in shale rock. now, it's mostly water that goes into this, but there is a portion of it -- industry says it's about .5% -- which is composed of sand and other types of chemicals. those chemicals have a multitude of purposes. the main purpose is to have what's calls a slickant and an emulsion, and it allows the water to be pumped in and to have sand be more or lessfied inside it so that when the water goes through, it can take advantage of what's currently in the earth and the sand will hold it open so that when they pull the water out of the ground, the methane gas will float back out of the hole. so what happens here is you've got a number of issues. first of all, a lot of water is being used -- usually between a million and fife million gallons -- it's in many places so there is a problem of allocation of water and how much water is being used and having dropped the aquifer. the second issue is that you're mixing chemicals in the ground. the chemicals go into the ground can, some of them stay ther

i'm siding with the energy front of the uk government could allow corporations to pump shale gas on thepeople's land with no fear of any legal consequences. the i would be up here and what's good is to stop the international with the real research ate the entire news team here thank you for joining us. st saw breaking news for you here on the program does not find self defense fighters and a policeman that have been killed as kiev re launches a mini tree crackdown on anti government protesters in the eastern ukrainian city of stuff yet according to the country's interior ministry. three self defense checkpoints have been destroyed. the times snipers and troops now in the air self defense like to say the homage vehicles have to pull back. often they fail to enter the city. john was to graham phillips is the one at the checkpoint just outside of ibm's he was that mean it's not that it came under attack. the remaining sauce over recently stated what he refers to the counter operation is going to be awfully seen to date the frontier with cookies check for this fortification of the isolated

in modern shale wells, that does not happen. the shale is so far down. what does happen and what can happen is if you don't build the well right, you put the pipe down and around the outside putting a lot of cement, if you don't make sure that cement is solid you may have some of this water, chemicals, naturally occurring radioactive material slowing up the outside and is going to float up and this is basic physics, it will look for the area where it can go and that is often an aquifer. that is critically important. i have a whole chapter about the legend of hydraulic fracturing, who in the 1970s created this simple instrument that would go down a well and look for a slight temperature variation to find this hairline fractures, that is all it takes and it is amazing when you think about wells, but could that have to do with it? this is really high tech cement. second of all that cause the deepwater horizon. you have to get it right and it is not easy but this is one of those situations where you don't want to be foolish. >> it is a little more technical

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corporation shale gas right under people with no fear of any legal consequence. or with the rule received from everybody here welcome to the program and our breaking news for you this hour five. policemen have been killed as kiev relaunches a military crackdown on anti-government protesters this in the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk according to the country's interior ministry three self-defense checkpoints have been destroyed with snipers and troops old now entering that area but self-defense fighters say the armored vehicles have to pull back after they failed to enter the city graham phillips was at one of the checkpoints just outside minutes after it was attacked. now interior minister astronomical was recently stated that while your first of the counter-terrorist operation is going to be stepping up what we see now today the fact here we've got this checkpoint this fortification on the outer limits of the city of slavyansk which is be here now for some two weeks of what we saw the small he was equally only approach from this direction the north is that

it's got thousands of feet of shale above it that form a very good containment layer. narrator: additional tests are done. well logging measures fluid levels that act as a proxy of porosity in the rock, indicating layers of porous sandstone and nonporous shale. and core samples are compared to previous examples taken over decades from ohio geological surveys lab. this data will provide the exact depth and characteristics of the rock layers. once these evaluations are complete the rock will be tested by injecting about two days' worth of plant co2 emissions and monitoring whether any of it is leaking up to the surface. if this technology proves feasible and economically viable, then carbon sequestration holds great promise as being part of the solution to continue to provide affordable energy without contributing to climate change. dr. gupta: we have to clearly recognize that this is one of several options that we have to deploy. it is not the only option. but this option, if it can be used like we are trying to show with our research, would be a significant part of the

and his signing with the energy firms the uk government could allow corporations to pump shale gas under people's land without fear of legal consequences. the or to put mccain rt international let me read it don't you. welcome to the program to begin with breaking news. while self defense forces and against region have announced a full mobilization that after ukrainian troops and tanks were deployed to the eastern ukraine see the op slow downs which is a one and made hot spots on the anti pf on rents the brain injured ministry says fine people from some of the fam squads and one policeman have been killed and three checkpoints destroyed. locals describe the situation and so warm graham phillips isn't announced force. no we loaded into the pool by the group did it take for me i'm going to school and couldn't take it in. the group the checkpoint on. not from the top of the checkpoint the checkpoint the operation. weekend located on the altar of a cold. but today she learned to play tonight lumberjack on to continue to issue one it can be controlled. want to talk about poetry that budget. i

dakota, the eagleford shale, the barnett shale, the marcellis shale, green, green, green, green, median income going up for everyone in the county, median income going up. where energy production is occurring. strikingly, the marcellis shale extends north to new york and yet the entire state of new york you can see there's not a county in the state of new york where needian income has gone up. why? the democratic politicians in new york have prohibited developing those natural resources because they ban fracking. so pennsylvania, pennsylvanians apparently would like jobs, like higher median income, they're seeing the benefit but in new york, new yorkers are not because of democratic politicians in new york that prohibit developing those resources. i would note that one of the most promising areas is the monterrey shale in california, abundant resources and you would note the entire state of california there's not one green county. and that is because california likewise even though they should those resources, the democratic politicians have there concluded californians couldn't don't w

