theof responsibility forgetting us into this (beep) to go oughtthe exit it's just like the captain exxon valdez standing around alaska going you're scrubbing the oil off those birds all wrong. you should be using steel wool and ajax. believe you arehe environment like this. for god's sakeshrees taken us dow from three wars to one. is that what's going on here? are americas hawks having empty i know it' we'll always have afghanistan. pakistani television stationng starts between ., we arebeside pakistan. >> if pakistan is attacked and if the people of needan's help afghanistan will be there with you. >> jon: afghanistano live at cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. that we are of iraq we can turn our attentn to problems here at home. high energy costs whatgoing to do about that? >> can create a new green economy. >> jon: that sounds awesome. and minty.nvest in the grid and in 50 years we're looking at molecules and to the future. >> we're g weathero homes. >> we weatherorter homes. weatherorter homes. they're more energy efficient. >> jon: that is something too. immature. i don't think th

forgetting us into this (beep) to go ought waldorf on the exit, it's just like the captain of the exxon valdez standing around alaska going you're scrubbing the oil off those birds all wrong. you should be using steel wool and ajax. i can't believe you are screwing up the environment like this. for god's sakes in like three days obama has taken us down from three wars to one. is that what's going on here? are americas hawks having empty nest syndrome? i know it's hard when they grow up. but look on the bright side. we'll always have afghanistan. >> speaking with a private pakistani television station karzai said, quote, this. if fighting starts between pakistan and the u.s., we are beside pakistan. >> if pakistan is attacked and if the people of pakistan need afghanistan's help, afghanistan will be there with you. >> jon: afghanistan, that kid is going to live at home forever. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. now that we are pulling out of iraq we can turn our attention to problems here at home. high energy costs, what are we going to do about that? >> i think

but it was found by some archaeologists who were working for the state of alaska following the exxon valdez oil spill, and there was great concern that some of these areas that were being impacted by the spill had archaeological sites on them that no one had looked for and that could be damaged by the oil directly or by clean-up activities, and one of the results of the spill was that almost 1,000 new archaeological sites were discovered. when alaska was purchased by the united states, they instituted the census every 10 years, and the first one in 1880 recorded a few people living in one village out on the coast, and by the next census in 1890, there were no native alaskan settlers out here. they had in the meantime resettled in english bay because of the effects of deprivation under the fur trade system, which was really one of forced labor, or probably a substantial impact from smallpox and other diseases. eir population had dwindled. they went to english bay, collected there, and there was a church there. the russian orthodox priest wanted them to come there and settle at one centralize

and to top it all off, the first credit default swap ever created stemmed out of the exxon valdez spill. jpmorgan, chase bankers created the now infamous financial mechanism to hedge their own viability after staking nearly $5 billion in credit to exxon to cover the company's potential payouts. subsequent credit default swaps went on to play a critical role in igniting the financial crisis of 2008. now let's take a look at the bp compensation fund. within two months of the start of this the spill the president obama secured a commitment from bp to set aside $20 billion to begin immediately calm and saving the american people and businesses affected by the spill. ken feinberg manage the victim funds following the 9/11 attacks and the virginia tech shootings and was asked to take charge of the fund and he was given complete independence to run it. i late august of last year mr. feinberg works epping claims ensign paying for lost wages and other economic impacts. through this fund people were compensated in timeframes closer to days rather than decades. the exxon valdez led to the inventio

and to top it all off, the first credit default swap ever created stemmed out of the exxon valdez spill jpmorgan, chase bankers created the now infamous financial mechanism to hedge their own viability after staking nearly $5 billion in credit to exxon to cover the company's potential payouts. subsequent credit default swaps went on to play a critical role in igniting the financial crisis of 2008. now let's take a look at the bp compensation fund. within two months of the start of this the spill the president obama secured a commitment from bp to set aside $20 billion to begin immediately calm and saving the american people and businesses affected by the spill. ken feinberg manage the victim funds following the 9/11 attacks and the virginia tech shootings and was asked to take charge of the fund and he was given complete independence to run it. i late august of last year mr. feinberg works epping claims ensign paying for lost wages and other economic impacts. through this fund people were compensated in timeframes closer to days rather than decades. the exxon valdez led to the invention

the exxon valdez led to the invention of the credit defaults what. the bp compensation fund -- the only question is how quickly could mr. feinberg find a way to deal with these issues. unfortunately there were some who said that this fund accounted to a chicago-style shakedown politics. but at a pivotal time in the nation's history, when an oil rig sank to the bottom of the ocean and oil washed up on our shores, this fund kept families and businesses afloat. more than 200,000 residents and businesses had been paid over $5 billion so far this year. thousands of new claims are coming in every week as people see their neighbors being made whole. i've been quite critical of bp for many things associated with this bill, but here i believe the company did the right thing. and i would really like to thank the work done by ken feinberg. i think it is a model for how tragedies bring up the best in people. mr. feinberg, you have demonstrated that as you did in creating a climate for the past in trying to resolve these issues as well. finally, i like to thank t

and to top it all off, the first credit default swap ever created stemd out of the exxon valdez spill. jpmorgan, chase bankers created the now infamous financial mechanism to hedge their own viability after staking nearly $5 billion in credit to exxon to cover the company's potential payouts. subsequent credit default swaps went on to play a critical role inigniting the financial crisis 2008. now let's take a look at the bp compensation fund. within two months of the start of this the spill the president obama secured a commitment from bp to set aside $20 billion to begin immediately calm and saving the american people and businesses affected by the spill. ken feinberg manage the victim funds following the 9/11 attacks and the virginia tech shootings and was asked to take charge of the fund and he was given complete independence to run it. i late august of last year mr. feinberg works epping claims ensign paying for lost wages and other economic impacts. through this fund people were compensated in timeframes closer to days rather than decades. the exxon valdez led to the invention of

