Power plant admissions. So, administrative reagan, can you reit gait how it could impede the rule making process with respect to pollution control measures that directly affect climate change. I can assure you a Government Shutdown would be detrimental to any work done on regulations that would help us stay globally competitive and take advantage of technology or regulations to protect vulnerable communities and children from horrible 2. 5 polluting as well. We are doing critical work to stay ahead of wildfires we are seeing across the country and we have to be in a position where staff is doing the research so we can alert immunities of the impacts. We are also trying to respond to the drought situation from impact as well so reduce the ability to respond to the Climate Impact and slow the ability to regulate emerging contaminants and prevent us fron protecting Public Health. I would say those inspectors on the job to ensure Water Infrastructure, safe Drinking Water, those will be all
Begun at the European Court of human rights in strasburg. Young activists are taking on powerful governments over their alleged inaction action against Climate Change. The courts rulings are legally binding on member countries. The legal route seems to be increasingly popular among activists and young people are increasingly at the forefront of activism. Could an approach based on child rights be the way forward in tackling Global Warming . We have a lot to discuss. It is six youths versus 32 countries. They argue governments are not doing enough to stop Global Warming and their inaction poses a risk to their health and lives. They are aged between 11 and 24 and made their way to the European Court of human rights to argue their case. With the support of other climate activists. We are the six representing a generation, the voices of the generation that wants to live a life that is good for everyone. They come from areas in portugal ravaged by wildfires and heat waves. They filed the c
This hearing is just under three hours. [background noises] with the committee will come to order. You declare recesses of the committee at any time. Opening statements but before my Opening Statement id like to also request unanimous consent to submit chairman lucas Opening Statement for the record might not recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing science and technology the Environmental Protection agency. I am pleased to welcome epa administrator Michael Regan for the very first time in front of the Science Committee. In fact this was the first time any epa administrators testified since 2019 so we certainly have a lot here to discuss. So thank you for coming. While ir appreciate you joining us today have to say her testimony was sent to the committee unacceptably late. Work are witnesses to share the written testimony no less than 48 hours ahead of our hearing. This is not an arbitrary deadline for our members t
Grace heading for a showdown with the military reports say tanks are massing outside the capital. And. The death toll from the iran iraq earthquake goes up to at least five hundred thirty some eighty thousand are injured and many more have lost everything. Plus for the first time in nearly sixty years the on imaginable happens italy filled the qualify for the world cup the blues had been eliminated in the qualifying round by sweden but now for the former powerhouse of song. Im sorry so much going to welcome to the show u. S. President donald trump has wrapped up his official twelve day tour of asia and he is on his way back to washington trump had a packed visit taking him to japan south korea China Vietnam and the philippines now the president said he had made progress with his agenda on trade and he also claimed to have made friends at the highest level in the region. Donald trump may have wrecked in the art of the deal but the art of diplomacy hasnt always come easily so this was go
Areas hit by sundays earthquake in iran and iraq thousands of people have lost everything and are now facing a difficult future. Plus exploiting the desperate right here in berlin Asylum Seekers male and female are being forced into prostitution by the very people who are supposed to be protecting them we have a special undercover report from the german capital also. Coming your way soon Climate Change we look at some artistic responses to the threat of Global Warming. And for the first time in nearly sixty years italy failed to qualify for the world cup they are eliminated by sweden in the qualifying round. Im sumi so much scandal welcome to the show reports are coming in from zimbabwe that tanks are moving near the capital harare a video posted on social media appears to show armored personnel carriers in a convoy heading towards an Army Barracks just outside the city now this comes amid heightened tensions in zimbabwe over an open rift between the army and president Robert Mugabe la