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 in the u. S. , and those
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
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
Canada now covers more than 385,000 acres. It is expected to grow substantially, perhaps double in size by sunday morning. Nearly 90,000 people have been evacuated from the city of Fort Mcmurray. Thousands who fled north are now being moved south as firefighters try to knock down giant walls of flames. Ben tracy is in alberta. Reporter there are times ouen you cant tell if its a fire or a volcano that just erupted. Sant stacks of smoke and flames reach for the sky, tearing through the droughtravaged canadian forest. Alberta wildfire manager Chad Morrison we still expect this fire to more than double in size because of the high temperatures, strong winds and low humidities. The good news is, it still t ntinues to move away from the community and oil sands facilities in the northeast. Reporter with no significant rain in the forecast, this fire is nearly impossible to contain. Fire captain adam bugden has been on the front lines met more heroes in this experience than i have ever thought