and rotting chemical drones. this is a seven-acre derelict factory site that may have serious pollution problems. the incoming president not only owns it but wants to redevelop it. it becomes our problem because the state of south carolina has to decide what to do about this. you cant redevelop and rent some place if it is full of toxic pollution, right? that wouldnt be okay. but if it is not your pollution, if you had nothing to do with it, no conne...

"titanic" problem. because that building,s the site of that company is apparently a mess, a business that rented space on that building said the roof leaked so bad all the merchandise was destroyed in a rainstorm, even though the stuff was inside the building when the storm happened. barry meyer from the "new york times" wrote about the site saying it was littered with rusting equipment and rotting chemical drones. this is a seven-acre derelict factory site that may have serious pollution proble...

Became his. the reason he bailed them out, he took over this bankrupt company and took over their property in south carolina is because titan atlas was founded by his son. donald trump swooped in and rescued titan atlas from everything other than the shame of its name because that particular failed business venture was his sons failed business venture. heres why it is all of our "titanic" problem. because that building, the site of that company is apparently a mess, a business that rented space ...

Laurels that it was pre-spill. and they pack up and go away. over and over and over again. in the end, its not working out. and somebody has to really start speaking out and putting some peoples feet to the fire, especially this agency. you get out here and you do your job and you clean up what is the most important thing to all of us, and that is our right to clean water. >> erin, ill ask you one more question, and that is, there is still a level of uncertainty about the long-term dangers on pu...

Without congressional approval in response to the libyan bombing of a nightclub that killed several american soldiers. and in the face of growing concern over americas growing pollution problems, presidentri with an executive order. the agency consolidated parts of different federal agencies dealing with different environmental issues. so thats your history lesson for the day. a startling new development in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. with australian researchers releasing now ...

Competitiveness that we will generate and find from our american economy. >> that was 1990. during the debate over what george h.w. bush said he want dodd with the clean air act. despite those predictions that the sky would fall and god would have his revenge, the george h.w. bush administration passed the amendment to the clean air act and it took those giant and ultimately effective steps towards stopping acid rain and repairing the hole in the to ozone layer. and we didnt become a communist c...

Because of the lack of productivity, the lack of competitiveness that we will generate and find from our american economy. >> that was 1990. during the debate over what george h.w. bush said he want dodd with the clean air act. despite those predictions that the sky would fall and god would have his revenge, the george h.w. bush administration passed the amendment to the clean air act and it took those giant and ultimately effective steps towards stopping acid rain and repairing the hole in the ...

It should send a signal to other developing countries to stop denying their pollution problems and start dealing with them. most of them are actually much worse than china in this regard. so we have the strange irony that dictatorial china responding to public protests is cleaning up its air faster than democratic india. up next, how to defend the united states against cyber terrorism. ill have a great guest whos been sounding the alarm for years. but after a morning spent in the caribbean, play...