Now, with the oil and gas flowing, some call it a carbon bomb. Fragile ecosystems are vulnerable to possible oil spills and rising sea levels. Guyana is making choices which will have global impact. Will they be wise ones? it s republic day in georgetown, guyana s capital. Party time for the country s 800,000 people. The ministry of natural resources is on the road. I want to hear you make some noise. The stage is set here for transformational change, a resource driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. In past decades, guyana s dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested interior. To get to the gold mines, you need to take a pretty rough and ready track. It gives you some idea how remote these mines are. I mean, the truth is that there are gold deposits all around here, but finding them is one thing. You ve then got to clear away the forest. You ve got to dig a track to make them accessible. Frankly, digging for gold around here is
heavily forested guyana has always been a carbon sink. now, with the oil and gas flowing, some call it a carbon bomb. fragile ecosystems are vulnerable to possible oil spills and rising sea levels. guyana is making choices which will have global impact. will they be wise ones? it s republic day in georgetown, guyana s capital. party time for the country s 800,000 people. the ministry of natural resources is on the road. i want to hear you make some noise. the stage is set here for transformational change, a resource driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. in past decades, guyana s dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested interior. to get to the gold mines, you need to take a pretty rough and ready track. it gives you some idea how remote these mines are. i mean, the truth is that there are gold deposits all around here, but finding them is one thing. you ve then got to clear away the forest. you ve got to dig a track
biden also new york to raise money at radio city. at the tail of two campaign trails converging on the very place where nypd officer jonathan diller lost his life three nights ago. a murder that is once again putting america s crime crisis back at the forefront because the accused killer has a long criminal history. in chicago, a man serving 16 years somehow got out of prison early. twenty-four hours later he was back in jail accused of killing an 11-year-old boy trying to protect his pregnant mom. live in new york with the very latest on an officer and an 11-year-old boy. good evening. reporter: good evening trace. while there are four u.s. presidents here in new york today, only one attended the wake of murdered new york police officer jonathan diller who was gunned down monday during a traffic stop. we have to get back to law & order. we have to do a lot of things tepidly because this is not working. it s happening too often. it s an honour to be here. reporter: trum
stoked old tensions. neighbouring socialist venezuela claims a vast chunk of guyanese territory. the stakes are suddenly very high. we shall never surrender an inch of our territory. heavily forested guyana has always been a carbon sink. now, with the oil and gas flowing, some call it a carbon bomb. fragile ecosystems are vulnerable to possible oil spills and rising sea levels. guyana is making choices which will have global impact. will they be wise ones? it s republic day in georgetown, guyana s capital. party time for the country s 800,000 people. the ministry of natural resources is on the road. i want to hear you make some noise. the stage is set here for transformational change, a resource driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. in past decades, guyana s dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested interior. to get to the gold mines, you need to take a pretty rough and ready track. it gives you some idea how remote