an environment that is at the same time hostile and fragile. warming temperatures are warming ice at historic rates... adding to its distress, man's unquenchable desire for fossil fuel. the quest to retrieve arctic oil is underway, but how prepared is the world to handle a catastrophic spill. are oil and ice a recipe for disaster? this is "techknow". a show about innovations that can change lives. >> the science of fighting a wildfire. >> we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity, but we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science... >> oh! >> oh my god! >> by scientists. tonight, techknow investigates oil in the arctic. hey guys welcome to techknow we're here with cara santa maria and marita davison, because we're talking about drilling for oil in the arctic. now i got to spend twelve days aboard an arctic ice breaker - the us coast guard cutter healy. let me just say, it was complicated. >> and phil, both weather and climate change are huge parts of the story because the sea ice in the arctic is receding.

how would we operate in the environment that was contested. the challenge we face today that is a concern, and it was concerned as i was defloyed. i has been relatively uncontested environment, so therefore, our training has changed and the continued demands signal on units, this much smaller air force and has not actually afforded the time for folks to get tt same kind of training that enjoyed going to desert storm. our training, today, as you might imagine, tailored and focused on the deployments we are going to the mild east to the large extent so it is a changed, it is changed availability of training nor smaller force a we have today and it is, it is a trained changed foe cause little bit because we have been in such an uncontested envonment for long. >> what is the, just as obviously, as desert storm was seen as sort of the step change in warfare, for air warfare, what future, what is the future, what is the best way to prep for that future as a you are concerned in terms of what the next change in air wawarfare has got to b be or where

the stakes are high - for shell - and for the environment. the main concern for many - what would happen in the event of an arctic spill? according to the coast guard, academia and the oil industry itself, there are several currently accepted methods for dealing with oil spills in open water. they include skimming, in-situ burning and the use of chemical dispersants. none are perfect under the best of conditions and as techknow found, the efficacy of these techniques is being questioned for use in the frigid arctic waters. while shell made its way up north, that same month, techknow traveled to the arctic circle aboard the us coast guard ice breaker healy. it's one of only two coast guard ships built to handle polar ice and would likely play a major role in responding to a disaster here. jason hamilton is healy's commanding officer. >> an oil spill, here in the arctic, would be pretty devastating to a lot of the environment - what would the healy do? >> if there were a spill, healy's position would be to provide access. we could be the operat

i am so passionate about the environment.eporter: she wants to turn her passion into her profession. she studies environmental science at the university of zambia. >> you can see how beautiful this place is. it looks very beautiful. why would anyone want to spoil that beauty? and what this can do to the environment or the damage it can cause. reporter: victoria falls, a world national heritage site, on the border. she wants to preserve their beauty. >> this kind of protection that i have started way back when i was young at the age of about 10. i always a clean and refreshing environment. i love to feel cool. there is peace and refreshment that you feel when you're in a good environment. reporter: she wants to inspire others about her knowledge for environmental protection. she teaches children and adults about the danger of allowing the destruction of the environment to continue. there is the grand old man of environment protection at the victoria falls. he is a figure of great motivation for her. he has thought against the

or the marine environment. and unacceptable risk to the arctic environment. both in russia and globally. >> the first thing we have to do is to stop the hosing, stop the hosing because they're in position, it becomes unstable and may fall 15 meters on the foot of the platform. so we have to stop hosing so we can entertain the situation of the activists. over. we propose you evacuate all personnel because we will start our -- so we think that more people will be injured. >> in the end, russian authorities arrested all 30 members aboard including two independent journalists. and imprisoned them for three months. this group of activists is known as the arctic 30. they were eventually granted pardon and released. >> it was a very strong russian reaction. i think that also was telling us that russia is asserting its sovereignty in the arctic. and people who cross that sovereignty better beware. >> will the opening of the arctic lead to more clashes? will this resource-rich region become a source of conflict and tension? >> to date the relationship of the eight arc

