number of incidents isn t moving up, why do they think they ll see more serious problems? a very fair question. many people in the industry say, look, there s no evidence of it. what they re saying is this is just like what we ve seen in the mining and oil industries, anderson. fundamentally, there are just not enough inspectors out there. the federal pipeline and hazardous material safety administration is under-funded. so, most of the inspections are left up to the states, which, in turn, often rely on guess what. we ve heard this refrain before. they rely on the companies themselves to keep track of potential problems. the very thing that gentleman was describing there. they go out and look and say is anything wrong here? the head of this agency, however, says she inherited years of neglect and problems and has promised to fix them. there will be, as this goes on, the investigation into all of what happened out there, a lot more questions about what precisely they re doing to
years. this is one of those matters where the critics suggest ed it may be just a matter of time before we start seeing more serious problems like what we just saw out in california, anderson. number of incidents isn t moving up, why do they think they ll see more serious problems? a very fair question. many people in the industry say, look, there s no evidence of it. what they re saying is this is just like what we ve seen in the mining and oil industries, anderson. fundamentally, there are just not enough inspectors out there. the federal pipeline and hazardous material safety administration is under-funded. so, most of the inspections are left up to the states, which, in turn, often rely on guess what. we ve heard this refrain before. they rely on the companies themselves to keep track of potential problems. the very thing that gentleman was describing there. they go out and look and say is anything wrong here? the head of this agency, howe r however, says she inherited years
think they ll see more serious problems? that s a very fair question. many people in the industry say, look, there s no evidence of it. what they re saying is this is just like what we ve seen in the mining and oil industries, anderson. fundamentally, there are just not enough inspectors out there. the federal pipeline and hazardous material safety administration is under-funded. so, most of the inspections are left up to the states, which, in turn, often rely on guess what. we ve heard this refrain before. they rely on the companies themselves to keep track of potential problems. the very thing that gentleman was describing there. they go out and look and say is anything wrong here? the head of this agency, however, says she inherited years of neglect and problems and has promised to fix them. there will be, as this goes on, the investigation into all of what happened out there, a lot more questions about what precisely they re doing to fix them and how that will trickle down to t
problems? that s a very fair question. many people in the industry say, look, there s no evidence of it. what they re saying is this is just like what we ve seen in the mining and oil industries, anderson. fundamentally, there are just not enough inspectors out there. the federal pipeline and hazardous material safety administration is under-funded. so, most of the inspections are left up to the states, which, in turn, often rely on guess what. we ve heard this refrain before. they rely on the companies themselves to keep track of potential problems. the very thing that gentleman was describing there. they go out and look and say is anything wrong here? the head of this agency, however, says she inherited years of neglect and problems and has promised to fix them. there will be, as this goes on, the investigation into all of what happened out there, a lot more questions about what precisely they re doing to fix them and how that will trickle down to the places where we all live, an
court. as oil companies consider moving rigs to south america or africa, governor bobby jindal asked the obama administration don t appeal this ruling. don t prolong the uncertainty. give them a final answer. reporter: environmentalists were not happy with the judge s ruling. it s hard for us to understand as we look at the gulf of mexico and see the oil washing in and disturbing pelicans on their nests and coming in to pensacola and disturbing the tourism that s so critical for that region, why we couldn t have a time out. reporter: they say government oversight is still too weak to start drilling again. the inspection process isn t really worth the paper it is printed on because it s been exposed that the paper was printed on by the oil industry. reporter: so what now? personally i feel like it is going to stay tied up in legalities. he ll appeal, they ll hopefully block it again, then there will be another appeal. reporter: if so, others in the industry say, some o