Fracking. There is no reason for the federal government to get in the way of fracking. People are getting sick already immediately from breathing in the fumes. We know we are the saudi arabia of oil. Fish, oyster, shrimp, and crab catches are all still down. The republicans in the house of representatives want all of the above. Good to have you with us tonight, foelks. Thanks for being here. Have you gone fishing in oily water . Fish dont taste good. We could start with Hillary Clinton tonight, but i dont think the countrys talking about Hillary Clinton. Only the attack dogs who want to see her fail are talking about it. Tonight i want to start with a story that i think is vitally important to america. Its disturbing news about, we got a new Free Trade Agreement being worked out. The deal between the European Union and the United States could boost u. S. Crude oil and Gas Production bigtime. Weve talked a lot about the tpp on this program. Because that, of course, relates directly to american jobs and i thought everybody wanted jobs in america. But theres another deal in the works. Let me tell you, this is the mother load to go after climate change. T the Huffington Post has obtained documents from the tra transatlantic trade and investment partnership. What a cool name. This could contain language to expand u. S. Fracking, offshore oil drilling, and natural gas exploration. This new trade agreement could potentially wipe out 39 years of restrictions on exporting u. S. Oil and gas. This is exactly what ted cruz is talking about. They want more. They dont have enough. They are climate deniers. Theyre not going to pay any attention to the white house climate assessment. Even though its the worst report weve ever had and its the biggest wakeup call the countrys ever had when it comes to climate change. You see, 2008 was all about health care. 2012 was all about health care whether we did the right thing or not. 14 and 16 is going to be all about energy and climate change. Get ready for it. Thats what the country is thinking about and talking about right now. At a time when america is already struggling with an increase in oil spills, increased production makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Now, america averaged 20 oil spills per day in the year 2013. There were over 7,500 spills, blowouts, and leaks. Thats a lot. The number represents an 18 increase from the Previous Year 2012. Were in the age of drill, baby, drill. Get those corporations and let them do whatever they want to do. And oh, by the way, lets give them a subsidy along the way. There have been at least five Major Oil Pipeline ruptures since 2010. One pipeline burst just last week in los angeles. Yeah. Nice Neighborhood Party that one was. This is not the time to be increasing gas and oil production. And there is no guarantee your gas prices are going to go down if we go forward with this trade agreement that the European Union wants us to do. They want the United States to be able to go anywhere and export more oil and natural gas and because of what putin and what hes doing in the ukraine, we have to make sure we get that deal done. No. No. Then weve got this false sense of security of, you know, weve got this British Petroleum thing that happened back in 2010 that really not a whole lot of people are talking about. You see, the 2010 deep water horizon disaster was the Largest Oil Spill in the history of the oil industry. Remember that . I mean, it was this was just a constant picture on all the networks. I guess we had forgotten that. That was a 210 gallons of oil leaking into the gulf of mexico over 80 days. Its been over four years from this disaster. Bp has been running these ads to make you think everythings just fine. Im glad to report our beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy. And the economy is showing progress with many areas of the gulf coast having their best tourism seasons in years. I was born here. Im still here. And so is bp. Were committed to the gulf. For everyone who loves it and everyone who calls it home. Oh, remember. Theyre open for business. Well, folks down in los angeles, they would beg to differ. Four years later and the gulf of mexico is still suffering. This image was taken in september. Four years later and large amounts of oil are still washing up on shore. There hasnt been a lot of coverage of that nationally. You mean they got oil coming up on shore in louisiana . I thought that spill was okay. Hbos vice attended a Coastal Restoration meeting. It was clear things are far from normal on the mississippi delta. Weve got 2. 9 million more pounds of oily material in the last few months in 2013 than in this same time period in 2012 nap is a 2400 increase in oily material collected between 2012 and 2013. 2400 increase in oil over one year is far from open for business. Back in 2010 bp and the coast guard used toxic chemicals to sink the oils so nobody could see it. It was simply pushing down the problem and pushing it down the road so we wouldnt talk about it. Hard chunks of oil are now showing up in huge numbers. There are reports of dead dolphins and sea life. Okay . You know, there are reports of tumors and oil on shrimp. The seafood business in louisiana is far from where it used to be because of that oil spill. Heres what one of the largest shrimp piers in louisiana told hbos vice. We do about 15 of the shrimp we used to do. Are you seeing shrimps that are deformed or have tumors . When the little boats fish in this area right here, half of what they catch is deformed. Half, really . Yes. What kind of deformities . Tumors on their head, bumps off the side. All in the gills where they breathe at. The shrimp they catch around this area, 50 of them will be deformed. Were saying why are so many of them deform snd they showed us this over here. This they just got off the channel. Solid oil. Then you come here you see the oil in there . Thats oil in its gills. Yeah. If you take this shell off, you could pull the oil out and smell it. Gosh. Pulled some oil out of your shrimp as of late . But remember, theyre open for business. Bp claims tests show seafood is safe. Its safe to eat in the gulf. A im probusiness, but theres a reality to this. The reporting from louisiana shows otherwise. There is no way you can spill 210 million gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico and have it return to normal in four years. It cant happen. Now, in march there was another spill in the gulf. This time 150,000 gallons of oil leaked from a rig off galveston, texas. Within days there were reports of wildlife and local economy in distress. Its tomorrow that thomas smith is fearful of. After 150,000 gallons of oil spilled into the ocean on saturday. Only god knows. Ive got to get the rest of these tanks clean. Hell go on about his schedule as much as he can. But a new fishing ban is already holding them back. These little fish will hurt us. They cant get fish from the gulf for fear of contamination. Therell be no bait. Inside his shop, hes already feeling the effects. We got hurt today. I didnt even come nowhere near to what we would normally take on a sunday. We have seen disastrous consequences thanks to offshore drilling. Its time to cut back maybe just a little bit, not to increase production. Meanwhile michele bachmann, thats right the congresswoman from minnesota whos under investigation for some ethics issue, she thinks otherwise. She was out in the gulf of mexico touring oil rigs