, different strategic environment. so the answer is, when we're asked to look at the range of acceptable approaches, we had to think about the budget environment. but that budget environment is very unclear. as you say, we could be doing back in two years under the budget caps. we could be going back to sequestration. or the opposite. we could have a different kind of decision at the national level on budget. so we tried to stay within a range of outcomes that we thought were likely, but we can't predict. we're not able to predict the future. >> let me add, i agree with everything dr. hicks said. i can't predict the future, but i think if you look at the history of the defense budget, it is clearly cyclical with peaks. you look at the korean war, afghan wars that reagan built up, one of the few periods of relative peace. we're at the average level of a drawdown in terms of real defense spending. i think of history as a guide and given the threats this country faces, there's some reasonable chance of some increases in d

they can radically improve their environment. and by doing so, reduce the threat of climate change. >> [singing] >> when i first came to the loess plateau, i was astounded by the degree of poverty and degradation. and i wondered, "how could the chinese people, the largest ethnic group on the planet, and my fathers, and my own ancestors come from a place that was this barren?" china's loess plateau is a region that stretches for 640,000 square kilometers across north central china. unspoiled valleys in neighboring sichuan show us how it might once have looked. it's the sort of natural abundance that is necessary to support an emerging civilization. how could a landscape with such potential have been reduced to this? when chinese scientists and civil engineers began to survey the area, they realized that several thousand years of agricultural exploitation had denuded the hills and valleys of vegetation. the relentless grazing of domestic animals on the slopes meant that there was no chance for young trees and shrubs to grow. the ra

also, because of the harsh environment up here there's times when its really dangerous to be out there with the manned asset and we can sacrifice a drone. >> alright, so what is this thing? >> so this is called a wave glider. it's basically a very small autonomous surface vessel. >> it looks like a fancy paddle board. >> yes it does, and that's kind of what it is. >> this glider will collect data on the ocean for noaa's pacfic marine environmental lab. the motion of the waves will propel it, while solar panels power its sensors and communications. >> so with this thing, what are you guys measuring? >> so this particular one is measuring carbon, both in the atmosphere, kind of right in here, it sucks air in here, and also how much carbon dioxide is dissolved in the water. we're pumping a lot of carbon dioxide into the air, so it's going somewhere and about 30 percent of it is ending up in the ocean. >> it is now july 10th - just past 11:00 am. go time for the noaa team's wave glider. a coast guard crew hooks the glider to the ship's crane and maneuvers it out over the water before relea

, different strategic environment. so the answer is, when we're asked to look at the range of acceptable approaches, we had to think about the budget environment. but that budget environment is very unclear. as you say, we could be doing back in two years under the budget caps. we could be going back to sequestration. or the opposite. we could have a different kind of decision at the national level on budget. so we tried to stay within a range of outcomes that we thought were likely, but we can't predict. we're not able to predict the future. >> let me add, i agree with everything dr. hicks said. i can't predict the future, but i think if you look at the history of the defense budget, it is clearly cyclical with peaks. you look at the korean war, afghan wars that reagan built up, one of the few periods of relative peace. we're at the average level of a drawdown in terms of real defense spending. i think of history as a guide and given the threats this country faces, there's some reasonable chance of some increases in d

be it resolved the san francisco commission on the environment and the department of environment recognize monica fish's contributions to the department of the environment and wish her the very best in her future endeavors. all right. [applause] >> this is really an honor. i thank you commissioners, debbie. i don't have the words. i'm speakerless with everything that you have done for me today. it really means a lot. it's been such an amazing experience working with the department and commission on the environment on such worthwhile efforts to serve our city and planet. i feel really blessed to be given opportunity to have done that all these years and i want to say everyone that works for the department has such high regard for the department director deborah raphael, the commissioners and their fellow workers are so enthusiastic and really happy to be working at the department. that really speaks a lot for the effort that is the department is doing for the city. i truly appreciate the opportunity that was presented to me. to work for the city and county of san francisco and the departmen

the marine environment is differ to work in. the initial cost, the electricity that generate it will be high and we also have this question of what impact it will have on the environment. >> balances that impact against the costs of energy from fossil fuel will be crucial. can tides so high they make rivers run backward help climate change or should they be left alone to ebb and flow as they have always done? >>> plenty more to be found there on our serve site, there it is on the screen, aljazeera.com. >> the top of the world - the arctic circle. an environment that is at the same time hostile and fragile. warming temperatures are warming ice at historic rates... adding to its distress, man's unquenchable desire for fossil fuel. the quest to retrieve arctic oil is underway, but how prepared is the world to handle a catastroph s

