are they losing carbon? gaining carbon? why? so we use the atmosphere as a diagnostic to get a handle on these processes to quantify where these processes take place and how large they are. we want to diagnose how the carbon cycle is developing and we want to understand why. now, the first accurate measurements of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were done in 1956 by david keeling. he was also the first to start continuous monitoring of carbon dioxide from a mountaintop in hawaii. the mauna loa volcano. narrator: noaa's global monitoring division has continued taking measurements at mauna loa for the past 30 years. but to enhance the accuracy of these measurements, they have expanded their data collection effort to many other remote locations across the globe. dr. tans: for many decades we've had a global-flask-sampling network, whereby people send us air from specific locations that are downwind from a large stretch of ocean water. or we get these samples from deserts or mountaintops. typically away from terrestrial vegetation.

you talked about carbon. you talked about ways to constrain carbon, and how to deploy that. you just opened this mississippi plant. beyond that, you are taking things to china. you are one of the big power guys. you also deploying your energy to the lowest socioeconomic sector of the united states. i'm wondering, how do you get smart energy choices when the economic front there. >> it is so foundational. when i think about the challenges in the economy __ 46% of the families that we are privileged to serve make less than $40,000 per year. their energy budget is relatively inflexible. when you talk to all the challenges that we face __ our ability to provide clean, revival energy for their benefit is enormous. >> so the strategy for those people is typically coal. >> but, when you say, what is the strategy. we have to balance those things. we are a bit smaller, but similar in the size to australia __ a big company. we have to figure out all the ways for this to work. we are the only company in america doing proprietary, but robust research and development. we develop our own

>> that's good. >> now i can't remember what i was -- >> would you say your carbon cap sequestration project is more in the eight to 10 level? >> if you were allocating government money right now -- we were recipients of loan guarantee money for big solar projects -- the two things that have made solar cheap around the world are germany who went early and now everyone in the world should think germany because the population is paying an enormous amount for solar but created the market and then the stimulus have created a domestic market that has caused the price of solar to drop by 70% since the beginning of the obama administration. so i think that is very important and carbon capture technology -- as long as you don't have a price on carbon, i am a big believer that the private sector can lead the social movement but the private sector is profit driven, the private sector will not solve for something for which there is no price and so carbon capture -- the only way we made this work is because of where the plant is located we can turn it into oil. >> which defeats the whole purpose

there is a fundamental commitment on moving to a low carbon future. what we mean by all of the above is within that constraint, we walk the talk. we make major investments in developing the technology and lowering the costs for using all fuels in that low carbon world. so coal, what does that mean for coal? it means we have deployed $6 billion to advance the kinds of integrated coal projects that involve capturing the carbon dioxide, most of them, six of the eight, involve using that carbon dioxide to enhance recovery so it providers you a valuable product that lowers the cost. we have a solicitation right now for our loan program, $8 billion for supporting fossil fuel technologies, including coal, that reduce emissions. so we are working really hard to get those technologies developed, deployed, demonstrated so that everybody understands what the path forward is for coal in a low-carbon economy. may i just add, one other thing we also, in the carbon context we also have to keep in mind that this requires a global solution. we all know -- we use somew

power plant be designed to include commercial carbon capture technology. thanks tom for coming. >> thank you so much margaret. we don't have a lot of time. we have to get right to work. did you like ernie moniz? if he wasn't fabulous would you say that? >> absolutely. he's an action oriented guy smart, comes from a great background, dynamite choice. >> the reason i want to interview you hear is i heard you gave a talk in asp in a couple of years ago in which you talk about carbon and ways to deploy that. you just opened this mississippi plant at margaret mentioned but beyond that you are taking things to china and i'm interested you are one of the big power guy is and you also deploy your energy among the lowest socioeconomic constituencies in the united states. i'm interested in how you get smart energy choices when the economics are not necessarily there. >> there are a lot of issues -- >> you have seven minutes. >> it is so foundational. when i took of the national security i cochair that effort when i think about the challenges in the economy we see ri

