Washington journal. Also live on American History tv on cspan3. I woke up at my home which was in eagle river. A suburb of anchorage. And it was all over the news. So by the time i got to work, i knew all about it. First reaction was disbelief. How could this happen . And the second reaction was just shock at the enormity of it. They spilled, i think, 11 million gallons of oil and covered, like, 11,000 square miles of ocean. Before it was done. The scale was inconceivable until it happened. Where r you working, what was your job there . I worked for the anchorage daily news, a reporter at the time primarily doing investigative work but also covering business so i had covered oil even before the spill. Can you tell us what the history of the oil industry was in alaska, how large was it during that time . The modern oil industry that we know today got its start in alaska in 1967 when there was a huge oil strike on the bay of the states north slope. The pipeline began operating in 1973 an
Of Liquified Natural Gas exports in the global market, the recent growth of u. S. Exports and concerns about Energy Relations with china and russia. The hearing was held by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee. Manufacturers and residential consumers alike. We have such a massive Resource Base that we can send substantial volumes abroad. Were now leading the world in natural Gas Production. Hopefully soon well also lead in exports. A few of those experts are here to tell us what is driving these trends, where they may be headed and how u. S. L and g fits into the equation. I use this term quite frequently but i hope were going to hear some ideas this morning on how to make our exports even more competiti competitive. Im particularly excited coming from alaska about the role my state can play. T furk has just released the draft for the Alaska Project, has great opportunity to move some tremendous reserves of gas on the north slope to market. Its a pretty important milestone
Infrastructure for electric and alternative fuel vehicles. Thats a reality of consumer desire, as well as dealing with the realities of Climate Change. We give local discretion for funds to initiate Emission Reduction strategies. That include simple things like providing alternatives for our cars, people who want to walk or bike rather than getting into our cars. Its a major commitment that we are going to provide resources and partnerships with local governments to deal with our realities and the responsibility in the transportation sector to reduce carbon emissions. I can tell you, mr. President , as i told my colleagues on the environment and public works committee, every day i face it every day, every day i community from baltimore to work and have to deal with the realities of congestion. Its been estimated that the delays caused by congestion and the excessive fuels that are used by congestion costs our economy over 300 billion every year. So theres not only a quality of life iss
Us to say that we are generally on the parent to civilian led government thats premature at this point mr reeves we thank you very much for your time and your expertise on this that is eric graves live in northampton massachusetts thank you. There are plenty more ahead on the news hour including mothers march in hong kong support of Young Students against a controversial extradition. Zimbabwes underpowered a commie unreliable electricity supplies are putting businesses and workers under pressure and the president has some big plans for the womens world cup the whole has the details and. The uns Nuclear Watchdog will hold a special meeting next week on Irans Nuclear program the meeting was called by the u. S. Which pulled out of the 2050 nuclear deal last year and says it will begin the 2nd phase of its planned to reach the deal starting on sunday iran has set a 2 month deadline for the remaining signatories that is russia china russia and france and germany to provide Economic Relief f
Been raging for a month Officials Say in recent years these kinds of fires have become more frequent and persistent but alaska is also in the midst of an unprecedented heat wave that shows no signs of abating local firefighters and emergency staff are being reinforced by socalled hot shot crews from across the u. S. Conditions are monitored by the hour in order to tackle what is now a massive blaze this is a case of prioritizing where people and infrastructure is basically exactly also whats good for the environment and whats safe for firefighters thats always going to be our number one priority. On the ground staff are stretched thin and have been on the front lines of this blaze for weeks videos posted by crews fighting to control these wildfires showed just how difficult and dangerous the work is we came across the brook valley firefighters a crew made up of native alaskans from remote communities who are vital. Highly trained part of this operation were all here is one when were al