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Just last month, the supreme court ruled against the epa's costly mercury regulations. but that decision came after three years of federal enforcement, an advantage say critics for the white house. >> the ink on the opinion wasn't even dry yet before epa decided to move forward. around they actually said in their press release respond together supreme court decision that hey, you know what, we don't really care. >> reporter: the administration says the clean power plant is central to preventing early deaths caused by pollution. investment opportunity away from fossil fuels. climate justice for...

I am absolutely, deeply sorry that this ever happened. but i want to make sure that we -- that we react policiy posit in a way that is correctionredi that we move forward. >> epa has admitted their responsibility in this and i hope they would hold themselves to the same standard as any other entity or business. >> they're not going to find themselves -- epa is not trying to make a profit. i get that, that there is a frustration that something like that ever happened. but people are not machines, they're not perfect. >> well, five days after 3 million gallons of waste water from a contaminated ...

Forthcoming. >> it took them a little less than 24 hours before they even told us, number one. number two we're not told what toingss are in the river. >> reporter: governor martinez says her state may sue. >> we cannot have different standards for private industry and for the federal government. and we are going to hold them accountable. >> reporter: the epa says it has teams on the ground, testing and retesting water in multiple states that depend on this river water. as the sludge moves downstream and dilutes, crews at the source of the blowout have created collection pools to treat the see...

That has jurisdiction over energy issues. >> hydraulic fracturing and the advent of cheap reliable american gas has been an absolute economic boom for our country. that's exactly what president obama and his allies want to shut down. >> hamm's encounter with the president was not the first time he'd been made aware of the administration's take on his industry. >> i was kind of like how the romans -- mediterranean. >> that's a regional epa head hand picked by the white house caught on tape in may of 2010 explaining metaphorically how he planned to deal with noncompliant oil and gas producers. >...

>> louisiana senator david vitter is the ranking member that has jurisdiction over energy issues. >> hydraulic fracturing and the advent of cheap reliable american gas has been an absolute economic boom for our country. that's exactly what president obama and his allies want to shut down. >> hamm's encounter with the president was not the first time he'd been made aware of the administration's take on his industry. >> i was kind of like how the romans -- mediterranean. >> that's a regional epa head hand picked by the white house caught on tape in may of 2010 explaining metaphorically how he pl...