we need to get the carbon out of it. that is why we just announced the largest post carbon capture project in the world iin texas. >> going back to that question __ of course, the obama administration has a goal to cut 30% of carbon based on 2005 levels bby 2030. do you think given how important climate and clean energy is to your company, have you thought about quitting some sort of goal? >> we have thought about quitting goals for the company __ creating goals for the company, yes we have. but i think the thing that is unnerving about the obama administration's 2030 goal __ word we need to be by 2050, because that seems to be the year that site is focus on. 2030 is a little bit of a convenient year to sort of say __ look at great we are. from now until 2030, natural gas displaces call. and you sort of naturally get this carbon reduction. but the reason that you pick 2030 instead of 2050 iis that between 2030 and 2050, if we just at our present course, natural gas will dislodge nuclear. every nuclear plant in the countr

updating developing story now high levels of carbon monoxide forced some montgomery county residents from their homes overnight. >> could also impact several businesses later today. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo at the scene in norristown to tell you more about it, jan? good morning, fire crews have now cleared the scene here on east main street in norristown, no more high levels of carbon monoxide, the good news, also no injuries at two separate locations where there were problems overnight. take a look at the video. this is what the scene looked like just few hours ago. this was an underground electrical fire involving peco equipment. the smoke, from that fire, backed up into several businesses here, and caused high levels of carbon monoxide. so fire crews were going door-to-door making sure there wasn't anyone inside, fortunately, this is largely a commercial area, so, again there were no injuries. crews ventilated three businesses here, and have since cleared the scene. this all started around midnight, on east main street, near swede street. again, crews quickly put out

up to 38 parts per million of carbon monoxide inside manholes. peco scene now trying to address the situation, at the same time, going door-to-door to make sure we have no high levels of carbon monoxide, ventilating as we go through. >> and that's where we stand right now fire crews are checking those levels, making sure they're at safe level and they're ventilating the building soon just as soon as they clear the scene peco will start its work it, will have to excavate the area around the light post to find the underground electrical problem and fix it and because that far they have to turnoff all of the power in this area. that will will impact three businesses, so they likely will be impacted possibly closed later on today. reporting live in norristown, jan carabeo cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> jan, thank you. 4:33, we want to get back to katie. good morning. >> forecast overall will be one that clears out for us. you can see on storm scan3 not completely out of the woods here, just yet with our disturbance t did come through as i mentioned as

when gas displaces coal, you reduce your carbon reduction. we have to look at the path, the glide path down from 2030 22050. >>to 2050. >> is a lot of talk about natural gas being good for the climate. as you say, the emission reductions are coming naturally. you think that on a net benefit basis going out 100 years that will not be good for efforts? >> if handled properly, natural gas is deftly on the positive side. first of all, you have to create responsible fracking. from a climate change perspective, that means making sure you're getting rid of the methane. >> you think it's being done safely now? >> 90% of the companies that are fracking, they tend to do it in a responsible way, but they're doing it because no one is requiring them to do it. whether you are talking water table or fugitive methane, there are a lot of mom-and-pop shops that don't exercise the same level of control. i would support responsible fracking. the key is to make sure that the world does not get hooked on natural gas. i have seen people study this. if we go to the

they are two carbon monoxide leaks happening a block apart from each other happening two hours apart but we are told they were separate incidents. lets look at video we a had for you on the scene earlier this morning. the first incident happened outside an auto zone. apparently a lamp post base of the lamp post had a electrical fire. the fire fighters responded. they realized that the smoke from that electrical fire was backing up into three commercial businesses, and jacking up, their carbon monoxide levels to lethal levels. now all of that actually happening that fire starting with an underground peco wire. that is why peco is on the scene trying to figure out exactly where that started. now a few hours later as fire fighters were going door to door to check in many other buildings were affect they discovered high levels of co2 coming from an apartment building, and then again they say it was a separate incident that was due to a heater problem that was happening inside that apartment building. the fire chief said that had been going on for some time and nobody had noticed. they we

she'll tell you knack two >> two separate carbon monoxide leaks overnight.hters did give the all-clear at one of those but the other one will force zombies cents to close today. we're there live. >> good morning everyone, also, first comes the cold, then the snow. it is not shaping up to be a great weekend. let's check in weather wise and traffic wise with katie and vet tore y katie, good morning. >> i would say if you are not a big fan of wintery weather there is weekend may not be your cup of tea. we have bitter cold to start it off with sunshine, then the next round every snow on the way in time for superbowl sunday no less. so we will be talking about that for sure. but actually still activity on storm scan that we have to address, as women, we'll get to all of it as well. >> thank you so much. good morning everyone, traveling out and about no major delays right now that's the good news, however as i've been saying today this morning, and really almost every morning we're waiting in the wings for a rush hour. soap, as we wait on that, take a look at the

