court order we have no obligation to knock on the door adam may investigates the land grab under way in new york state and worries about what lies ahead. thanks for joining us, i m joie chen, power, political and the resource variety can cause unintended consequences and controversy in many communities. we look at the impacts. in upstate new york where resident were powerless against the rule of eminent domain. it gives the government the right to take your property for the greater good of the community, and in some cases for the greater good of corporate interests. adam may found out what that means for neighbours when a pipeline comes to town. in the hills of central new york, tensions are running high. we are still in america. we want to know the five or six guys on here. know. owners. the man on the right is a representative from the energy giant williams. i m not trying to make your life difficult. it s fairness. we are not under any obligation to knock on th
thanks for joining us, i m joie chen, power, political and the resource variety can cause unintended consequences and controversy in many communities. we look at the impacts. in upstate new york where resident were powerless against the rule of eminent domain. it gives the government the right to take your property for the greater good of the community, and in some cases for the greater good of corporate interests. adam may found out what that means for neighbours when a pipeline comes to town. in the hills of central new york, tensions are running high. we are still in america. we want to know the five or six guys on here. know. owners. the man on the right is a representative from the energy giant williams. i m not trying to make your life difficult. it s fairness. we are not under any obligation to knock on the door once we have the court order. reporter: weeks ago part of their land, two acres next to their house, was taken by eminent domain. williams perhaps to
defects, cancers and other human health issues that coal is responsible for. for the sake of our planet, the sake of public health and the sake of future generations, let s stop talking. epa, do your job. thank you. thank you. and thank you for picking the drive here. for making the drive here. next on the panel we have senator mcconnell. and ryan patton. thank you very much for the opportunity to be here. appreciate the chance to come here on behalf of my state. it s my understanding these sessions are intended to gather stakeholder input on what people think about future carbon regulations on existing power plants. however, i couldn t help but notice these sessions are scheduled only, only for states where coal does not have a large presence. like california and massachusetts. other regions of the country have or are well aware that coal provides nearly 40% of our nation s electricity. as such, i ask all of you folks to hold a hearing in kentucky to hear the concerns of
is it different than any other oil crude oil that s coming from the ground or how does it differ? what are the concerns there? there have been a number of studies taking a look at that. those independent credible reviews have concluded that there isn t any difference. the composition of it is the same of the oil we import from venezuela. it s actually liker than some of the oil that comes out of california. the speculation and that s pretty much what it is about the composition of oilsands is just that, speculation. you also have to keep in mind we get more old from canada than any other country in the world. it s been that way for a long time. most of that oil is coming out of the oilsands. this is not something new. this is not some new mix of oil that s coming in through keystone. there are a lot of other pipelines that are bringing oil in from canada. host: that was transcanada executive that we talked to in september when we visited the area about their keystone xl pip
thank you all for coming. we don t want to break the microphone. it s a nice, cold, clear day in washington and i think it s the same in geneva, and i had trouble tearing myself away from twitter this once i hope that there is news from their you will, someone who is on twitter here in the audience will let us know. clearly there is a connection, however, between what is going on in geneva and what is happening here. if there is a nuclear agreement, if there s an improvement in relations between the united states and iran, between iran and the western community in general, that is going to have an impact on iran s role in the region. and we are focusing today on iran and its eastern neighbors, specifically afghanistan, pakistan and india. while iran is often considered a middle eastern country, in fact, it s historically its cultural ties are as strong if not stronger with its eastern neighbors, with afghanistan and south asia. and, of course, iran will be a pivotal player