some of that gas, that alternate gas, u.s. lng, i'm saying it's not only because of southeast europe, but it's a model that's applicable around the world. i think you'll find that usaid has an appetite for this kind of work and may be willing to partner up and talk to you guys. >> well, so it's real interesting that you bring this up because i have been invited to go to -- with usaid -- to thailand the end of march, early april, and participate in a south asia as well as southeast asia mission to help bring some of their government regulators and others kind of up to speed in general on this. so i probably have just disinvited myself from the trip. right? by forgetting either to thank usea or to mention usaid but, look, there's a number -- they are important. there's a number of agencies we work with. even with all the ones they approved, we still have projects pending at furk. we have new projects coming into the pipeline all the time. today's announcement by mknamy he's not going to serve a second term, leaving us by june 30

oil and natural gas. somehow at this very moment of progress, some has made it their cause to stop american energy development. at the extreme, we hear promises on the 2020 campaign trail, demand fracking and nationwide and forever. here is a glimpse of that vision. millions of jobs loss, a spike in household energy cost, a manufacturing downturn. last energy security and the short run, a fracking band would quickly invite a global recession. you don't abolish the most dynamic asset of the world leading energy without severe consequences. it is no mystery why foreign leaders, hostile to american interests don't like american energy progress and the advantage that's given to our country. other countries have the choice of reliable energy from the u.s., thank in part of sound policies and the american innovation of fracking. banning a safe and successful method of energy is apart of an extreme agenda, opposed to natural gas and oil no matter where it is produced. nobody wants unhinder development or drillin

big sin offshore gas reserves to greece and then to italy and it will bypass turkey. meanwhile turkey is deploying soldiers to libya to back the un recognized government in tripoli and that's fighting forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar our anchor says its troops will protect its rights in the mediterranean and its interests in libya where war has escalated in recent weeks and have to a declared in december what he called a final and decisive battle for the capital he's trying to seize the city since april libya's been torn by violence and conflict since the fall of longtime ruler moammar gadhafi back in 2011 thank. you. well let's bring in our guests gabriel mitchell is a policy fellow at the victim institute think tank he joins us by skype from west jerusalem mehmet ojukwu who is chairman of the london energy club and a former turkish diplomat he joins us from london james moran is an associate senior research fellow at the center for european policy studies and former e.u. ambassador to egypt he joins us from brussels a very warm welcome to each of you gents so

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european countries are pretty much the pendent and almost entirely reliant on gas from gas and that will be extremely painful for them to change the situation moscow is also looking eastwards isn't it with china pipeline is that project proving profitable for moscow i think it was more political and strategic more wolf moscow because it has not been proved to be cost effective investment all commercial the wire will project given the low prices for gas in china and given that the demand is not growing as was expected or predicted before and also enjoy a cast a lot of competition in the market given this extremely historically low prices and in the chinese market so it will be very difficult for gas from to make profit out of this project in a short shorter term perspective all right thanks so much going neera for talking to us thank you parasite a social critique of inequality in south korea could become the 1st non english language film to win the best picture at the oscars this year director bond june hose palme d'or winning title tackles the issue of the growing wealth gap al-jazeera

natural gas was once a bridge fuel. as we have moved away from coal, we now need to move away from natural gas. we have so much more research and information in the last five years about the impacts of natural gas. we see that the natural gas industry is as potent as the coal industry. let me talk about impacts. first natural gas impacts climate. the major criteria po pollutants methane. it traps more heat in a faster time than carbon dioxide. methane traps 8 six times as much heat as carbon dioxides in a 20 year period. there are safety issues. natural gas is combustible and hazardous. in the united states a gas or pipeline catches fire every four days resulting in injury every five days and explodes every 11 days, leading to paytalty every 26 days. we have seen these issues in frap. in february we had the hall of justice. last year we can't forget about sanbruno where 8 people died from gas explosion and wiped out a neighborhood. in addition to climate and safety we see health impacts. we know that communities living

