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Energy companies are saying that most of it is water but the concern is over the chemicals and whether it contaminates the ground water. the governor called on the oil and gas industry to sit down with environmentalist groups and state regulators to grow on how much the public would be told. every entity had to compromise but the oil and gas industry said it will reveal the chemical that it is putting into the ground if it can keep the ratios how much chemical to how were water. now, we had a cr...

And whether it contaminates the ground water. the governor called on the oil and gas industry to sit down with environmentalist groups and state regulators to grow on how much the public would be told. every entity had to compromise but the oil and gas industry said it will reveal the chemical that it is putting into the ground if it can keep the ratios how much chemical to how were water. now, we had a crew when this announcement was made with the governor here and it is actually unique, to see...

Pressure. over the course of many months, the oil and gas industry representatives along with environmental groups and state regulators hammered out a new rule that required them to reveal the chemicals going into theground, but the exact ratios as trade secrets are still protected. >> industry said this is what we have to do to protect our trade secrets. the environmental city says this is what we think the public has a right to know to create transparency for the chemicals and the compositions...

American state regulators, up and down the stack. if america was serious about ending the ability for prescription drugs to exist well in excess of their intended use, whether its xanax, oxycontin, all the abused prescription drugs that exist in america today, if regulators were serious about ending that, how would they show that and could they do it? >> you know, i wish i had the solution to that. theres no question this goes on every day, you know, its not propofol, but it is painkillers and o...

streak, tiger woods returns to the pga tour. in less than five hours he tees off in the bridgestone invitational. congress celebrated its long overdue deal on the debt crisis by racing out of town for summer recess. lost in that cloud of dust, funding for the faa and thousands of workers who now cant be paid. >> personally, this is devastating. ive spent -- i spend most of my day trying to figure out what -- what can i not ay, what can i pay, where can i get extra cash. were pretty m...

hey, kiera. >> good morning, guys. great to see you. heres some of the stories that have us talking this morning. nervous investors awaiting this hours opening bell on wall street. the doll plunged 266 points yesterday for its eighth consecutive loss. trial under way for former egyptian president hosni mubarak. the ailing hue mark could face execution if convicted in the deaths of anti-government protesters. florida watching tropical storm emily as it approaches the northern caribb...

Phenomenon as the company had claimed. >> the report pretty well refutes the naturally occurring phenomena. the state regulators take their share of hits but the most scathing comments are about the company itself where there are so many safety violations enumerated in the report that were in place for decades that are being violated as such that became normal diseation of the deviant behavior of this company was accepted as standard practice and this cannot be allowed to occur. it is like a per...

He is "endeavours" mission commander. the west virginia mine where 29 workers were killed last year will be sealed. massey energy is scheduled to meet next week with state regulators to discuss a plan for sealing it. an explosion at the mine was one of the countrys worst mining disasters. indianas governor announced that he plans to sign a law that will restrict abortions and make his state the first to cut federal funding for planned parenthood. the move comes as mitch daniels considers a p...

>> just a little lawsuit. he was involved in little lawsuits. >> its not a real university in the sense you and i would understand it. it was a series of seminars. the first thing they ask you to do according to the students is up the limit on your credit card to $35,000 dwlars so you can afford the gold seminars to learn how to become a millionaire. state regulators got complaints about it. theres a class action lawsuit with former students. as we reported, the texas attorney generals office op...

They said the battery pack was damaged from the fire but it was not enough to indicate that the fire started with the chevy volt. that remains a mystery in connecticut. well find out, give you more as we get it. and there are new warnings from lawmakers about some classic american kids games, freeze tag, whiffle ball, even dodgeball apparent lies on the danger list these days. trace gallagher is live in our west coast newsroom. its hard to do this with a straight face, trace. >> reporter: it is,...