fire chief says long term carbon monoxide exposure is bad for your health and we know carbon monoxide is odorless, it is invisible, you cannot see it you cannot smell it. we know those people were in danger a and they didn't know it there were no carbon monoxide detectors in that building. a lucky night for them. this apparent electrical fire led to that discovery, guys. >>> happening today, vice-president joe biden will be coming to philadelphia. >> he will speak at congressional democrats policy retreat, fox 29's steve keeley in society hill with the preview, hi steve. >> reporter: mayor nutter could he could change psfs to de ms and hope that the democratic party sees the sky line and want to come back and see a whole lot for democratic national convention. soon after getting to philadelphia, the democrats put out the results of a inter party survey that shows their own members slamming democratic party's midterm election message said they should have focused on jobs, middle class and economy. president's philly speech writers put that in his prompter last night and it looked and s

we must meet the carbon pollution limits enacted by this body in 2008. i have proposed a comprehensive solution that caps carbon emissions, creates incentives for clean technology and transportation, invests in energy efficiency and makes our own government operations more efficient. for all we do here together in the next few months, for all our fiscal woes, for all our short-term demands, we know that the most enduring legacy we can leave is a healthy, clean, beautiful evergreen state. i will not, and in the deepest part of my heart i hope you will not allow this threat to stand. we also know the challenge of carbon pollution brings great economic opportunities for our state. i've seen companies in washington moving full steam ahead to seize these opportunities and create jobs: at itek in bellingham, which is not only one of our state's largest solar panel manufacturers, but produces the most powerful solar panels in the industry. at unienergy in mukilteo, where its groundbreaking vanadium flow battery is leading the way in the field of storage technol

sequestration -- carbon capture and sequestration. in other words one of the things i have already talked about in terms of building the right kind of energy plan for this country is that if you instead of holding up the investment you empower the investment if you empower private investment, you not only produce more energy here at home and with our status in the world, we not only produce more energy we also get our infrastructure we need to move it. i'm talking about private investment. just getting the government out of the way and legislate the private sector do what they do. if you empower that investment, you not only get the infrastructure you need to move energy around, you not only get the new technologies that develop that energy more cost-effectively more efficiently, you get better environmental stewardship. new technologies produce better environmental stewardship. we're seeing that over and over again. take directional drilling in my state of north dakota. we now drill down two miles off one what we call ecopad. we can

it that is carbon monoxide leak we have been talking about. there is a lot of activity in norristown. the just cut the guys a break and we will go around the block. vice-president joe biden coming to town this morning 9:00 a.m. is start time for the the event at society hill sheraton here in center city. so expect a heavy police presence. secret service already there. this is same spot where the the president attendedded that event last night. wing bowl taking over south philadelphia, a lot of extra volume heading in the stadium complex for the big event. the doors don't open up until 5:00 o'clock and it will impact our morning rush hour more so when the the event is over at 9:45 or 10:00 o'clock bam, 20,000 fans leaving the wells fargo center. that will block up our second half of the morning rush hour leaving south philadelphia. mass transit looking good chris and lauren back to you. >> that is beauty of philadelphia, we have something for everyone. we have presidential vice-presidential visits, we have pope coming in september and wing bowl

parts per million of carbon monoxide inside manholes. on scene now trying address the situation at the same time going door-to-door making sure no high levels of carbon monoxide in the building. >> so, again these scenes have been cleared. interestingly enough though, that original scene led people to be evacuated just blocks away so possibly saving some people from further harm here in norristown this morning. again, peco back on scene have a lot of work to do today. told have to excavate to find the underground problem have to turn offer the fewer dot work possibly impact couple of businesses on the street, as well. reporting live in norristown, jan carabeo cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> also developing, measles outbreak, health officials are warning people in cumberland, franklin counties, that they may have been expose today measles by someone who has the virus. infected person goes to wal-mart and urgent care in shippensberg along with the hospital in chambersberg. majority of illnesses in california, that's more cases than we see in a

