[inaudible conversations] you are watching booktv on cspan key with top nonfiction books and authors every weekendo of tv, television for serioustha readers. Nation host Amy Ellis Nutt is our guest and heres the cover of her book, becoming nicole. Who is now call . Guest nicole was born and identical twin boys in 1997. Board and given the name wyatt. This is a chart from the age of two, twoandahalf, identified as they grow. If when i see identified as a girl, didnt say to her parents i think im a girl, said wed like it to be a girl . You know, wed like it to look like a girl . Believed she was a girl and twon middleclass ordinary parents living in the state of maine, need to figure out what that was about. T how host how do they figure it out, or did they . Guest they did. Video of the book is really the mother. These twins were adopted atbirt birth. Kelly knew there were two things that were most important to her as a mother. Ha make sure that her children were safe and happy. She had
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
They wrote that thing, to protect us from that sort of thing. Okay, chris. Chris, i guess one of the issues i would have with your assessment is we have cut the deficits by more than half of what they were when george bush was president. The dow was about 7,000. It exceeded 17,000. The economy was up as i said, over 12 . Corporate profits up over 46 and so the suggestion that these policies were bad for america just frankly doesnt make sense to me. Now, what does is that those policies stopped the collapse of our economy but now weve got to build a foundation for people who have been left behind. For those middle class workers who have been looking at their pay stubs saying i dont see those statistics. And thats why i believe and why democrats believe, the focus has to be the middle class. They deserve a break because my sense is particularly in any district, people say if youre really rich, the government is there for you and if youre really poor, the government will help you but if y
Neighborhoods. This situation is made worse because most of these pits are decades old and their infrastructure is rotting. We have had two catastrophic failures from coal ash in the south king stones, tennessee and duke energy in the river and North Carolina and virginia. One local water system is being forced to abandon public water drinking wells. Fish have been killed in the hundreds of thousands. Property owners have been affected and groundwater has been contaminated with substances like arsenic. My main point is this today. The congress should not take away should not take away the rights of local communities to protect themselves from this dangerous coal ash storage. The congress should not leave the future of these people to government beaurocracies alone. The citizens right to force a new epa rule is essential. Now, what we have seen in the southeast is clear. The state agencies have not effectively enforced the law against these politically powerful entities. Let me give you
Consider to actions. T two actions. Its important to get an idea of the problem before a solution. Here is what they said in 2009. We are confident each of the ash basins have Structural Integrity necessary to protect the environment. What the heck happened . How are you certain . Duke supported the bill. You might ask why they are not in indiana . I would hope you consider giving citizens affected by coal ash a chance to speak are at play without interpreters. You can hear what it has been like and ask what certainty they are looking for. I think you will hear there is a certainty they will be cleaned up some time in their lifetime. Many of them have been waiting a long time. I think they would like the certainty. They would like the certainty the ash pond is not going to collapse on top of them and dump ash into the river. They can bring their own legal action if the state doesnt do anything. I will say the citizens have worked on these issues for a long time. They deserve to be hear