you say this is actually more like the exxon valdez spill and not so much like the bp spill? right. here you have a ship aground on a reef about 12 miles offshore. and the oil is coming out. they know exactly how much is on board and they can use somewhat conventional methods for trying to get it out. that's the big challenge, over half of the oil that the ship was carrying is still on board the ship. and although they have pumps and pipes going out to it, the stuff has got a consistency of a very thick honey. it resists being pushed out of the ship. the big fear is there may be a storm or something that would break the ship up and dump the rest of the oil into the ocean. so that's very different from the bp blow out where you had a deep satisfy resea release point and it went on over a longer period of time. you're releasing oil close to shore and have the chance of intervening with pumping and booming the vessel. >> ian mcdonald, great to have you on. this is a story that's not getting enough coverage so we're happy to talk about it with you. thank you very much. >>> rick p

in 1990, congress passed the oil pollution act in the aftermath of the exxon valdez oil spill. in order to reduce the risk of an oil spill it required all tankers operating in u.s. waters to be double hulled by 2015 no matter what country's flag a tanker is flying, it will have to double hull to sail into the united states of america to protect us from their pollution. we acted unilaterally to protect our country from the carbon pollution associated with an oil spill 21 years ago. now, after years of trying to forge an international aviation agreement, the european union is acting to protect itself from the carbon pollution associated from airline travel. last week, an independent team of scientists at berkley released their -- berkeley released their analysis of surface records going back to 1900. their counterparts in noaa and nasa had previously shown that temperatures were increasing. once again, scientists have confirmed that global warming is real. now, that independent scientists have validated this dead rock fact, perhaps my colleagues who have questioned the science of

i was too young to remember the exxon-valdez spill, and too young in 1997 to understand when they didn't sign the protocol. i've seen the effects of drought to some of the most droughtive hurricanes in history, lived through the hottest temperatures on the planet. clearly, the united states needs to lead on planet action. i'm asking americans and our communities to pay the price by living near health risks like coal fired power plants or oil pipelines. this pipeline is not just environmental issue, but justice and civil rights issue as well. it can destroy aquifers and introduce toxins to the food supply. already, this extraction requires removing ancient forests causing cancer and pollution and lung disease. i have ancestors who coexisted with nature will see their communities destroyed by the pipeline. they will see direct effects. the proposal for the pipeline shows that the state department is willing to put the well being of communities at risk for the profit of the oil industry. the american people sense deep in their bones that with a slight change of priorities, the federal gover

because the technology hasn't changed in 20 years since exxon valdez and we put out this challenge toctacular. >> the idea of the prize, compete for a certain amount of money. $1 million for first prize. the number of teams that compete to do that generates a lot more research than $1 million? >> you invest $1 million. you might invest in the right team. put out a challenge saying, listen, if you hit this goal, which is really hard, really audacious, then you win. and we literally attracted 350 pre-retgistered teams that have driven ten amazing finalists and one winner. >> what was the goal? >> the goal, the industry had to clean up 1 shgs 100 gallons per minute. at least to win you have to do at least 2,500. at least 2.5 times better than the existing industry standards. >> okay. >> what happened is nothing short of spectacular. >> donny, you guys were involved in the oil spill last year. >> yeah. running the burn program for bp. a fire resistant containment and can burn large volumes of oil offshore. >> the boom contains a bunch of oil, pools it, you light it on fire. you burn it of

i was too young to remember the exxon valdez oil spill in alaska, to young in 1997 to understand the frustration when the united states didn't sign the kyoto protocol. throughout my life i've seen the drought, some of the largest listed destructive hurricanes of history and i've lived through the hottest years on the planet and graduate college weeks after the bp oil spill disaster. clearly the united states needs to lead on climate action. i'm asking americans and many of our communities pay the price by losing your health risks such as the power plants or oil pipelines. this keystone xl pipeline is not just an environmental issue and civil rights issue as well. it can destroy op refers and introduce toxins to our food supply. already, tarzan's oil extraction requires removing ancient forests and leaves toxins behind the cause cancer and increase air pollution and lung disease. i have faded american ancestors and people who profess how to possess nature will see communities destroyed by the pipeline. indigenous people have contributed to climate change and suffer from the brunt of t

how was too young to remember the exxon valdez, too young to understand the frustration with an addedtes did not practice protocol. from my life i've seen the largest and most destructive hurricanes in history, living to the hottest years and the planet, he -- on the planet. clearly the united states needs to lead. many in my community that are affected by oil pipelines. this keystone xl pipeline is not just an informal issue. already tar sands oil extraction requires moving ancient forest that leaves toxins behind the increases along disease. the indigenous people could coexist with nature will see their communities destroyed by the pipeline. hit shows that the state department is willing to put the health of its communities at risk for the profit of the oil companies. the american people sense deep in their bones that the federal government can make every effort to end apartheid, and start leaving on climate action. he is because when our country ceases to invest in an unjust energy system that creates expendable people in order to benefit and others. we need to stop investing in te

valdez. they shut down exxon stations. they protested and they demanded policy and they got out of the bush administration, the bush senior administration come a critical piece of legislation, the oil pollution act. similarly in 1969 off the coast of santa barbara when an oil well blue, people organize. they were galvanized, they were ready. they saw imagery that captured their hearts and souls and years later they got the clean water act, they got the clean air act, they got the environmental protection agency and 11 long years organizing later they got a moratorium on offshore drilling in some states. what happened here was that those photographs, particularly of the brown pelican soaked in oil, the state bird of louisiana, capture people, captured our hearts and our minds but those picture started to go away and i think what most people assume that the pictures were going away because oiled birds were going away, right? less birds, less images. that is not what happened. in fact is the number of oiled birds was increasi