Theyre called oil sands, and if youve never heard of them, youre in for a big surprise, because the reserves are so vast that theyll help solve Americas Energy needs for the next century. [ticking] if you were waiting for the day Global Warming would change the world, that day is here. Its happening far from civilizations notice in a place about as remote as you can get. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im steve kroft. We live on an increasingly endangered planet, from the glaciers of antarctica to the rich prairie lands of canada. And the ultimate disaster may be financial as well as environmental. Later in this episode, scott pelley reports from antarctica on the wideranging effects of Global Warming. And later bob simon has a story from canada on the environmental damage caused by the next great oil rush. But our first story involves a controversial waste product that could have damaging effects on the environment. There are more than 600 coalfired power plants generating electricity
Theyre called oil sands, and if youve never heard of them, youre in for a big surprise, because the reserves are so vast that theyll help solve Americas Energy needs for the next century. [ticking] if you were waiting for the day Global Warming would change the world, that day is here. Its happening far from civilizations notice in a place about as remote as you can get. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im steve kroft. We live on an increasingly endangered planet, from the glaciers of antarctica to the rich prairie lands of canada. And the ultimate disaster may be financial as well as environmental. Later in this episode, scott pelley reports from antarctica on the wideranging effects of Global Warming. And later bob simon has a story from canada on the environmental damage caused by the next great oil rush. But our first story involves a controversial waste product that could have damaging effects on the environment. There are more than 600 coalfired power plants generating electricity
Threats to the olympics posted by the center for Strategic International studies. This is a little more than an hour. Good morning and welcome. We will confine all questions about Richard Sherman until after the briefing. Thank you for being here this morning. We have some weather coming into washington so it is good to have such an excellent turnout. A very timelysly briefing and we will get to it. Im joined by my colleagues dr. Andrew kutchins and jeff minkoff. The deputy security advisor in the bush administration, a key arson on counterterrorism and many other issues. A key person on counterterrorism and many other issues. We will open it up to your questions. Thank you for coming. Good morning, everybody. Said, you braved the rumor of a snowflake in washington, d. C. Later today coming in this morning. It is always wonderful during a press briefing to just check the news. So i checked the moscow times was good and the title of the story was potential suicide armor in sochi. You gl
A big surprise, because the reserves are so vast that theyll help solve Americas Energy needs for the next century. [ticking] if you were waiting for the day Global Warming would change the world, that day is here. Its happening far from civilizations notice in a place about as remote as you can get. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im steve kroft. We live on an increasingly endangered planet, from the glaciers of antarctica to the rich prairie lands of canada. And the ultimate disaster may be financial as well as environmental. Later in this episode, scott pelley reports from antarctica on the wideranging effects of Global Warming. And later bob simon has a story from canada on the environmental damage caused by the next great oil rush. But our first story involves a controversial waste product that could have damaging effects on the environment. There are more than 600 coalfired power plants generating electricity in the u. S. , and those plants produce 130 million tons of waste called