so there's a there's going to be a gas to gas competition coming from different sources if this new pipeline will bring guys which is affordable cost competitive to other ones and it also overcome this job political tensions which might hamper the progress in this project of course is several come new addition to european guster also you have to bear in mind that in transition to a low carbon economy in europe there are going to be significant challenges for new gusts to be brought to the european markets there isn't also a strong appetite for near infrastructure pipeline infrastructure to build don't forget that we have now turned up tapped which will bring gas from caspian through turkey greece to italy which has already been signed and progress and the guys was brought all the way to the turkish border then top is completed this will carry gus to italy then you have trucks stream 2 which will bring us why it. all the way to baumgarten and then you have north stream sure under the baltic sea bringing us to central europe so there is an abundance of gus supplies coming then the question wil

oil and natural gas.ehow at this very moment of progress, some have made it their cause to stop american energy development at the extreme we hear promises on the 2020 campaign trail to ban fracking nationwide and forever. here is a glimpse of that vision, millions of jobs lost, a spike in household energy costs, manufacturing downturn, less energy security and in the short run a fracking ban would quickly invite a global recession. you don't abolish the most dynamic asset of the world-leading energy producer without severe consequences. it's no mystery, foreign leaders hostile to american interest don't like america's energy progress and the advantage it has given to our country. other countries now have the choice of reliable energy from the u.s., thanks in part to sound policy and the american innovation of fracking. banning a face and successful method is part of agenda no matter where it is produced. nobody wants unhindered development or drilling on all federal land, that's extreme view that exist a

woman: oil and gas has kept kern county moving for decades. arvin residents are fed up and those in the industry feel unwelcomed. wednesday night, arvin city council unanimously voted in favor of restrictions on the oil and gas industry. those in support applauded. [cheering and applause] man: yeah, so, it's a monumentous thing that we did. we passed thehe oil and gasas ordinance,e, and hopopefully otr cities with that type of industry will follow, so, we're gonna be talking today withth se neighbobors on nelslson court, d then tomomrow i'm gonnnna have a coconversation itith the mayayof taft about our twowo cities. see if we can find any common ground. my name is jose gurrola and i am the mayoror of the city of arvi. we c can't t deny the fact that living and being next to an oil and gas operatioions, that it emits emisissions, and that thoe emissisions can n cause harm t o healthth, and fossil fuel extraction and production and consumption is a big part of the pollution here in the valley and worldwide. agriculture is the base economy here i

and russia turns to turkey the 2 countries inaugurate a new pipeline to carry russian gas to southern europe bypassing ukraine. this is your new business report i'm seeing there's a billet it's good to have you with us markets around the world are breathing a sigh of relief after tensions between the u.s. and iran have appeared to settle asian indexes were up across the board on thursday the nikkei in japan leading the way with gains of more than 2 percent on kong and shanghai were also in positive territory european stocks began the day up and oil is once again trading lower after rising on those same tensions. and i'm joined now by financial correspondent chelsea delaney in frankfurt so chelsea are investors finally trying to put these tensions aside and continue trading. they definitely seem to be here for the taxes about half a percent away from an all time high that's after the s.n.p. hit a record yesterday so investors are really definitely getting in on this relief rally as some analysts are sort of questioning if that's really appropriate at this point is this a sign of compla

israel greece and cyprus have signed a deal to build a major gas pipeline across the mediterranean a development that will add to tensions with turkey and libya tripoli and ankara insists the pipeline will violate a maritime boundary agreement reached between the countries earlier this year the east med pipeline will tap gas reserves from israel's offshore levantine basin it'll run across the mediterranean to the greek island of crete then on to the greek mainland and finally up to italy john seraphina's has more now from athens. there's something for everyone who's in this agreement israel is pursuing gas exports to arab neighbors for regional leverage and east med is an opportunity to develop a permanent alliance with europe cyprus needs powerful allies to develop its gas exports without turkish interference and greece is realizing a dream to be an energy transit hub with italy expected to sign on soon this leaves out turkey which feels the region's energy reserves should not be exploited without it so the leaders here stressed inclusiveness. east med then up with only up the. east

