Around Orange County and the inland empire, but in l. A. Itself, do you have a goal of what you think is reasonable to sign up over the next year or so . Im striving for 220,000. You are. If that takes us a series of years, so be it, but were putting rhettthe resources behind this. It pays us back many times over. It makes business sense first and foremost but it also makes ethical sense. You alluded to this before but cities may intervene on the other side . Were looking to have a lot of other cities who stepped up saying they want to be a part of it, too. We dont have, quote unquote, local government or the federal part of the government saying were against this because if just a few voices decided to challenge, we think we can get a coalition of cities much larger and that is an important counterbalance for any court. They may win this first round judging by what ive heard from the court its in but it will be appealed, of course. As its being appealed, its very important for america
Issue. I commend the epa for working on this rule. Do you have a conference that this final rule is protective of health and the environment, are there gaps in the protections under this rule that would need to be filled by legislation . I believe the rule is very strong and very protective. And in terms of any gaps we dont believe there are any gaps. We believe all the risks are put in place. All the rigorous technical information. What about beneficial reuse . Will this rule restrict beneficial reuse in anyway to stigmatize coal ash . We dont believe it will. The real clarity is not subject to the rule. But still i expect were going to hear from the second panel that legislation is needed to remove epas authority to regulate cole ash under subtitle c in the future. What factors might lead epa to some day regulate coal ash under subtitle c. To be clear we had proposed an approach under d and c. We made a decision under d the seat proposal is no longer on the table. Like any other rule
Good evening. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. We devote the program to examining hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking. It uses water, sand and chemicals breaking up rocks to increase oil and gas production. Fracking is not yet widely used in california. But questions about the environmental impacts in other states have triggered calls to ban it here. We begin where the issue is going before the the film vertigo. Today, just around the corner from the famous church, a different kind of drama is unfolding. A Grass Roots Group called san ber nieto rising has put an initiative on the November Ballot that asked the voters to ban the oil and gas technique. They say it uses large amounts of water. The misuse of water in a drought time is the big issue. You know . Even some of the farmers and the farm workers around here are very concerned about that because that means jobs. Even though they produce little oil and none of it through fracking its the first county in california to quali
By closing their doors. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im randall pinkston. A major humanitarian crisis unfolding right now in yemen a Saudi Led Coalition is targeting Houthi Rebels and residents say the war is ripping their country apart. Many witnesses report seeing bodies in the street. The red cross is trying to deliver badly needed aid to the country but ongoing air strikes are making that effort all but impossible. Omar al sala has more. Reporter on days of fighting, many homes have been destroyed. Homes and shops lie in ruins. Civilians are also being killed. Houthi rebels along with fighters loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh the form he president are infiltrating districts near the citys port. These are fighters loyal to president hadi and they are putting up a fierce battle. The city is a Battle Ground and the locals are caught up in the middle. It is getting really difficult for citizens to get the water and food supplies. Power is intermittent, we get power ma
Through some challenges is training to help people get through challenges of their own. The people in charge of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant have another challenge on their hands. Tokyo electric Power Company Officials Say the effects of a leak of contaminated water are expanding. Theyve detected a sharp rise in radioactivity in groundwater at a monitoring well. Nhk world reports. Reporter workers at Fukushima Daiichi seem to have a new challenge on their hands every day. More than 300 tons of contaminated water leaked out of a storage tank in august, and theyve been dealing with the effects ever since. Some of the water may have flowed out through a ditch, and into the pacific ocean. Workers dug a well about 10 meters from the tank to monitor the impact. On thursday, they detected 400,000 becquerels of strontium and other radioactive substances in the well. Thats 6,500 times higher than readings taken the day before. Fishermen worry about what the leaks might mean for them. The