it is such an uncertain environment, political environment. people have a lot of frustration with government, that they are not solving real problems. too many have given up hope that we will do things like fix this broken tax code and tell people get back to work. it is just manifesting itself in mr. trump. this selection though, has a long way to go. i have a lot of faith in voters going forward in these primaries. whether it is mr. trump or others, the cream will rise to the top and we will coalesce the hind a candidate. -- coalesce behind a candidate. i am hopeful that we are able to coalesce sooner rather than later, as primary voters. we will see where it goes. ben white: i do make a heard an heard anot think i answer about the question regarding donald trump. rep. brady: the answer is yes. ben white: you would support him. excuse me for not having done the research, but have you picked a candidate? rep. brady: i have not. ben white: i want to go back to tax issues with of the ways and means committee and talk about the dynamic there. yo

how important is it to the hunters here to preserve their environment? patrice bada meets some guards on patrol. they used to hunt monkeys and antelope. now they earn a living by guarding the area against poachers. >> we used to sell the game or eat it ourselves. but we've stopped doing that. we want our children to see the wild animals in the future with their own eyes. >> patrice bada stays in close touch with the local hunting associations. he visits the villages, he encourages the hunters to act out their traditional rituals rather than going after real animals. suddenly they spy a monkey in the tree. but it's all just acting. this way they can preserve their beliefs in hunting-gods and in nature. the population of benin and togo is growing rapidly. and more and more land is being urbanized. local residents are burning down trees to clear land for farming. we fly to our last stop, the forest of godjime in togo. to the people in this area, the forest is sacrosanct. they head out into the woods, following their priests in a procession. they believe the

we need to be conscious of what's going on in the environment. and so with rebecca i think she really cared about the environment and was able to find ways let's take the environment side and blend them together so they make sense. and he was very quick to the solar industry with all of the complaints against the puc's ruling to say they're a legal body. they take the positions they take, and as governor and i'm paraphrasing. essentially he said there are other remedies in the courts that solar companies can go through and they should do that rather than attacking the governor's office and the puc. that's fine. i'm a small business. we can go after the puc in this decision and it might take us a six months or a year. it doesn't matter we're out of business. can we come back. we just brought a lot of people into the state. and now we're sending a lot of people out of the solar industry. i guess that the last issue i would raise is that for for example las vegas review journal have said it's time for the renewable energy is time for to get rid of t

houset beecher stowe's was a domestic environment. one of the things she wrote about was how to manage your household. she thought and wrote a lot -- sheow women should helped advance the idea that managing your house and thinking about the kind of domestic environment you've built made a better family and made a better america. this house reflects that. it is not just one design, but it certainly reflects the movement of the 19th century, as it's called. it's also a house that reflects that these people had long lives and had deep family connections. it is familial. it is friendly. in his comfortable. it is used. we work hard as a museum to not have it be to tidy -- too tidy. at the writer's table, there might be crumpled tables on the floor. we want to evoke a home that is lived in. it's not pristine. sitting down with harriet i think, from her writings and other people's reports, she was a quiet person. she was an introvert. there's a lot going on in her head. people said things like, you would think she wasn't paying attention, bu

and we take the environment piece pretty literally. and something to support, and this is a way to make it tangible and walk the walk, when it came to ways in which we could do it for the school. and then also teach students about ways that they can also have a positive impact on the environment. >> that's great. what are some of the ways that the kids are going to practically learn about conserving nerk energy and about alternative using for energy. >> we have a great live dashboard with a realtime feed of the leb electricity that is produced through the solar array and that ties into the it is something they can dig deeper, and protecting our environment, and that is the nest big work of our -- next big work of our next generation. it is something that they need to continue to dig deep on. with the experience that they have coming to school and the first thing they see walking into the lobby is the solar dashboard. they will see that tangibly and translate into their own inspirations to transfer to technology and help the environment

her house is a domestic environment. she wrote about how to manage your household. she thought and wrote a lot women -- she helped advance the idea that managing your house and thinking about the kind of domestic environment you felt made a better family and a better america. this house reflect that. it is not just one design. it certainly reflects the aesthetic movement of the 19th century as it's called. it is also a house that reflects that these people had had long lives and had deep family connections. friendly, it's comfortable, it's used. we work hard as a museum not to have it be to tidy. there might be some crumpled papers on the floor and things like that. we want to evoke a home that's lived in. it's not pristine. it is a home that was lived in the sitting down with harriet beecher stowe from her writings and other people's reports, i think she was a quiet person. i think she was an introvert. there is a lot going on in her head and said things like, you think she is not the intention to the conversation but then she would start to fully disappointed. she

