Company. As a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Welcome everybody, i am the dean at the Journalism School and im very pleased to welcome you to tonights conversation with the 2020 prizewinners, i am sorry we are conducting this conversation virtually rather than in the room at columbia, i hope her back together again next year and the way we annually celebrate these wonderful awards in the memory of one of the great nonfiction narrative writers of any generation, certainly a great influence on the generation of writers that i grew up around. And probably among the folks who are being honored tonight. What were going to do tonight is try to concentrate on the substance rather than the ceremony since zoom is not a capacious place to exchange awards and the like so we will have a series of conversations with our four winners and then walk us through that, when we are done we will take your questions in chat and we will try to wrap up in an hour using the
Industrialization in the postbellum u. S. , and the cultural history of Petroleum Use in the 20th century, and what it revealed about American Environmental ethics and precedents. He has examined industrial intensity during the civil war era, as well as the impact of modernism and landuse planning on the modern environmental movement. Professor black received his doctorate in american studies from the university of kansas in 1996. This evening, he will address how world war i informed the 20th centurys use of Energy Sources including petroleum, and the fuels enduring impact on our environment and climate today. Give a warm welcome to professor brian black. [applause] professor black thanks ,everyone. Thanks, everyone. Thank you for being hardcore audience to come out on an evening like this. Thank you, kamil, and everyone for putting together this program. I truly am impressed on a number of levels and i have not been to this facility, so i am impressed at that. I was part of a confere
247 news live from russias capital city this is our. Names you know neal good to have your company our top story a Chemical Plant in south east texas in the u. S. Is a place following an explosion early on whedons the morning in which 3 workers were injured. Well the refinery owned by the t p c group produces thousands of tons of chemical and Petroleum Based products which are exported world wide the situation in port neches is still ongoing as Emergency Services seek to bring the fire under control as quickly as they can. On the top of this a we can go live now to journalist and campaigner on health and Environmental Issues all of her to tell all of a good to see you on the program the authorities we know immediately issued a mandatory evacuation how long would it take to give such an area the all clear or do you think after an incident of this. Well its really very difficult to know so far im not aware very much information having been released about the nature of. The accident that
The week lawmakers are excited to start the week with 2020 federal spending bills. Focus will be in a culture, commerce and interior environment and transportation hud department. First vote at 5 30 pm eastern eastern. Not to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, in spite of our d shortcomings, you have shortcomings, you have promised never to forsake us. In this decisive season of our nations history, grant our lawmakers wisdom and courage. May they remember that history is a fateful stenographer that will judge their words and deeds in the shining light of truth. Lord, provide our senators with the grace to glorify you as they remember you have appointed them for this moment in time. And, lord, we thank you for the courage and professionalism of the men and women in our nations military. We also thank you for the life and
Political pawns. Enough is enough. We need to move forward with the defense funding bill this week. Week. Well, mr. President , the scripture tells us that the lord is close to the brokenhearted, thats psalm 34 15. Weve lost and many of us lost a friend, brokenhearted that senator kay hagan passed away at the age 66. I spoke to her husband chip a few hours ago and told him from the first time i met kay hagan i knew she was special. She remained that way every day since. She was an amazing force, never loud, but always strong, effective, hardworking, dedicated principled and just a kindhearted person. He told me that he and kay had just had a wonderful weekend, a dinner, a wedding surrounded by friends and family. She even got to spend some time with joe biden who was in town. Chip said she was just beaming. I take some comfort in knowing that. In fact, it reminded me of how kay lived her life. She was never one to let sometimes painful realities of life and politics get her down. I kne