we must manage forests and wetlands so they can store carbon. all of this is a very tall order. it means we continue to transform our electrical grid our transportation system, and even our communities. i envision a wide range of initiatives -- more distributed power, expanded roof top solar, micro grids, and energy imbalance market, battery storage, a full integration of information technology and electrical distribution and millions of electric and low carbon vehicles. how we achieve these goals and at what pace will take great thought and imagination mixed with pragmatic caution. it will require enormous innovation, research and investment and will need active collaboration at every stage, whether scientists, engineers entrepreneurs, businesses, and officials at all levels. taking significant amounts of carbon out of our economy, without harming its vibrancy, is exactly the sort of challenge at which california excels. this is exciting. it's bold. it's absolutely necessary if we are to have any chance of stopping potentially catastrophic changes to our climate system. [applau

so carbon capture __ the only way we made this billion_dollar carbon capture project was because where this plant is located, we can turn it into oil. >> it sort of defeats the whole purpose __ >> we can get into the philosophical whether it does __ we would just say it substitutes domestic production for __ it doesn't affect american demand for gas at all. >> do you think companies can adjust to climate change for certain reasons? >> i think what you see right now, and we like to encourage this, is that you see people, you know, who are consumer facing companies who are very concerned about sustainability. one of the big messages for the american public __ when the sustainability movement started in the 1970's, the only thing that the public can do that so they want to be sustainable was recycle. now there are some he thinks he can do. and i think that's the big brand_name companies __ they do it because of their brand. and also because their employees __ employees are demanding it. >> we have lots of employ [applause] >> thank you very much, margaret. this has been a big day for me.

carbon storage.but the first way to get there is, same with memory, you can't remember something long-term if it doesn't go into short-term memory. if we can get into the short cycle of getting carbon back into the soil and then get it further, then we're starting to help the picture. so i'm being told i need to close up here. my take home message is i strongly feel that if we can look to other farmers that have done the same thing not just providing the meat but by taking small farms and you distribute their pool, manure, i'm not sure what i can say over large lots of land urineyou are increasing the soil's viability and you are helping with the plants. the more plants, the bigger the leaf, the more roots, the more carbon you put back into the soil. they did a wonderful project out in california where they took great plots of land and they actually returned dry grass lands back to viable land. they, in turn, found that by putting one year's commercial dairy manure spreading it over the fields, they

that leak produced deadly levels of carbon monoxide. jesse gary along east main street in norristown. the fire department has cleared the scene, is that right? >> reporter: that's right. left a few minutes ago. and now a crew that specializes in working underneath the ground will try to cut into the sidewalk and make repairs. the norristown fire chief says the initial call was for a fire at the base of a street light. they determined the equipment was burning and producing lethal levels of carbon monoxide. the gas would have been a problem for people showing up for work this morning but also worried the building the building of gas inside could've led to an explosion. >> carbon monoxide, when it gets into the confined spaces and builds up the only way for it to relesionase is through a detonation. >> the buildings and lowered the concentration of the gas and lessened the chance of explosion. no chance right now. the chief did tell me, though, there was an explosion in this particular manner carbon monoxide building up on this block befo

how do you recommend that americans keep up with your carbon footprint? >> asking those questions was jason matero author of the best seller hollywood hypocrites. >> jason harrison ford may be a hypocrite, but you are obnoxious. you are rude. >> oh, john i learned from the best. i followed your career at "20/20" confronting people who were -- >> crooks and thieves? this is just a poor actor expressing his opinion. >> who has a lot of sway. especially with young people. unfortunately, whether you like it or not, young people take their cues from celebrities, and being hip and cool means being in favor of these conservationist policy that is harrison food got his chest waxed over. i don't care that he owns seven airplanes. i would love to own seven airplanes, but please do not lecture me, do not lecture the rest of us that we're on the pressapis of armageddon when you have a sass kwauch size carbon foot flint. that's why i confronted him. >> what you do no one comes close to getting. the press treats actors differently. >> the paparazzi annoy them but repor