let's look at the business environment of the united states s. we have low interest rates and a very healthy economy in the united states. betty: very healthy? >> housing market numbers were up. employment is strong. i really think the united states stands apart from the rest of the globe. yes, it will be impacted, but the man on the street is going to do well here. never before have we had an economy like we have had today. we have a growing economy relative to job creation and wages are starting to increase at this point in time, which i think is a great thing for what we are seeing. low oil prices are good for the man on the street. may not be good for them banks, but good for the man on the street. do betty: do you agree? devon: credit has been as good as it has been a long time. that is clearly driven by the energy sector. what we are all looking at is if there's going to be a knock on from energy and ultimately spill to other sectors or will it spill to the consumer side. betty: do you think it will be? a commodityot trader, but it's a slid

. >> in this environment, this is a bit of a new paradigm. it is not a typical crisis in an attempt to normalize world and grow very slow. it can be quite a mimic. -- it can be quite anemic. some markets are adjusting to the new growth in china and around the world. in that environment, it is easy to become very pessimistic. you have seen volatility and market correcting, which is quite clear. their relations -- valuations are quite fair, but the growth prospects, you have to be very selective to find growth. however, in that environment where you have a lot of liquidity coming from europe, japan, possibly china -- you will have opportunity but you have to be streaming disciplined in terms of valuations and management quality and governance. you will have opportunity to pick up stocks in those of volatile times. that means having very flexible and strong strategy, strong focus on long-term things to identify the companies you think are going to make it on this sustainable basis, yet be very, very stingy with what you pay in order to dollar co

you better tell them and start dealing with it. >> techknow also visited peru's ministry of the environment in lima. minister manuel pulgar-vidal defended the government's efforts to combat illegal mining so there's this formalization process. how are the miners responding to this? >> in some way, well. in some other, not so good because sure it is more easy to work outside the rule of law because it's more cheap. that is why we need to have very clear ways to enforce the law >> describe to me the interdictions you crack down in those areas. how was that? how did it go? >> in some way, good. but on the other hand it is very difficult to maintain that kind of intervention because we cannot do it every day so sometimes we pull out these people from the forbidden zone and in 2 or 3 weeks they are coming back to the same place. >> why can't you do it every day, why can't you come back every 3 weeks. >> because they are also using some ways to avoid these interdictions measures. for example , in the tambopata buffer zone area, they are working by night. >> la pampa is inside the tambopata buffer

journey with me to a true commitment to our environment.urney with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium. thinking in generations also means enabling our young to have a decent standard of living. not the reagan/bush legacy to our children of an additional $3 that debt will forever burden and handicap them. george bush promised, readzqñs lips, no new taxes. it won an election, but what he really meant was, read my lips, add new debt. that is generationally immoral. our children deserve better. on this journey of purpose i commit myself to making this country a striving, thriving, triumph competitor in the world marketplace. i commit myself to an america where our standard of living, our educational and health care systems and our industrial output are second to none in the world. i commit myself to economic security for this generation and their children. this obligation to our young is as old as civilization. in the apache tongue with world for grandfather and grandson is the same. they understood linkage. t

but that could change based on the environment. but our assessment on the 980, et cetera, was looking at the world we see ten years out, assuming all that stays relatively static that's the size of source that if modernized appropriately and ready would be appropriate for that future. >> dan parsons, defense daily. >> you mentioned that the report as a whole recommends -- the recommendations would involve a net cost above what's available now. but given that it might be ambitious to achieve all of it, do you have a priority of recommendations that you would like to see accomplished such that you would feel that the commission's work was not done in vain? >> well, in general, i think no matter what happens i don't believe the commission's work is done in vain. it is our hope we inform the discussion and the debate. none of us at this table are decision makers. that rests with the senior leadership in the department of defense, department of the army, the commander in chief in the administration and with the members of congress and t

