and i want to put up some of the cuts kin colluded in the cuts included in the president s budget. great lakes restoration, water run ah control for farmers, pesticide safety. what does that say about the commitment of this administration and you to cleaning up the environment when you re making a 31% cut in your agency and cutting things like that, water run ahs for farm runoffs for farmers? well, part of the issue, chris, is over the last several years there s been a lack of commitment to state partnership. you know, we have state departments of environmental quality across the country that have the resources and the expertise to deal with clean water and clean air issues, and so renewing that partnership chris: are you sure they re going to pick up the slam, or might water safety, water runoff, great lakes restoration, might that all just go by the wayside? i ve met with several governors, in fact, within the first week of having been on the job i met with 20-plus governor
is more than any other agency, and i want to put up some of the cuts kin colluded in the cuts included in the president s budget. great lakes restoration, water run ah control for farmers, pesticide safety. what does that say about the commitment of this administration and you to cleaning up the environment when you re making a 31% cut in your agency and cutting things like that, water run ahs for farm runoffs for farmers? well, part of the issue, chris, is over the last several years there s been a lack of commitment to state partnership. you know, we have state departments of environmental quality across the country that have the resources and the expertise to deal with clean water and clean air issues, and so renewing that partnership chris: are you sure they re going to pick up the slam, or might water safety, water runoff, great lakes restoration, might that all just go by the wayside? i ve met with several governors, in fact, within the first week of having been on the
under the president s new budget, the epa is cut 31%, that is more than any other agency, and i want to put up some of the cuts kin colluded in the cuts included in the president s budget. great lakes restoration, water run ah control for farmers, pesticide safety. what does that say about the commitment of this administration and you to cleaning up the environment when you re making a 31% cut in your agency and cutting things like that, water run ahs for farm runoffs for farmers? well, part of the issue, chris, is over the last several years there s been a lack of commitment to state partnership. you know, we have state departments of environmental quality across the country that have the resources and the expertise to deal with clean water and clean air issues, and so renewing that partnership chris: are you sure they re going to pick up the slam, or might water safety, water runoff, great lakes restoration, might that all just go by the wayside?
the dam s burst at a mining site, sending a toxic mix of mining and water runoff, surging downhill with little warning. burma, a country that has gotten praise from the u.s. for its transition to democracy will hold historic elections this weekend. the election is expected to be won by opposition leader aung san suu kyi s party. the country s current president is assuring that its government will inspect the results. china. watch that first step. it s a doozy. over 30 adrenaline junkies from around the world b.a.s.e. jumping from a bridge 1,200 feet in the sky. their target, a tiny bull s-eye in the valley below. belgium, brew masters blaming global warming for the halting of production of one kind of special beer. lambic beer can only be made in certain temperatures, but this year it s been simply too warm,
there are as many as 23,000 legacy mines in colorado alone. what the epa was doing and trying to clean up the mines and what they did is underestimated the contractor, at least, underestimated the amound of buildup behind and it apparently burst out. but what do you do about all of these mines as the epa s challenge and your challenge as governor is to see what pollution is behind some of these other old mines? well, of course, it s not 23,000, but it s certainly more than 20,000, probably more than 22,000. but 22,000, 23,000 abandoned mines. this was the legacy of the west. this is how the economy functioned a hundred years ago. and the vast majority of those old mines are just holes in the cliff wall or in the side of a hill and they re not a big problem. no more than just normal water runoff over a slope that s