we must meet the carbon pollution limits that were enacted by this body in 2008. i propose a competence of solution, the cap's carbon emissions, creates incentives for clean technology and transportation. invest in energy efficiency. for all we do, together in the next few months, for all their fiscal woes, for all her short-term demands, we know that our most enduring legacy we can leave is a healthy, clean, beautiful, evergreen state. i will not and in the deepest part of my heart i hope you will not allow this threat to stand your we also know the challenge of carbon pollution brings great economic opportunities to our state. unit energy is leading the way in the field of storage technology for renewable energy. and mcdonald miller, which is not only reducing the carbon foot and of commercial building, but last year they added 300 jobs in our state. we are leaders in this state. when we act, others follow. let's shape that action together. let's test our ideas. let's fashion a washington carbon pollution action plan similar to the genius and leadership capabili

if you control carbon, you control life." this is what bureaucrats would like to do, you understand that, i'd say to the chair because he has served in the other house is new here in the senate. linsen also said, talking about al gore. al gore at that time was vice president of the united states. he was the run that was really -- one that was really pushing this. he says to treat all change as something to fear is bad enough. to do so in order to exploit that fear is much worse. of course, what he was talking about, richard linsen, m.i.t., was the fact that al gore at that time, they speculated he would be the first environmental billionaire. that was speculated in "the new york times." anyway after that happened, all the other scientists started checking in. these are scientists that cannotting challenged, these individuals. we have hundreds more that -- i have a make on each one of these that i would be glad to discuss or debate with anyone, but at the same time other things were happening. one of the universities here in v

the observatory has tracked carbon since 1958.his is the longest running carbon tracker in the world. in april of last year, the meter read over 400 parts per million. that is the highest carbon reading in history. climate changes impacting our community in many ways. the defense department's 2014 climate adaption road map lays out the stakes pretty clearly, and i quote from that report. among the future trends that will impact our national security is climate change. rising global temperatures changing precipitation patterns, climbing sea levels and more extreme weather events will intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger poverty, and conflict. they will likely lead to food and water shortages, pandemic diseases, disputes over refugees and resources and destruction by natural disasters and regions across the globe. end quote. the military's leading on addressing climate change by reducing its reliance on fossil fuels and investing in energy efficiency. and in doing so, the military is supporting new innovations and

so it's a very very considerable carbon price to pay. we have seen a poster used on the senate floor that says it will have no environmental effect. that is not precisely true. indeed precisely the opposite is true. this is the environmental effect it will have and it is considerable. what the report then went on to say was that it would be offset by the fact that this fuel would go out by rail anyway but that offset was conditioned on a fuel price above $75 per barrel of oil and we are at $50. so there is just no way that that conclusion can stand and the underlying fact is what prevails -- 27 million metric tons of additional carbon dioxide. so it's obviously very bad from an environmental perspective. it's a lot of "not much" from a jobs perspective. every four days we add more jobs than the construction of this pipeline just through the economic recovery that's taking place. and it is a little bit hard to explain except particularly when you think that this bill's going to be dead on arrival at the white house. we've known from the b

the concern is carbon monoxide an odorless and sometimes deadly gas. gas that filled several businesses on main street in norris town this morning after an electrical fire. fire crews are on scene now trying to find the source of that leak and stop it. we're back with a live report from jesse gary in a moment. >> that explosion has rescuers in mexico city looking for survivors video shows the blast and aftermath at a maternity hospital. here's what happened a gas tanker was making a delivery to the hospital when a leak in the hose that was transporting the gas ignited. three people were killed, dozens hurt. >>> and firefighters and the red cross are working to prevent fires like the one that killed two people in south philadelphia yesterday. it's a story we brought to you as breaking news yesterday morning. crews handed out an installed smoke detectors yesterday on daily street. this comes after a man and woman were killed in a row home fire. the couple was using space heaters and candles to stay warm and didn't have working smoke detector detectors in

the observatory has tracked carbon since 1958. this is the longest running carbon tracker in the world. in april of last year, the meter read over 400 parts per million. that is the highest carbon reading in history. climate change is impact inging -- the defense department's 2014 climate adaption road map lays out the stakes pretty clearly, and i quote from that report. among the future trends that will impact our national security is climate change. rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, climbing sea levels and more extreme weather events will intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty, and conflict. likely lead to food and water shortages, pandemic diseases, disputes over refugees and resources and destruction by natural disasters and regions across the globe. end quote. the military's leading on addressing climate change by reducing its reliance on fossil fuels and investing in energy efficiency. and in doing so, the military is supporting new innovations and creating jobs. we should

