Importing coal, even as the president s war on coal slashes jobs in u. S. Energy production and cuts economic growth. In the background today, troubling new developments as terrorist group isis seizes seven oil fields in iraq. Can this nation achieve Energy Independence and security . How can we do it . For more on this nick loris, with the heritage foundation. Welcome, nick, good to see you. Good to be here. Gerri all right, i i want to start with this imports surging, 44 . Were importing coal. Were the saudi arabia of coal, yet were importing coal for use in our coalfired electricity plants. How does this make sense . It doesnt really and we have about 500 years worth of coal here in the united states. If we could buy it elsewhere cheaper thats fine, that makes economic sense. When we have this conglomerate of regulations coming down on the industry artificially driving up cost and devoid of any environmental benefit it is not only affecting industry but us as energy consumers, drivi
Importing coal, even as the president s war on coal slashes jobs in u. S. Energy production and cuts economic growth. In the background today, troubling new developments as terrorist group isis seizes seven oil fields in iraq. Can this nation achieve Energy Independence and security . How can we do it . For more on this nick loris, with the heritage foundation. Welcome, nick, good to see you. Good to be here. Gerri all right, i i want to start with this imports surging, 44 . Were importing coal. Were the saudi arabia of coal, yet were importing coal for use in our coalfired electricity plants. How does this make sense . It doesnt really and we have about 500 years worth of coal here in the united states. If we could buy it elsewhere cheaper thats fine, that makes economic sense. When we have this conglomerate of regulations coming down on the industry artificially driving up cost and devoid of any environmental benefit it is not only affecting industry but us as energy consumers, drivi
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Pay as you go. Works great with debit cards and cell phones, but your car . Tonight, the new tax california drivers may soon be paying with every mile. Good evening, im ann notarangelo. And im brian hackney. Kpix5s Christian Hartnett is in San Francisco with the proposal that has some drivers all revved up tonight. Christian . Reporter well yeah, a lot of drivers dont like the idea. Especially with the low gas prices we are seeing right now. And the drivers who have invested in more fuel efficient cars say it wouldnt be fair. Stan max climbs into the hybrid car he bought last year. A purchase made because of the 300 miles he wracks up a week. It may save gas, but it may not save him much money if he has to pay by the mile. The current state tax is 36 cents a gallon but they are thinking of scrapping that and charging a mileage tax. A test program wouldnt start until 2017. Frequent drivers may end up paying more. I may have to do
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Acres of storm water runoff. The idea is to show the advanced amount of polystyrene that can pollute our storm water system. Save our shore, california clean water action and save the bay are all speaking out in favor of thf proposed ordinance. They all agree that tough poll sis and regulations are needed to reduce the amount of styrofoam trash thats in the bay area creeks and San Francisco bay. That plastic and styrofoam are a huge component of trash that ends up in the bay. A lot of people dont realize that anything on the streets goes down a storm drains, thats mostly not screened. It mostly goes straight into the creeks in the bay that harms fish and wildlife. Were optimistic that well have a majority to move forward. San jose has always been an environmental leader. In this case there are an awful lot of cities out there already saying we want to move beyond polystyrene. Supporters of the proposed ordinance say the ultimate goal is to make the switch to using nonstyrofoam Food Pac