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Attention to it beyond south texas. so that's why we looked at it. >> there's been a lot of concerns about fracking having potential effect on ground water. we've been reporting just recently a spike in quakes which may be caused because of the injection of water in the process. how did you know that quality of air is linked to that region of the country? why air pollution? >> we started to hear in the last year or two complaints from people about bad air and about illnesses they blame on the bad air. but if you look at complaints, a lot of people had to do with air. rotten egg odors, people w...

They have to give the state regulators, they have to give regulators in their state 60 days' notice in case the state wants to take action on its own before the citizens case can move forward. so this group filed a notice of their intent to sue duke energy. and then on the 58th day after the notice went out, the deadline was 60 days. on the 58th day, sure enough, north carolina's state environmental agency announced they were going to step in and take action themselves. the state essentially intervened and said to the citizens group, no, we are the state department for the environment. we have...

Regulators, they have to give regulators in their state 60 days' notice in case the state wants to take action on its own before the citizens case can move forward. so this group filed a notice of their intent to sue duke energy. and then on the 58th day after the notice went out, the deadline was 60 days. on the 58th day, sure enough, north carolina's state environmental agency announced they were going to step in and take action themselves. the state essentially intervened and said to the citizens group, no, we are the state department for the environment. we have the right to step in here. ...

Energy. and on the 60th day, on the very last day before that lawsuit could go forward, state regulators, again, stepped in and intervened. we have the right to step in here, we're the new plaintiffs here, you're off the case. this past june, the same environmental group sent another notice saying they intended to sue, again, over coal ash. allegedly contaminating a public fishing lake and local drinking water at a duke energy plant near wilmington, north carolina, and once again, just like before, state regulators stepped in on the very last day before the suit could go forward and say actual...

Simon. simon has always had a passion for animals which found its way into the show's early episodes. he left "the simpsons" in 1993, but still gets millions in royalties. when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in november of 2012, he hatched a plan with the help of peta to buy up roadside zoos and circuses. >> when you say zoos and circuses, i'm talking about the crappiest zoos and circuses that have ever economisted. >> so you're willing to give hundreds of thousands of dollars? >> maybe more. >> millions, maybe? >> why not? >> it's images like these that motivate his investment. this pa...