to figure out how to lower carbon emissions. the courts wouldn't actually figure out how to do that. that's the other branch's job. they're not doing it and they probably won't without pressure before we pass crucial tipping points. >> a plaintiff in one of the area suits 16 years old at the time sued the federal government, quote, for making decisions that threaten our right to a safe and healthy planet. where does it say that the government serves as trustee of the atmosphere and that it's violating it's most compelling duties by failing in the words of this young man to protect the atmosphere from climate change? where do you find that? >> you find that in case law going back to the beginning year of this country. u.s. supreme court announced the doctrine over the years. and this is not statutory law. people are so acustom to our statutory system they always say where can i find it written down in a statute. this is actually the foundation of all laws. there's a wonderful quote that says this is the slate upon which all conty

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carbon capture technology -- as long as you don't have a price on carbon, i am a big believer that the private sector can lead to social movement, but the private sector's profit driven. the private sector will not solve for something for which there is no price. carbon captured -- the only way we have made this project work is because where the plant is located. we can turn it into oil. >> it defeats the whole purpose. >> we could get into a philosophical debate on whether it does. we would just say it substitutes domestic production and does not affect american demand. >> you think companies can i just climate change for altruistic reasons? >> i think what you see now and we would like to encourage this, you see people who are consumer facing companies who are very concerned about sustainability writ large. one of the big messages for the american public, the only thing the public could do to show they wanted this was recycle. now you can embrace clean energy. there are so many things you can do. i think the big brand-name companies, coca-cola mcdonald's , they do it because of of th

power plant designed to include commercial carbon capture technology. thanks tom for coming. >> thank you so much margaret. tom, thanks for joining us today. we don't have a lot of time we've got to get right to work. >> yes sir. yes, sir. >> i guess the big question i have is ernie moniz is up here. do you like ernie moniz? >> i think he's fabulous. i think ernie is great. >> is that -- if he wasn't fabulous would you say that? >> absoluteryly. secretary moniz is great. he's an action oriented guy, smart, comes from a great background i think he's a dynamite choice. doing a great job. >> the reason i want to interview you here is i heard you give a talk in aspen a couple of years ago in which you talked about carbon, and you talked about ways to constrain carbon and how to deploy that. you just opened this mississippi plant that margaret just mentioned but beyond that you're taking things to china. >> you bet. and eastern europe. >> i'm interested, you're one of the big power guys. >> right. >> and you also deploy your energy to, among the lowest socio

the third is the carbon bubble. more and more authority, the bank of london, the british financial minister say wez're in the midst of a carbon bubble that could plummet and make the retirement board has to the tune of i think $3500 million that's worthless. so let's catch up. >> thank you. thank you for your public comment. that ng you. and again, i'm dpoing to have to remind everyone that your public comments must be confined to this item which is about wendy paskin-jordan's reappointment. please continue your comments in relation to these items or else we will have to sprupt you. interrupt you. thank you very much. >> my name is brett, i'm senior analyst at 350.org. my job is to track public institutions reaction and due diligence to what is now called carbon risk. the point that has been made so far is that the board of supervisors as part of their fiduciary duty, is not to grow the fund but protect it, what the connection they're trying to make here is that wendy paskin-jordan has been a barrier to the due dili

if you put in just a carbon monoxide detector, it's important to have one of these too. every house should have a fire extinguisher yes. >> one thing people expect to do when the power goes out after an earthquake about using candles. what would you recommend? >> if you have a battery operated candle would be better to use. this kind of a candle, you wouldn't want it in an area where it can cause a fire or aftershock that it doesn't rollover. you definitely want to have this in a non-combustible surface. >> now, here we have our stove. after a significant earthquake we expect that we may have gas disrupted and so without gas in your home how are you going to cook? >> well, i wouldn't recommend cooking inside of the house. you have to go outside and use a portable stove or something else. >> so it wouldn't be safe to use your fireplace to cook? >> not at first. you should check it by a professional first. >> outside should be a safe place to cook as long as you stay away from buildings and doors and windows. >> yes. that will be fine. >> here we have some alternative cook

