I may look like congressman huffman, but im not. Shock, im a andressman lowenthal congressman is back in sonoma dealing with the wildfires there was never able to get back here to washington. So were all hoping that, you that that the fires subside and that, you know, many people are safe and that mr. Huffman returns soon. That, the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife will come to order. Subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on a sea of problems. Impacts of plastic pollution on oceans and wildlife. Rule 4f, anyee the Opening Statements at hearings are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the Ranking Member. This will allow us to hear from and helpsses sooner keep help members keep to ieir schedules so therefore, ask unanimous consent that all other members opening be made part of the hearing record if theyre submitted to the subcommittee by 5 00 p. M. Today, or the close of the hearing, whichever first. Hearing no objections, so orde
Issues with plastic straws. He is a member of oceana. And it also included testimony from other environmental advocates and plastics industry representative representative. The subcommittee on oceans and wildlife will come to order. I may look like congressman huffman, but i am not. It is a shock. Congressman huffman is back in sonoma and able to deal with the wildfires and he was not able to get back here in washington, and so we are all hoping that, you know, that the fires subside and that, you know, many people are safe and that mr. Huffman returns soon. So with that, the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to meet on the testimony of a sea of problems, the impact of plastics on ocean, water and wildlife. Any oral Opening Statements at the hearings are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. This is going to allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help keep,
These are the words being described used to describe hurricane harvey, the largest rainfall in continental u. S. History. We will go to houston to get our petro etch a on the unfolding Environmental Crisis as Oil Refineries a and chemical plan release thousands of popounds of airbororne pollutants. Plus, we will speak with naomi klein. She has a message to the media talk about Climate Change. We will also speak with one of the worlds bebestknown climate ntists, dr. James theink the peoeople question people are asking is what is the impact on humans of this hurricane and there are substantial impacts on sea level , the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere and therefore the amount of rainfall, and also the strength of stotorms. Humans are already impacting all of those to a substantial degree. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas and louisiana, at least 30 people have died, more than 17,000 pe
Rainfall in continental u. S. History. We will go to houston to get our petro etch a on the unfolding Environmental Crisis as Oil Refineries and Chemical Plants release thousands of pounds of airborne pollutants. Plus, we will speak with naomi klein. She has a message to the media talk about Climate Change. We will also speak with one of the worlds bestknown climate ntists, dr. James theink the people question people are asking is what is the impact on humans of this hurricane and there are substantial impacts on sea level , the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere and therefore the amount of rainfall, and also the strength of storms. Humans are already impacting all of those to a substantial degree. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas and louisiana, at least 30 people have died, more than 17,000 people are in shelters, hundreds of thousands are under evacuation orders, and all past u. S. R
These are the words being described used to describe hurricane harvey, the largest rainfall in continental u. S. History. We will go to houston to get our petro etch a on the unfolding Environmental Crisis as Oil Refineries a and chemical plan release thousands of popounds of airbororne pollutants. Plus, we will speak with naomi klein. She has a message to the media talk about Climate Change. We will also speak with one of the worlds bebestknown climate ntists, dr. James theink the peoeople question people are asking is what is the impact on humans of this hurricane and there are substantial impacts on sea level , the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere and therefore the amount of rainfall, and also the strength of stotorms. Humans are already impacting all of those to a substantial degree. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas and louisiana, at least 30 people have died, more than 17,000 pe