this week. She wants to bring awareness to business and push for increased drilling. Increased drilling in the gulf. This shows you everything you need to know as a liberal when she gets involved and thinks that oil should be able to do whatever the heck it wants. The new oil and gas free trade deal is bad news for america. Now is the time to be cutting back on oil and Gas Production or at least dont increase it any more just because of a trade agreement that would knock out 39 years of restriction and regulation that we need. Look whats happened during regulation. We need to say no to the keystone xl pipeline and yes they are all connected. We need to fix our environment and switch to renewable sources of energy. Sure, wind and solar were not doing enough. President obama has to say no to this trade deal, has to say no to the keystone xl pipeline. Because there was this report that was delivered to the white house that really wasnt too good. The climate assessment. It ought to wake all of us up. What we have here now is a possibility of a trade agreement that would increase fracking that would say we got to get more natural gas because of what putin was doing on the other side of the world and theres profit to be made there. Offshore drilling, they cant do enough. Were living in the age of drill, baby, drill. Thats all the republicans were talking about the last two election cycles. Of course loosening restrictions on u. S. Oil and gas exports, that means its got to come out of our ground to do more damage to our ground, more damage to our environment so they can sell it on the open market and your gas prices are not going to go down. Get your cell phones out. I want to know what you think. Tonights question. Do stoiries like this make you question eating seafood . You can text your answer or go to our blog. Well bring results later on the show. For more i want to bring in Huffington Post reporting zach carter who broke telestory. And also with us tonight, americas lawyer ring of fire radio host, americas attorney. Great to have you with us. Hes done a lot of work in the gulf and lives in florida. Lets start with you first. What could this trade deal mean for the United States oil and Gas Production . What would it actually mean if this deal were to go through and these restrictions were lifted. What would it mean to the industry . Well, it depends in part on what other types of provisions are in the deal. The United States has banned exports of crude oil since 1975. Its given the president the power to make certain exceptions to that ban. The ban is in place for various National Security and economic reasons. And this deal would essentially require automatic permitting for all oil and Gas Production. Anything that the European Union wants sent. Regulatory restrictions in place for some cases environmental reasons. In other cases National Security reasons. Given that the European Union has combined the largest economy in the world. Youre talking about a significant demand for energy there. Which would mean more fracking and drilling. So we havent heard a whole lot as of late about this agreement that, of course, the European Union is pushing, zach. So these restrictions would be loosened. They want the United States to keep digging in, they want to do more tracking all across the country wherever they can find it. They dont care about the environment. They say they need it so the United States since youve got these finds, serve up more. This is the trade deal theyre pushing right now. Correct . Thats right. And your viewers are familiar with the Transpacific Partnership who know this has the capacity to bind future administrations as well. The u. S. Would not be able to regulate this in the future without being subject to certain sanctions. If this language makes it into the deal. I think its important to note typically other countries dont ask for your exports in a trade deal. I think this is the sort of thing the Obama Administration has shown some sympathy towards. Theyve seemed willing to lift some on oil and gas projects. So i think right now theres a reason why environmental groups are upset about this. Mike, they want it all dont they . Thats what it seems like. We havent heard much about the gulf recently. Whats the situation down there . Well, theyre playing to shareholders. They dont want to talk to shareholders about embryos about being born defective, shrimps without eye, about tar mats being found, about major huge fish being dying from cardiac events. So what theyve done is theyve started they spent 50 million at attacking the victims and attacking the lawyers that are handling cases for the viktvikt victims. And they have to do that because they lied to their shareholders. They told their shareholders it would be over and its far from over. The top shrimp buyer in louisiana says is that hes doing 15 of the normal business that he used to do. I mean, clearly anybody in business is going to know things just arent the way they used to be because of what happened four years ago and bp is running around saying, hey, were open for business. Life is good. Dont worry about it. Life is good for bp because this administration has now allowed them to go back into the gulf. We have got to talk about this. We have a president that has become the drill, baby, drill president as far as these people in the south are concerned. This is guy that 20 days before the bp catastrophe made a speech telling us that oil rigs dont cause oil spills. It was almost as if it was written by exxon. So what is the perception down in the south . After all this serious face speech thats given by this president and we find out when we look at the facts, hes opened 112 million acres of oil leases to these same companies that are getting away with this type of thing. Hes grown Domestic Oil Production higher than its been in decade and there has been no serious attempt at all, ed, to go after or prosecute the number one worlds worst serial repeat environmental polluters such as bp. In fact, hes let them back into the gulf. So he has a problem especially where it comes to ttip issue. My thought on it is hes going to let it go. Hes going to cooperate completely. We have to be serious. We have to be honest about where we are with this administration. Progressives have given obama this pass on holding him to his promise about oil and alternative energy the same way weve given him this pass on prosecuting wall street criminals. The only way to change that is first of all for progressives to be honest with themselves and understand our drill, baby, drill president wants to increase drilling, wants to increase fracking, wants to increase more fossil fuels in this country. Well, life clearly is not the same for these shrimpers down in the gulf and clearly that oil spill had a major impact across the board and yet now they want more. They just never give up. Zach carter, great reporting. Great to have you both with us tonight. Remember to answer tonights question there at the bottom of the screen. Share thoughts on twitter and facebook. We want to know what you think. Got some bugs caught in my throat from fishing this weekend. Coming up, chinese cyber spies indicated indicted i should say for targeting American Companies. Theyre listening in including u. S. Steel, the united Steel Workers panel weighs in on that. But first operation america springs failure to launch. Trenders is next. 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