administrator gina mccarthy announced the clean power plant, the agency's newest proposal to cut carbonons. >> altold in 2030 when the states meet our final goals, our proposal will result in 30% less carbon emission in comparison to 2005 levels. >> reporter: people in wyoming care deemly about issues that affect hand and energy resources. the plan is threatening because it aims to slash carbon emissions by 30% by moving electricity generation away from coal. this hard black rock is wyoming's lifeblood. mineral extraction accounts for nearly 75% of the state's revenue, about a third coming from coal. funding things like schools road construction and a huge state savings account. wyoming has a long history of coal mining and these days the state provides nearly 40% of the nation's supply. but the top executive at this mine does acknowledge concerns about emissions from burning coal. marshall is the c.e.o. of cloud peak energy, one of the largest coal companies in the country. >> i believe the science is clearly not settled but there are theories out there and if they're right, the co2 em

we hear a lot about carbon dioxide. what about methane?thane is right blind carbon dioxide as the second most important global warming gas, in fact contributes more than 20% of the current warming effect. the other thing about methane that you have to understand is, per ton emitted it's at least 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide, just that we emate a lot more carbon dioxide so it's important to reduce the me that be emissions to solve the problem. finally, methane response more quickly to reductions in emissions than carbon dioxide. so if you want to affect the rate of warming over the next few decades you need to complement the deep cuts in carbon dioxide we need to solve the problem with parallel cuts in methane to give human beings a greater opportunity to adapt to climate change by slowing the rate. >> woodruff: professor oppenheimer, following up we mentioned fracking. the fracking inherently producing methane and that's a big part of this, or is it the fact that there's just more fracking than there used to be so the amount of

the facts are that china did not agree to cut carbon emissions at all. he agreed to consider cutting carbon emissions, possibly by 2030. 15 years from now. but no commitment whatsoever for the immediate future. best spin of the year. okay the most overrated, pat? >> hillary rodham clinton and her memoir and performance. >> that was last year. next year will be different. russian president vladimir putin who has basically destroyed the russian economy. and he is on the world stage. >> did you find her remark to you insulting? >> no. >> she said that. >> no, in 2014 maybe, but not 2015. >> okay. >> okay. >> pat and i know what we're doing. [ laughter ] >> tom? >> i don't think putin is in as much trouble as he should be because of the psychology, but i think the real issue here is thomas, the french economist who i think is overrated. >> i was going to refer to the great leader of russia whom i don't think is underrated, and i don't think that he is overrated. he's done an amazing job with very little other than fear to help him manage his way through a ve

closed between 202 and swedes street a carbon monoxide leak. meanwhile, outside in new jersey no problems on the 42 freeway, david talked about being damp, even a brief snow shower closer to the coastline in new jersey, but 43 is looking good, matt and tam. >> let's go back to breaking news in montgomery county. underground fire filled several businesses with carbon monoxide overnight. this happened at main and swede in norristown. firefighters say it started under a streetlight. main street is closed. nobody was hurt. we have an "action news" crew at the scene, as soon as that video comes to us, we'll bring it to you. >> suge knight has turned himself into police in a deadly hit-and-run near los angeles. he said he accidently ran over a friend and killed a man. the lawyer said knight was trying to escape two other people who were attacking him. police say it appears knight put them in reverse and struck the victim and went forward and hit them again before taking off. knight has turned himself in. police is investigating the case as a homicide

wood does not conduct electricity, but carbon does. dr.t believes that when terry plugged in the 1500 watt space heater that night, it heated the electrical wires in the attic, which arced. those sparks touched a carbon track which ignited the paper insulation just above joshua's bedroom closet. >> a wooding ceiling with an already well-built fire that breaks through produces a holocaust in no time at all. >> the fiery debris from the ceiling fell on to the floor of the closet. and did not start on the floor and burn upwards as local investigators suspected. ken gibson believes the fire officials rushed to judgment. >> anything that doesn't fall into the theory that this was part of how the arsonist started the fire, to them, it's not evidence, it's just something that's there. >> dr. hurst sent the local prosecutor his critique of the government's investigation which said their conclusions were based on junk science. >> not only is there a badly melted and arced fire, it had arc marks on it, which could have been caused by the fire. but w