american petroleum, nuclear energy institute, american gas associate, center for lng, and natural gasier association all expressed support for this really aggressive diversity challenge that we propose. more than 80 organizations have pledged to take action on diversity inclusion as a result of this. it is important to admit that not only do we all have room for improvement but we all have an obligation to do it when it comes to recruitment, retention and changing corporate culture. so we made diversity a core part of our identity and continuing to prioritize diverse voices in our events and other staff. we created resources to help our companies to fight out what they should do. we hosted numerous events and continue to do this work in 2020. i think that's a great opportunity for us to continue to partner with all the folks in this room. our collected efforts will help change the culture of the energy industry and ensure all americans regardless of their background or income have a place in our respected industries if they want to. make no mistake those changes are not inevitable and

gas they will resell to european distributors. first step toward making the pipeline commercially viable. east me wouldd -- east med would carry 2% of the gas europe consumes. that a political statement europe wants pipelines built by europeans with transit across european territory. that means diversifying away from russian gas or pipelines that cross turkey, which is increasingly at odds with greece over maritime jurisdictions. turkey has not signed the law of the sea and claims areas of the mediterranean that greece and cyprus also claim under that law. countries tol the cooperate. but of course this has a prerequisite, which is international law and the spirit. willspondent: east med cost $7 billion to build, securing gas sales and bank loans will determine whether it happens. for now, governments are providing the political impetus. authorities in australia are rushing to rescue thousands of people stranded across the southeast of the country as more devastating bushfires are forecast for the weekend. with dozens of main road

to natural gas. and markets with russian gas. very good afternoon to you kiran alongside me neil harvey thanks for joining us here on r.t. international where we start with breaking news coming from iran where ukrainian international airlines passenger jet has crashed just minutes after taking off from the capital tehran ukraine says all 167 passengers and 9 crew members were killed the moment of the crash was apparently caught on video. boeing be ukranian boeing 737 took off from the capital tehran here. at 6 12 am local time and it was bound for the ukrainian capital kiev and just a few minutes around 10 minutes after taking off it crashed and reports so that we received images and footage showing the plane crashing while in fire and the crash site is reportedly around 30 kilometers west of the one in a district called shot we are but there are people from 7 different countries on board the doomed liner ukrainian president vladimir the landscape has cut short a visit to amman to return to kiev on his telegram channel he express

natural gas was once a bridge fuel. as we have moved away from coal, we now need to move away from natural gas. we have so much more research and information in the last five years about the impacts of natural gas. we see that the natural gas industry is as potent as the coal industry. let me talk about impacts. first natural gas impacts climate. the major criteria po pollutants methane. it traps more heat in a faster time than carbon dioxide. methane traps 8 six times as much heat as carbon dioxides in a 20 year period. there are safety issues. natural gas is combustible and hazardous. in the united states a gas or pipeline catches fire every four days resulting in injury every five days and explodes every 11 days, leading to paytalty every 26 days. we have seen these issues in frap. in february we had the hall of justice. last year we can't forget about sanbruno where 8 people died from gas explosion and wiped out a neighborhood. in addition to climate and safety we see health impacts. we know that communities living

and russia turns to turkey 2 countries inaugurate a new gas pipeline to carry russian gas to southern europe bypassing ukraine. this is your business report i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for joining us markets around the world are breathing a sigh of relief after seeing no further escalation in the conflict between u.s. and iran after u.s. markets closed with gains overnight asian indexes are up across the board on thursday with the nikkei in japan gaining more than 2 percent hong kong and shanghai are also in positive territory after strong gains over the last few tense days oil is once again trading lower. if more on this let's go to our financial correspondent in frankfurt chelsea delaney chelsea does this mean that investors have finally put aside these conflicts or this conflict between the u.s. and iran. absolutely and i think investors really began to look past these risks yesterday as it was it seemed that that wouldn't escalate further and that was really confirmed for a lot of investors by president trump's announcement yesterday so i think investors now are they don't

