Anyone suspected of illegally crossing into the state from mexico. The fight over who can police the border escalating and the Supreme Court weighing in. Nearly half a Million People here in el paso have to basically justify their presence in the United States because of the color of their skin. Norah what this means for the battle over immigration. Texas very simply is enforcing the laws. Norah Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with a ruling from the Supreme Court that allows a sweeping texas Immigration Law to go into effect for now. In a 63 decision, the nations highest court said it wont block the law, known as sp 4, that gives local and state police the power to arrest and detain migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. The federal government has been the Sole Authority of Immigration Enforcement for decades. Critics say this ruling is an affront to federal law. The case now heads bac
We dont take whole trees. You do. And how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. Logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. Theres no other word for it. This is britains biggest Single Source of electricity. The Drax Power Station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but its switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uks drive to cut Carbon Emissions. And that means the company has received around £6 billion in green subsidies. Theres just one problem. Burning wood pellets actually gives out more Greenhouse Gases than coal. Now, Carbon Dioxide is invisible to the human eye, so you cant actually see all of the carbon coming out of that chimney, but wood burning releases plenty of it, even more than coal. So were actually paying for this Power Station to kick out more Greenhouse Gases than before. And drax is in line to get billions more from the taxpayer. Actually coming out of those chimneys right now is mo
we don t take whole trees. you do. and how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. there s no other word for it. this is britain s biggest single source of electricity. the drax power station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but it s switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uk s drive to cut carbon emissions. and that means the company has received around £6 billion in green subsidies. there s just one problem. burning wood pellets actually gives out more greenhouse gases than coal. now, carbon dioxide is invisible to the human eye, so you can t actually see all of the carbon coming out of that chimney, but wood burning releases plenty of it, even more than coal. so we re actually paying for this power station to kick out more greenhouse gases than before. and drax is in line to get billions more from the taxpayer. actually coming out of those chimne
but it says it avoids damaging primary forests and that the pellets it produces are made using leftover material from local saw mills. 80% is sawdust from sawmills. the last 20% is from well managed, well regulated forests which are only harvested for timber, and we take the bits of the tree which cannot be used for lumber because it s too small, it s diseased, it s hollow. and that material would have been left on the ground to decay, or in many cases in british columbia, burnt anyway. if it s genuine waste, it can make environmental sense to burn wood for electricity. drax does use sawdust and waste wood from the timber industry. but we don t think that s all
drax gets 20% of its wood from canada. but it says it avoids damaging primary forests and that the pellets it produces are made using leftover material from local saw mills. 80% is sawdust from sawmills. the last 20% is from well managed, well regulated forests which are only harvested for timber, and we take the bits of the tree which cannot be used for lumber because it s too small, it s diseased, it s hollow. and that material would have been left on the ground to decay, or in many cases in british columbia, burnt anyway. if it s genuine waste, it can make environmental sense to burn wood for electricity. drax does use sawdust and waste wood from the timber industry. but we don t think that s all the company turns into pellets.