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Blasts blow up mountains to get into the coal inside. it is dumped into streams and valleys near by. >> president trump is showing he is looking out for the coal industry and the coal executives and not the people. >> since taking office, trump has withdrawn from the paris climate agreement, issued an executive order reopening federal lands to new coal leases and rolled back environmental rules, including ones aimed at requiring the coal industry to monitor and report toxic mining waste. >> they stopped the requirements for companies to report. now they have halted a study that would investiga...

American workers. that night and day kind of tone change. what exactly he told the people at boeing in south carolina coming up in a few moments. back on the hill this afternoon, the senate officially confirms scott pruitt to lead the epa, a department he built a career fighting in court. he has sued and fought the epa tooth and nail over regulations, particularly when it comes to fracing. we'll get into that. finally, what do coal miners have to say about president trump after he signed a roll-back of regulations on mining waste and water waste. that's coming up as well. we have our panel o...

Silver mine as well. this is an american company, but the physical footprint that freeport has in indonesia, it isn't just visible from space. it's easily visible from space. it's massive. their mine in papua province in indonesia, is basically a massive upside down mountain. it's almost a half million acres. they first discovered mineral wealth there in the 1930s when it was a dutch colony, by the 1970s, indonesia was an independent country and that mine was one of the biggest open pits in the world. among the many products and byproducts of that mine are of course all that silver and copper ...

1970s, indonesia was an independent country and that mine was one of the biggest open pits in the world. among the many products and byproducts of that mine are of course all that silver and copper and gold. also hundreds of millions of tons of mining waste that they have dumped in the surrounding jungle and rivers. that environmental damage associated with that mine is one of the things that mine is most famous for around the globe. it is also unappreciably massive, both geographically and economically. freeport's operation in indonesia is so big, in indonesia that company is the single bigge...

Mine was one of the biggest open pits in the world. among the many products and byproducts of that mine are of course all that silver and copper and gold. also hundreds of millions of tons of mining waste that they have dumped in the surrounding jungle and rivers. that environmental damage associated with that mine is one of the things that mine is most famous for around the globe. it is also unappreciaby massive, both geographically and economically. freeport's operation in indonesia is so big, in indonesia that company is the single biggest taxpayer for the whole country. and it's not like i...