Well, you know what makes your auto run. For millions of years, this sourcrce of power slept peacefuy in the dark recesseses of the earth until modern magic loosed the liquid energy from its subterranean prison. The quest for oil was not only confined to land. It extended offshore. There are oil reserves under the coastal waters of the united states, mainly off the coasts of california, alaska, texas, and louisiana. The gulf of mexico, home to a rich diversity of marine life, and it also produces almost a quarter of americas oil. Tapping these offshore oil reserves helps meet a significant part of u. S. Energy needs. But when things go wrong, theres a high price to pay. In 1969, the Santa Barbara oil spill dumped two and a half million gallons of oil into the pacific, killing thousands of sea birds and marine mammals. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Oil tanker ran aground in alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William sound. And most recently, in 2010, the bp deepwater hor
Well, you know what makes your auto run. For millions of years, this source e of power slept peacefuy iin the Dark Recesses s of the earth until modern magic loosed the liquid energy from its subterranean prison. The quest for oil was not only confined to land. It extended offshore. There are oil reserves under the coastal waters of the united states, mainly off the coasts of california, alaska, texas, and louisiana. The gulf of mexico, home to a rich diversity of marine life, and it also produces almost a quarter of americas oil. Tapping these offshore oil reserves helps meet a significant part of u. S. Energy needs. But when things go wrong, theres a high price to pay. In 1969, the Santa Barbara oil spill dumped two and a half million gallons of oil into the pacific, killing thousands of sea birds and marine mammals. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Oil tanker ran aground in alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William sound. And most recently, in 2010, the bp deepwater ho
Well, you know what makes your auto run. For millions of years, this source e of power slept peacefuy iin the Dark Recesses s of the earth until modern magic loosed the liquid energy from its subterranean prison. The quest for oil was not only confined to land. It extended offshore. There are oil reserves under the coastal waters of the united states, mainly off the coasts of california, alaska, texas, and louisiana. The gulf of mexico, home to a rich diversity of marine life, and it also produces almost a quarter of americas oil. Tapping these offshore oil reserves helps meet a significant part of u. S. Energy needs. But when things go wrong, theres a high price to pay. In 1969, the Santa Barbara oil spill dumped two and a half million gallons of oil into the pacific, killing thousands of sea birds and marine mammals. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Oil tanker ran aground in alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William sound. And most recently, in 2010, the bp deepwater ho
Uncertain future for the thousands of desperate people trying to enter europe. Dead end. Of the entire homeless population, approximately 20 of those individuals and families are living in their vehicles right now. Californias surging homeless population, and the push to lift the ban on sleeping in cars. [ jazz music ] plus him hometown, jazz giant Terrence Blanchard on the city that he was born and raised in, new orleans. To me they embody the whole idea of what it mines to be resilient. Ten years after katrina. Asian markets are just now open for trading. Markets closed down again on tuesday for the sixth day in a row. The New York Stock Exchange opened optimistically this morning, but finished the day back in the red, dropping nearly 205 points. The loss wasnt as steep as yesterday, but after another tumultuous day investors remain nervous about what comes next. John terrett is in the newsroom with more. They, john, the Dow Jones Industrial average, the best measure of the u. S. And
Prep school. This is al Jazeera America, good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. It is poised to be another rocky day on wall street, futures pointing up right now, despite up and down for the asian markets. Traded ended down again, even after china cut interest rights in a bid to boost the economy there. Tokyos nikkei saw major rebounds to end a six day losing streak. Now the question remains whether americans are still nervous over how china is handling the crisis. Mary snow has been talking to traders who are getting frantic calls from investors. Certainly that nervousness is there. Those calls certainly came with speed on monday after that dramatic day on wall street. They tapered off yesterday. I think the bottom line of all of this is uncertainty, and that uncertainty, of course, stemming from china. The big question that still remains to be seen is how much does this affect the u. S. Economy. Weve been talking about it now for several days and we really dont