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Attention to it beyond south texas. so thats why we looked at it. >> theres been a lot of concerns about fracking having potential effect on ground water. weve been reporting just recently a spike in quakes which may be caused because of the injection of water in the process. how did you know that quality of air is linked to that region of the country? why air pollution? >> we started to hear in the last year or two complaints from people about bad air and about illnesses they blame on the bad a...

They have to give the state regulators, they have to give regulators in their state 60 days notice in case the state wants to take action on its own before the citizens case can move forward. so this group filed a notice of their intent to sue duke energy. and then on the 58th day after the notice went out, the deadline was 60 days. on the 58th day, sure enough, north carolinas state environmental agency announced they were going to step in and take action themselves. the state essentially inter...

Regulators, they have to give regulators in their state 60 days notice in case the state wants to take action on its own before the citizens case can move forward. so this group filed a notice of their intent to sue duke energy. and then on the 58th day after the notice went out, the deadline was 60 days. on the 58th day, sure enough, north carolinas state environmental agency announced they were going to step in and take action themselves. the state essentially intervened and said to the citize...

Energy. and on the 60th day, on the very last day before that lawsuit could go forward, state regulators, again, stepped in and intervened. we have the right to step in here, were the new plaintiffs here, youre off the case. this past june, the same environmental group sent another notice saying they intended to sue, again, over coal ash. allegedly contaminating a public fishing lake and local drinking water at a duke energy plant near wilmington, north carolina, and once again, just like before...

Simon. simon has always had a passion for animals which found its way into the shows early episodes. he left "the simpsons" in 1993, but still gets millions in royalties. when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in november of 2012, he hatched a plan with the help of peta to buy up roadside zoos and circuses. >> when you say zoos and circuses, im talking about the crappiest zoos and circuses that have ever economisted. >> so youre willing to give hundreds of thousands of dollars? >> maybe more...

Alleged texting. now a woman is coming forward saying reeves threatened her in the weeks before. also in the movie theater, reeves attorney says he was in fear for his safety. in west virginia this morning, water is now flowing to more than a third of the 300,000 affected by the chemical spill in the elk river. officials are allowing people to turn their taps back on so it doesnt overload the system. theyre doing section by section. many of the businesses in downtown charleston have reopened b...

Protection in the state of west virginia? is that right? >> reporter: thats right. >> so its a statewide agency. i take it there were no local regulators, state regulators. did the federal government get involved, any federal agency get in there and examine some of these storage facilities? >> reporter:el with, the u.s. attorney here says that this is an investigation thats going to involve all layers of government. it could take a number of weeks now to figure out what really caused this leak. ...

Weeks. >> reporter: the economic impact has been real. restaurants and businesses have closed. i spoke with the governor of west virginia, and he says that the folks at freedom industries were not very cooperative. and had to be prodded to work together with state regulators. victor, christi. >> elizabeth, thank you so much. this ordeal has sparked one lawsuit that we know of. daniel stewart said his kidney plant surgery was canceled because of that and hes suing freedom industries and west virg...

Around the state. nothing to see here, folks. dont worry about a thing. why would you think its dangerous or explosive? he said that 2 1/2 weeks before this happened. heres how weird things have gotten in north dakota. last month, state regulators determined that an energy company has been operating a pipeline in the state of north dakota for two years totally illegally. they had no permit to operate their pipeline. it was a natural gas pipeline. they never bothered to get the proper permits for...

Well, last month state regulators in north dakota looked into that violation. they determined that the company was, in fact, running an oil pipeline in the state for two years without a permit, and then they decided that the company will not face any fine whatsoever for doing that. no big deal! dont worry about it. dont worry about it, north dakota residents, nothing to see here. one of the commissioners who made that decision said that fining that company might deter other oil companies from co...