Of a looming election joining me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Say theyre welcome to the stream home edition im josh rushing sitting in for femi ok now look if youre watching this on you tube live stream i need your help to that chat box over there thats a live chat box theres actually a stream producer in there right now waiting to get your comments and questions to me so i can get into our experts that are in the show today and it could not be a more important show were talking about Family Planning tearing coated in 1000 im going to take you right to my computers to show you a table here now its not a its not a pretty picture but it is an important picture i want you to look right down here at this number 6 months of lockdown will what happens if were in 6 months and lockdown is this is the estimated number of women not able to use modern contraceptives 47000000 women and now this is
Later. Explore nations past on American History tv, every weekend on cspan3 i woke up at my home was in a suburb of anchorage it was all over the news. So, by the time i got to work and you all about it. My first reaction was disbelief, how could this happen. Then, the second reaction was just shock at the enormity of it. They spilled like 11 million gallons of oil and covered like 11,000 mi. 2 of ocean before it was done. The scale was inconceivable until it happened. Where were you working, and what was your job there i worked for the Anchorage Daily News and i was a reporter , primarily doing investigative work but also covering business so i 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. A modern oil industry that we know today got its start in alaska in 1967 when there is a huge oil strike, the pipeline began operating in 1973 and that was when the tanker traffic began so about 15 or 16 year
I was a reporter at the time during investigative work but also covering business. I had covered oil even before this bill. 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 we know today got started in alaska in 1967. It was a huge oil strike. The pipeline began operating in 1973. About 15 years past. The oil industry in alaska from the day oil was discovered had an enormous mind share in this state. It was instantly recognized as the biggest source of funding for State Government. For a long time it was the only source that mattered. The oil industry produced money so fast that one of the jokes was even the Alaska Legislature couldnt waste it all. The oil industry took an acute interest in policy. Over time their influence over the legislature became enormous and it was almost more mandatory to be oil friendly to get elected to the legislature in this state. Who were some of the Big Companies operating out
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
Thank you all for joining us today for this important hearing. Ranking member kavanaugh and i think all of the witnesses for joining us today, as well. Including our witnesses and from ohio and pennsylvania. We look forward to the testimony of each one of you. As you know, last month news broke about an environmental disaster caused by Norfolk Southern train to ram it near East Palestine, ohio. Less than a mile from the pennsylvania border. Less than a trained around it in the subsequent hazardous relief and led to the controlled burn and the evacuation of some 2000 people. This tragic incident is a reminder of the importance of following the golden rule in treating other people the way that we would like to be treated if they todays hearing is an opportunity to put ourselves in the shoes of those impacted by this disaster. Examining the Immediate Response, and to ensure long term accountability for the cleanup efforts. It is our responsibility in congress to answer, one, what went wro