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The facts are clear. the risks to human lives are here. it's good. in terms of striking the balance, i think it's important to remember the industry isn't monolithic. some of the companies are acting more responsibly than others. the big thing is today the companies have an opportunity to prove if they want to seem to be responsible. they should support the build back better agenda, the investments in clean transportation and clean energy. and they should walk the talk on methane pollution which we know is dangerous and slash their emissions. >> important to shine the light and make sure the t...

Alaska, the methane rule, what does it add up to in terms of tangible material harm? >> this action here, against the minimum -- de minimis impact to industry economic impact bottom line, we're going get five million metric tons of methane pollution which could heat four million homes a year if it was in the market. and at the same time, it's this -- >> wait, is that just going to be put in the air? that's just going to be put in the air? >> yes, or leaked into the atmosphere in some fashion, yes. and at the same time, with the clean power plant as you pointed out, we have pulling out of paris...

Around with the science. in the end you, have to go to court and justify these regulations. this is an administration that has done quite badly in court. they have been saved a coupe of times by the right wing judges. but so often the efforts to roll back regulations have been defeated in a court. so part of this push and pull insures that if you're going to do a regulatory change, it's done in way that is defensible. >> dan, in toto, how much of a threat is this? when you look at everything, the clean power rule, withdrawing from paris obviously, possibly open up the national forest in alaska...