Was for gold. Now its for oil. Guyana is fast becoming a petrostate, the Fastest Growing economy in the world. But new wealth has 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 . Its republic day in georgetown, guyanas capital. Party time for the countrys 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, guyanas dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested in
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 a pretty difficult operation. the alphonso family own a dozen mining concessions. they dig for treasur
Connected to andrew goldman who is connected to the fossil fuel industry. vice president said he didn t know that. can i get your take on that? well, my take on it was it put him on his heels a little bit, but i think he really made his point that he understands climate change. clearly he does. i worked with him during the obama administration. we were all out on the issues of climate change. and he personalized it as well by talking about his youth and how he understood both the problems of pollution which carbon is as well as the ways in which we can tackle it. so i think he i epitomized the challenges we face today. fossil fuels are everywhere. we have many friends that disagree with us on climate change. but we have to talk about this. we have to get the issues out. and most of all, we have to take action. this is the biggest existential health challenge we face. gina mccarthy, thank you very much. great to get your take on all of
It and we need to stop them. reporter: as you heard, many of the candidates said that climate change is the greatest threat to the united states. one thing to note, is that jay inslee did not say that. he has built his entire campaign around climate change. he was the only one to say that donald trump is the greatest threat. he said elsewhere in the debate, he is the person who is going to organizati organize us on climate change. it was surprising to hear him not say that with that answer. he did say that donald trump was the biggest threat, he got major applause in the room, to say the least. savannah sellers. good seeing you. thank you. it s an issue that could loom large by next november. which of the candidates won the issue? e issue?
Helping out folks who really need it. right? brian: well what we need, what we need is money to help people whose homes and lives are ruined by the hurricane. most of the people did that they did raise $44 million and a lot of money and it s really great stuff but we don t need beyonce lecturing us on climate change or beyonce lecturing us on racism. this country in terms of racism is so much better off than its ever been. there s it can t get worse. she doesn t know her behind from her elbow. this country used to be a really good and mr. trump is the least racist president there s ever been and it just makes me sick to see people calling this a racist country and calling mr. trump a racist. neil: well especially in the venue here. whatever your thoughts on that matter charles payne it just stood out. it did say, you know i was going back and forth and there was heartwarming stories and there is a time when you kind of leave that stuff alone.