harriet beecher stowe's house was a domestic environment.nother one of the things she wrote about was how to manage your household. she thought and wrote a lot about how women should -- she helped advance the idea that managing your house and thinking about the kind of domestic environment you've built made a better family and made a better america. this house reflects that. it is not just one design, but it certainly reflects the aesthetic movement of the 19th century, as it's called. it's also a house that reflects that these people had long lives and had deep family connections. it is familial. it is friendly. it is comfortable. it is used. we work hard as a museum to not have it be too tidy. at the writer's table, there might be crumpled tables on the floor. we want to evoke a home that is lived in. it's not pristine. it is a home that was lived in. sitting down with harriet beecher stowe, i think, from her writings and other people's reports, she was a quiet person. she was an introvert. so there's a lot going on in her , head. people s

it is such an uncertain environment, political environment.ple have a lot of frustration with government, that they are not solving real problems. too many have given up hope that we will do things like fix this broken tax code and tell people get back to work. it is just manifesting itself in mr. trump. this selection though, has a long way to go. i have a lot of faith in voters going forward in these primaries. whether it is mr. trump or others, the cream will rise to the top and coalesce behind a candidate. i am hopeful that we are able to coalesce sooner rather than later, as primary voters. we will see where it goes. ben white: i think i heard an answer about the question regarding donald trump. rep. brady: the answer is yes. ben white: you would support him. excuse me for not having done the research, but have you picked a candidate? rep. brady: i have not. i have not been in a primary in the 18 years. ben white: i want to go back to tax issues with of the ways and means committee and talk about the dynamic there. you have paul ryan. he

and you can protect the environment at the same time. we believe that should be part of the discussion. move away from ideology. move away from a pure political discourse. let's look at the science and let's look at the data. we think that's the way all investigations should be undertaken. thank you very much. i appreciate you taking the time today. sorry i'm hoarse. hopefully next time i won't feel this way. thank you. >>> good afternoon, all, again. i hope everybody enjoyed your lunch. again, welcome to the 2016 state of american energy presentation. as we all know, energy is fundamental to our society's standard of living, to a healthy economy, and its a critical part of our national security. as this new year begins and clearly the presidential elections and campaign are in full swing, this year's state of american energy report, which is on the table in front of you at your seats, focuses on the critical energy policy choices ahead. the presentation today will focus on the importance of getting it right when it comes to our energy f

s role as well in terms of protecting the environment and good stewardship. states would still be subject to the safe drinking water act and the clean water act. these federal laws have minimum standards for all states, and those minimum standards ensure consistent protection between and among the states for both public and the environment. surface water is protected under the e.p.a.'s clean water act's surface water quality standards. drinking water is protected by the safe drinking water act which allows the e.p.a. to act if a contaminant is present or likely will enter an underground drinking water source. hydraulic fracturing wastewater is regulated by the e.p.a.'s underground injection program which is designated to the states to implement and enforce. and that's what we're talking about, again is the state having the primary role in regulation of hydraulic fracturing. e.p.a. requires a state to have a minimum requirement in terms of protecting underground projection from endangering drinking water sources. this includes monitoring and reporting requirem

we need the environment to change. the environment can change. the fed can change. china can get some growth. we get a clarity on what t on what the earnings are during this earnings period and we're going to want to buy sales force but the fundamentals are good. therefore long-term it has to be good. >> hello cramer. i loved your show and thanks for all that you do for us. >> thank you. >> i have been considering buying paypal. there's been talk of google taking them over. and they have earnings with a large market cap. >> we think this is a company with a great future but we're not buying on a take over basis. in this market that is completely the wrong thing to do. buy it because you like the fundamentals and we like the fundamentals of paypal. if it weren't such a hostile market i would be getting some match hand over fist but what i'm trying to do by using this very sexy name is show you that it doesn't matter. much more mad money ahead. success in bio tech hangs in the balance and the all powerful drug approval process but is the way to play it the guys doing

how do you put a cost on, you know, on the health of the environment? arguably you can't even do so. and in fact it's that principle that it's an infinite cost when we start talking about those sorts of scenarios that leads some people to, you know, conclude that the precautionary principle applies here, that the potential impact of what we're doing is so potentially harmful to us, to other living things, to the planet that it's almost obvious that we need to mitigate this problem, that we need to take actions now to avert those catastrophic futures, potential futures. ññóóóóawúwóóóóó [captioning made possible by democracy now!] ♪ amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! donald j trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. amy: a month after republican presidential front runner donald trump called for a ban