. >>> natural gas and oil experts, along with dirty jobs host mike rowe participated in a discussion on the 2020 outlook at an american petroleum substitu institute conference in washington, d.c. this is 45 minutes. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our future of energy pan panelistist, general president of labor international union of north america terry o'sullivan. president and ceo of small business and entrepreneurship council karen kerrigan, president of petroleum equipment and services association leslie byer. skills raid advocate and television host, mike rowe. and our panel moderator, api senior vice president of global industry services, debra phillips. >> well, good afternoon, everyone. i'm deborah phillips and i run a part of api that mike and megan have mentioned earlier today but not many know much about. our 120 employees, and more than 7,000 volunteers worldwide developed standards and programs that drive safety, environmental performance, sustainability, and energy efficiency throughout the oil and gas industry, both here domestically and around the world, and

so here it is on the map as a starting over in israel's leventon basin off shore gas reserves through create up into the greek mainland. more from john psaropoulos now he's reporting from athens. the east med pipeline agreement that is being signed is a statement of political will between the governments of israel greece and cyprus they are settling legal and political issues but surrounds the construction of this 1900 kilometer pipeline stretching from the israeli and cypriot gas fields of the eastern mediterranean to the boot of italy and bringing up to 4 percent of europe's natural gas needs if and when this pipeline is built and starts operating roughly 2025 the middle of the decade the actual construction of the pipeline will only begin once the consortium in charge of it a company that is comprised of greece's natural gas corporation and the italian company edison signed the final investment decision to go ahead and do that they've got to feel confident that they have found enough wholesalers distributors of gas in europe to sell the gas to once that happens they also need to ra

the natural gas, oil energy sector for us is thriving. i know one of my broergs is here, the teamsters, the pipeline crafts, and we have seen you don't want to use explosion when you're talking about natural gas, but that's what we have seen in our organization and in the industry. these kind of energy jobs are a pathway to the middle class. they provide hope, opportunity, good wages, with good benefits. and that's what we stand for and that's what the partnership with api provides. i do have a few examples, i can't memorize them all. i'll talk a minute about some of the challenges. we have the atlantic coast pipeline or dakota access, i had over 1,600 laborers on that job and i'm not talking about for a week or month. i'm talking about a year or more. over 4,500 building trades men and woman. rover, over 3,000 construction workers, multiple-year project. atlantic sunrise, 2,500. line three relacement in minnesota 3,000. atlanta pipeline which has challenges, there is going to be about 1,200 construction laborers on it. we have i saw one

turkey and russia have inaugurated a natural gas line connecting their countries the project opens a new export path for russian gas that bypasses ukraine relations between cav and moscow have deteriorated since russia annexed crimea in $24.00 teen transporting natural gas through the new pipeline will be more expensive than gasoline reste through ukraine but amid ongoing political and economic disputes with kiev russia is aiming to reduce shipments via its western neighbor putin expressed optimism during the inauguration ceremony in istanbul. stuff get a good got gas supplies through to extreme will undoubtedly be of great importance placed sure he's not only for the turks stream will transport natural gas from a compressor station near the russian town of an opera a distance of 930 kilometers under the black sea to the receiving terminal and key a curry turkey it then continues to the distribution terminal in the town of labor costs from turkey russian gas will also be supplied to southern and southeastern europe turkey is also a part of a race to explore all oil and gas in the eas

we have so much gas -- let's put it this way.have to flare so much of the stuff, remember we had parsley on, trying to get less flaring. but it cost -- this thing is just losing money hand over fist if you're in this game the bottom line, the charts is interpreting by carly garner suggesting that oil and gas could bounce and the stocks are not saying that. i know it is hard to believe right now when the groups are so hated but often that is exactly when you need to go bullish. "mad money" is back after the break. man: can i find an investment firm that has a truly long-term view? it begins by being privately owned. with more than 85 years of experience over multiple market cycles. with portfolio managers who are encouraged to do what's right over what's popular. focused on helping me achieve my investors' unique goals. can i find an investment firm that gets long term the way i do? with capital group, i can. talk to your advisor or consultant for investment risks and information. >> announcer: lightning round is sponsored by td a

other things it's obliges the administration to impose sanctions on russia's north stream to stream gas pipelines and approves military aid to ukraine the white house opposes the construction of north stream to believing that the project will give russia leverage over the foreign policy of european countries plus it promotes its liquefied natural gas and this pipeline if completed. would make europe even more dependent on russian energy would generate billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would follow on russian military aggression but even in the u.s. than to stand that the sanctions will not be able to stop north streams construction as it's already near completion germany is already preparing to tell a true measures top officials slammed the bill. congress has indeed decided to impose sanctions we are against extraterritorial sanctions not only those adopted yesterday but we also have the same problem with the sanctions against iran there is no other option left for us but to hold very decisive talks to show that we are not accepting these sanctions we believe that i

