southwest indiana is home to the kind of plant of the agreement that trump got out of this week targeted. we re inside the guts of one of the biggest coal-fired power plants in the nation. some people would call it a super polluter. what are we looking at? everything from our co2 emissions to our capacity and all i mercury? mercury. reporter: this is in southwest indiana. when it was scheduled for an outage, we were brought in for an exclusive tour. this is where it all starts? it is. this is a barge unloader. this is where we unload coal. reporter: when you look at a coal pile like this, how long does it take to use up all of this coal? this is roughly a 30-day supply. reporter: so in 30 days,
worst polluting coal fired power plants in the country, the exact kind the paris agreement targets. we teamed up with the center for public integrity and headed there to learn what it s like to have some of america s worst polluters as your neighbor. we re inside the guts of one of the biggest coal fired power plants in nat nation. some would call it a super polluter. what are we looking at? everything from our co2 emissions to so 2, our opacity. mercury. mercury. this is the rock port coal fired power plant in southwest indiana. when the plant was down for a scheduled outage plant manager tim brought us behind rock port s highly secured gates for an exclusive tour. this is where it all starts stho this is one of our two barge unloaders. this is where we unload coal. rock port s stream of coal also means a constant dream of pollution. it s not just them. according to an investigation by the center for public integrity, in 2014, 22 facilities they call
is a good neighbor. some local residents aren t sure living near any super polluter is helpful. what brings you here today? he has been sick with sinus infections and things. he woke up yesterday morning from his nap around 3:00 with his eyes matted shut and hoping to get that taken care of today. brought him to this pediatric practice over 50 times, and he s only 2. dr. norma sees cases like his every day. there you go. you did it. good job. so doctor, what do we got going on here? well, bradley is kind of typical of a lot of kids i see, parents in particular, when they moved into the area they ve never been as sick as when they lived here. for 20 years, i could give you a geographical boundary of the snout zone. that s a shot? it corresponded literally to the zone of the concentration of
working to reduce emissions coming out of this plant? there was a lawsuit by the governme government. so a lot of it is driven by regulations. how our plants operate, though, and which plants continue to operate is being changed dramatically by economics, as well. reporter: you didn t mention public health. does that come into your equation? it s definitely a concern of ours. the employees here live in this community. we want a healthy community. we want to be in compliance. reporter: rockport says it s abiding by all relevant regulations, but some local residents aren t sure living near any super polluter is helpful. what brings you here today? my husband is sick with sinus infections. my child woke up yesterday from his nap with his eyes matted
the turkish and japanese embassies also reported damage. american troops have been fighting the taliban here for more than 15 years. just terrible images coming out of kabul. matt bradley in london, thank you very much, matt. toxic decision. concerns over whether the president will withdraw from the paris climate agreement. we ll talk to one democratic congressman. and we ll get an insider look at one of the country s biggest coal fir plants. some people say it s a super polluter causing health concerns for residents nearby. the homeowner was outraged. luckily the geico insurance agency had helped her with homeowners insurance. she got all her shingles replaced. hansel and gretel were last seen eating their way through the candy cane forest.