We speak to the indigenous scholar and activist nick estes. Then to the acclaimed writer Arundhati Roy on the crisis in kashmir and growing authoritarianism in india and around the globe. There is no voice thats coming o out of kashmir. Thats why i said the silence is the loudest sound. Everyone, whether its the major politicians, whether its boys who throw stones on the e stree, whether it is businessmen, lawyers everyone is in jail, even now. You u know, thenen they cut t off phones. They cut off the internet. I mean, can you imagine . When has it been done before, 7 million peopople, communication lockdown . Amy all that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. I am amy goodman. In this special broadcast, we begin with the indigenous scholar r and activist nick est. He is s a coffounder of the indigenous Resistance Group the red nation and a citizen of the lower brule sioux tribe. I talked to him earlier this year about his book our h
That revenue is just a bid among federal programs and shared with the state, local and tribal governments. Finally, we will hear testimony on two measures that would boost revenue sharing from onshore renewable as well as offshore development. Both bills under consideration or sponsored by members of this committee. Senator cassidy has introduced s2418 which is the coastal act and senator mick sally has introduced f2 666 which is a public lands are knowable Energy Development act. As a cosponsor of the coastal act i want to thank senator cassidy for introducing legislation that would bring revenue sharing for coastal producing states into parity with onshore developments. Progress laid the foundation through the passage of the gulf of Mexico Energy security act back in 2006. At that time the bill did not include alaska. The coastal act we are considering now what establish a Revenue Sharing Program that would include alaska. At the current time our offshore production is pretty minimal
Offshore areas. Secondly, we will explore how that is distributed and shared with state, local, and tribal governments. Then we will hear testimonies that will both revenue sharing from onshore renewable and onshore developments. Both bills under consideration are sponsored by members of this committee. Senator cassidy, introducing in s14 the coastal act, and senator mcsally, introducing the energy reproducing act. Thank you for introducing legislation that would bring revenuesharing for coastal producing states into parity with onshore development. Congress lay the foundation for offshore revenuesharing through the passage of the gulf of Mexico Energy security act in 2006. At that time the bill did not include alaska. The coastal act that we are considering now would establish a revenuesharing program that would include alaska and, at the current time, our offshore production is pretty minimal and therefore any returns to the state are equally minimal. It is important to address this
We are here this morning for three closely related purposes and first we will examine federal revenues generated from Energy Development on our federal lands, indian lands and federal offshore areas. Secondly, we will explore how that revenue is just a bid among federal programs and shared with the state, local and tribal governments. Finally, we will hear testimony on two measures that would boost revenue sharing from onshore renewable as well as offshore development. Both bills under consideration or sponsored by members of this committee. Senator cassidy has introduced s2418 which is the coastal act and senator mick sally has introduced f2 666 which is a public lands are knowable Energy Development act. As a cosponsor of the coastal act i want to thank senator cassidy for introducing legislation that would bring revenue sharing for coastal producing states into parity with onshore developments. Progress laid the foundation through the passage of the gulf of Mexico Energy security ac
If youre just waking up, its friday, youre alive. Heres whats happening weatherwis weatherwise. All right. Looking forward to a great day. Thanks for the pep talk there. Lets look at whats going on. Been watching some fog floating around. Its hitting novato every once in a while. Iscono yoca see we look from sutro tower. It will not stick in one place. It will move around. It wont be a widespread event. If you have a long commute, you may run into it. Temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. Mainly mid to upper 50s at noon. Well stay in the 50s at the coast. Low to mid 60s with tons of sunshine today. Grab a coat this evening back into the 50s. Good friday morning, everyone. Yes, we made it to the end of the week here, checking out our bay bridge toll plaza camera. A live look and seeing that the cash lanes are stacking up now. Metering lights are not on yet. Moving down to the south bay, a live picture from 87, nice and empty this friday morning. We expect it to stay that way. Moving on