in that part of beirut choked with with a gas play seem to be firing at these gas canisters quite liberally around and using a water cannon against protesters al jazeera saying a honda is on the line now she's on the streets in beirut where are you right now if i don't what's going on around you. we are trying to reach a the streets where the parliament building where this heavily fortified 9 area around parliament building but dozens and dozens of people are arriving so it's very difficult to make our way through a scene like this but it seems it's over the past few days where 6 police are being accused of using excessive force against a 5 a a. when. dozens of people were taken to hospitals to see the media workers that were beaten up by the police but the entire 6 security forces are playing we are protecting public property we are not. we are protecting public property and we want d. protesters a to live d or to try to break through the security barriers we will we will break we will respond by force but never gone more service on 3 has not kept people away from the streets it's just i t

than conventional cooking gas. there are no official dumps within the city anymore for the $5000.00 tons of garbage bangalore generates every single day. even designated landfills like this one on a major has it. causes disease or. the pollution creates metered again which is a. damaging your source. that's. adding. some not only on has scaled up his operations to help keep more waste out of landfills and make his business. about 13 tons of food waste arrive at this plant north of bangalore every day from i t parks and corporate campuses. about 17 jobs have been created here to buy a gas plant. unlike the facility in the city it also compresses the gas it's then bottled into senators that can be shipped to customers across bangalore. our dream is to have this across india with on too close coming into this business running but on michael and it's a win win for the country as well as creating more jobs and creating energy security. something that i and has already expanded into 2 moves states he plans to continue gr

from the eastern mediterranean to europe they east medline is intended to provide an alternative gas source for energy hungry europe which is largely dependent on supplies from russia then you have trilateral pipeline project comes amid tensions with turkey over its own activities in the area. the signing is a defining moment after 10 years of talks between israel cyprus and greece they want to build the longest undersea pipeline in the world the construction they estimate will cost $6000000000.00 this is a story before israel because we're becoming an energy exporter for the 1st time in our history but it's also. i believe this story for the. partnership and alliance in the eastern mediterranean the almost 2000 kilometer long pipeline will transfer up to 12000000000 cubic metres a year from israel's offshore gas reserves to cyprus the greek island of crete to the greek mainland and then on to southern europe it's expected to supply 10 percent of the use natural gas needs. the project could also accommodate future gas finds in waters off cyprus and greece where exploration is underwa

liquefy the gas to confection plants are available that would the best way to export natural gas resources of cyprus offshore that has been discussed but then the other alternative is to join with the israeli offshore gas and export it through this to europe but even his ideas also have been thinking not the said he only has come to europe with ok thinking also of exporting the gas to egypt and to middle east countries at the same time so it is. potential one way or the other or various alternatives ok but politics is a chess game that the politics on unfortunately is is playing a game and sensitivity of cyprus and terry key is a major issue in our atmosphere let me ask you a final thought because we're going to push the time here i mean russia and turkey as we know have a number of gas deals already insert he clearly wants to expand its claims in the mediterranean but isn't there an oversupply of gas in the market now anyway so how will this new deal impact the energy space do you think. yes there is there is a good point you mentioned that few years ago this gas discovery was ideal but n

i spoke with the manager at the gas station. she credits her employee for thinking fast and shutting off the gas. >> a male had driven away with a pump still attached to his vehicle. he has since returned but now he has a lighter in his hand. unknown what he's going to do with the lighter. >> reporter: the manager says her employee called her at home asking what to do after reporting a driver threatening to set one of the gas nozzles on fire. >> i don't know. that's crazy. >> could have been dangerous. >> yeah. going to blow up. i don't see why he would try to light the gas station on fire. >> reporter: the threat of the fire has many nearby residents thankful that the situation didn't escalate. the man was armed with a metal bar and charged with officers, according to police. in an e-mail, san jose police say officers used multiple, less-lethal options that had no effect. the officers ultimately discharged their firearms in response. >> shots fired, shots fired! >> a couple gunshots to the torso. >> reporter: the area was litte

