The impact on gas prices . Guest it is a good question. The hurricane when it moved through, it did not have too much of an impact on the offshore production. As you have seen, it slammed Corpus Christi and moved to houston. There are so many refineries there. Something around 3 Million Barrels a day to 4 Million Barrels a day of refining was shut down. That is up to 20 of the u. S. Total capacity. So when you say there is a shortage, there was less production. That production is not only sent to stations locally along the gulf coast but also exported outside of the gulf coast and sent to places like mexico, other places in latin america, other countries. It runs up the Colonial Pipeline , along the east coast and all the way up to new jersey and new york. What happens is when you remove that much gasoline from the supply system, you will see that price spike. Especially when the Colonial Pipeline, the other day they said you had they said they or to restrict shipments intermittently s
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Mr. Menendez [inaudible] and after having had the benefit of having a hearing on the pipeline ive decided to oppose this bill for four basic reasons. First, on the bill i am deeply concerned that if approved, this pipe lynn will be the first of many pipelines opening one of the largest sources of carbon on earth to exploitation. Second contrary to what many believe, im convinced this pipeline will simply not enhance, help, or in any positive way improve our energy profile. Third, in my view, it is completely absurd for congress to take the role of permitting pipelines. It is a role we have never assumed and should not assume now. And, fourth, i believe its ridiculous that our republican colleagues insist on language banning Eminent Domain for National Parks legislation but oppose it when it comes to foreign or private projects like keystone. Furthermore, mr. President we cannot underestimate the Environmental Impacts of this pipeline
The the suv was stuck at the Railroad Crossing in new york, when the Railroad Track gates had come down on the vehicle. The driver got out looked at the rear of the suv got back in started to drive forward and then came the crash. The train plowed the vehicle down the track, both the suv and front of the train burst into flames. Ten passengers were hurt in addition to the fatalities, including the driver of the suv. 400 passengers were evacuated from the rear of the train. It was just this past december when four people were killed on the same line, when a train derailed, in the bronx. This now is a live picture from a helicopter above the scene in new york where the metro north line has been obviously been shut down and it should stay that way for a good long time. This is the second busiest train line in the country with 280,000 passengers a a day. Federal Railroad Administration accused the metro north line this past march of letting safety concerns slip while pushing to keep trains
Diane eastabrook in is chicago, but we begin with jonathan betz. I understand the weather already having a major impact on the commute. Yeah, without question because it is so cold dell. This storm system is not bringing a lot of snow or ice, just these frigid cold temperatures. In new york city it is hovering around zero degrees. You add in the wind chill, and it feels like 20 to 25 below zero. Not since 1896 has it been this cold in new york city. A record because of this be iter cold air moving through early today. Amtrak canceling dozens of trains today because of the cold weather actually had several trains stranded in Northern Illinois because of the snow the system brought up there. Close to 500 passengers had to sleep in the trains overnight, because the trains could not move because of all of the though on the tracks. Earlier today, amtrak brought in buses and bussed those people to chicago. Close to 2400 Flights Canceled across the United States today. Jet blue made the unusu
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