on the ground there in central beirut trying to dodge the clouds of tear gas. well we're still in marco square adrian security forces have failed really to push protesters away from this area as you saw earlier a lot of tear gas were clogged and for this square the epicenter really of the protest movement people are very defiant who've been speaking to people here they say the more violence that we've used against us the more quote revolutionary we become so people are promising to stay in the streets to continue with their protest action and they're promising that you know police action like this is not going to stop them from trying to achieve what they want to achieve and what people here want to achieve is a change in course but nobody here really is under the illusion that this is going to be an easy darfur to wit that they've been on the streets for $100.00 days in the early days of the uprising that cows and people were peacefully protesting in square as they were also rocking roads to try to disrupt the public life there when security forces internally

tear gas and violence in hong kong as thousands defy a police ban on a protest. hello there i'm just on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the prime minister of libya's u.n. backed government prepares for peace talks in berlin along with his rival for power the world relief. and protests also turned violent an 11 on anger there is rising as the economic and fiscal crisis deep. in the form rule communities in afghanistan finding it harder to survive the basically cold winter. now violence has once again broken out in hong kong after pro-democracy demonstrators attempted to march through the city in defiance of a police ban riot police of fide tear gas of protesters and arrested to several people thousands had gathered in the center of the city for the latest anti-government demonstration now authorities had approved that rally as long as participants stayed in one location but police did warn that they would stop anyone attempting to march but our correspondent sara clark is joining me now live from hong kong sero been seeing these pic

we're not supposed to have gas.ing, oh, we've had a gas leak for six years, and... ..that, i can't even explain how, how scary that is. i can't even explain. and you thenjust be thankful your kids and everybody woke up the next day. has anything improved ? the communication, i would say. we're now inundated with letters from barnet homes. you know, we're still living here, we still have to live with the gas, we still have to live here with the pests, cockroaches, the rats, the mice, the mould. being broken into. they've been there about, i would say about three weeks. these are bending because, the building is, because it's not structurally safe. if you bothered to come round and actually speak to residents or go to speak to people in bradcock, you would understand what they know. you cannot turn round and say to me... having been elected locally for 18 years, i certainly have been round marsh drive and graham park estate, more, more than you have. more than you have. the building is technically structurally not saf

imposing sanctions on companies involved in building the pipeline firstly american liquefied natural gas is obtained through fracking which makes it's unacceptable for germany and secondly it is much more expensive the russian gas the natural gas we get from russia is high in demand and due to falling production in europe demand has only increased so we plan to import more of it this is why news stream 2 is so important because of north stream 2 it will be completed even if u.s. sanctions are imposed on project participants that was announced by kremlin spokesperson to me trip is called he noted that the us actions violate international law are unfair competition and mean expensive and uncompetitive products will be forced on europe's gas consume is moscow does not like such actions nor does berlin nor paris these sanctions are a direct violation of international law an example of unfair competition and an attempt to spread artificial us dominance to european markets via the imposition of more expensive and uncompetitive products construction of north stream to began last year as of nove

shot de la santos of san jose three times saturday at gas station, saying he tried to set a gas hose on fire then charged at them. in hospital, expected to survive. >>> two men in theft in oakland had first court appearance. accused of running down victim as they sped away. public defender was assigned to the case. aunt is praying for him and his family. >> unfortunate situation for us all. >> reporter: tributes for zeng in the area where it happened were taken down, to be placed in memorial book for family. >>> commute came to grinding halt in oakland. backup on interstate 880, big rig blocked all lanes, no one seriously hurt. all lanes reopened around 6:30. these stories and other headlines on our abc7 news app. >>> crisis with iran. american b-52 bombers and thousands of troops are being deployed to middle east as iran vows revenge after death of general in drone strike. claiming that president doesn't have authority to go to war with iran, reporter has more. >> reporter: speaking from the senate floor, majority leader mitch mcconnell criticized his democratic colleagues days afte