operated by i guess, it is g the shale rock for natural gas. it is not alone.ler is on the front too. the former bp ceo. >> shale gas in the u.k. will make a big difference to the u.k. energy picture but it will not prevent the importation of natural gas from other parts of the world. it will reduce the balance of payments or add a new source of growth to the u.k. and produce lots of jobs. >> the shale in northwest england is one area that has caught his eye. fracking sites have also attracted the attention of others. local residents have made their feelings clear. protesting against damage to the landscape. they have tried to delay the project. this resistance isn't just about natural beauty. they are worried about their health and damage to agriculture. andrew pemberton owns 130 gary callis and is worried -- dairy cows and is worried the fracking will contaminate them. >> it is connecting man-made ditches and this is where it goes. i am very conscious of the fact. i am going to get it. if anything goes in that waterway, i will get it. >> supporters of frackin

technologies in oil fracking of shale and deepwater production.pu get prices that below $80, that production just stops. wherethe equipment area, are we going to see the benefit? you have oil drillers really killing it for a while but not doing so great. you have to look at the onshore drillers. the onshore drillers have been great. especially for 2013 at we had a ramp-up in all of these shale prices. seen -- the have ones that are specialized -- what's good about this etf is they are really small and waited. some of the smaller onshore service companies that really specialize in this very specialized drilling have had tremendous years and will continue in 2014. the other side is the offshore, which is very much off cycle. we have seen disasters in some of the big -- they are making all of their money on onshore. they are ignoring offshore. they have had a turnover a lot of rigs because of the 2010 deep horizon disaster. -- that is made offshore tough. >> thank you so much for being here. we appreciate your take on oil. around thstreet smart is up

it's got thousands of feet of shale above it that form a very good containment layer. characteristics of the rock layers. once these evaluations are complete, the rock will be tested by injecting about two days' worth of plant co2 emissions and monitoring whether any of it is leaking up to the surface. if this technology proves feasible and economically viable, then carbon sequestration holds great promise as being part of the solution to continue to provide affordable energy without contributing to climate change. dr. gupta: we have to clearly recognize that this is one of several options that we have to deploy. it is not the only option. but this option, if it can be used like we are trying to show with our research, would be a significant part of the portfolio of technologies for reducing co2 emissions. narrator: carbon capture and sequestration is just one part of the effort in providing a sustainable energy future. renewable forms of energy, such as solar and wind, along with energy efficiency, are also vital components to this strategy, holding promise that we wi

some companies scramble to exploit shale gas reserves opposition to the controversial with extract is getting loud at the moment lack of basic tracking to be plugged into the show to the site and it won't let me remind you the process is pretty straight forward visibility drill a well straight down then you react with the killers on these to the shale bed and into the pie can inject a highly pressurized mix of what certain chemicals cause the problems of many rooms done in the way there but freeing up an oil and gas but of the ride to those toxic chemicals are released at the same time and they can contaminated by gravel to tables. also the place fluids and left it in the open and to evaporate releasing greenhouse gases into the fading to the atmosphere at the mixed solo business had tracking is an economic gold said the secrecy of michelle davis of us on this morning of the severe health risks may be but there's still much all the stitches are still probing with the increases in gardner's caught the effects of long can stop down to living a working the shale gas drilling sites. mass

the uk has a mess of shale formation. we thought, why not start here at home?uadrille resources is the company they have invested in to do that project. >> not in my backyard. that is the problem he has got. and the politics may be starting to change vis-À-vis the russian situation. concerned about importing gas from russia. local politics is playing a big part in preventing him doing what he wants to do. >> there has already been a great deal of resistance to exploratory projects. one of the factors that hinders thatoperators herei is property owners do not own the oil and gas that is under their land. so they have little incentive to go ahead and cut deals with the operators. so it is going to be harder for them to drill. and that is the challenge they will have to overcome. >> what is driving the expiration? i guess, oil, big money, and also to fortify our oil reserves. >> there are a number of factors. one is supply. the north sea. natural gas beds are dwindling the uk's on course to import 70% of its natural gas by 2020. the government wants to adjust a pr

scientists warn of severe health risks some people who live or work near shale gas drilling sites they have suffered from numerous problems from heart defects to lung cancer which they linked to the process mass rallies against shale gas have been held across the globe in rumania the us canada and the champion of fracking in europe u.k. and artie's union an eagle who's in london talked to one energy executive about what can be done to prevent further environmental damage. earthquakes dead farm animals water contamination wells come to the controversial world of fracking if you're from great britain fracking is coming to a place near you that's because a recent report showed that hops the country could be liable for licensing for shield gas exploration and some of the examples i gave earlier into the g.b. a side effect stock could really just be the tip of the iceberg long term effect studies are simply rare on the ground thanks so much for coming into the. century having pressure now isn't it true the say we simply don't know what the consequences could be when it comes to fracking don

we are producing 10 trillion cubic feet a year of shale gas up from nothing 15 years ago.nd we have the resource potential to keep doing this for the next 100 years or more. it is just going to continue to reinvent american manufacturing, and create many more billionaires than just harold hamm. he was a true rags to riches story. he was the youngest of 13 children born to crop producers. he had to fight when he was young. he had to build his own success with grit and determination. and he is worth $17 billion today. he thinks we're only in the early innings of this boom. and forbes, we predict he would be one of the world's 20 richest people within the next decade or so. >> but he has something in common with a lot of rich oil men, and that is he does not want any more regulation develop. in the case of frac-ing they say it causes earthquakes, and a lot of people are mad about it going over their land. i'm not sure it is going to move forward at the pace he would like it to, because regulation does get involved. >> regulation so far has not stopped frac-ing at all. he woul

that's a very interesting question of course shale gas is very clear that it can be shale gas vs the united states a major competitive advantage. gas being produced locally in the united states is so that's also the for the economy but also for citizens. if you know consider the possibility of export to europe and i did disclose that by doing it with some industry at least. i would say it is definitely possible from a technical point of view with the cost structure of shale gas exported to europe may the two crises which. may be. the same as the existing crisis in europe so there is no demonstrations zoophile that american ship gas would go to europe a very cheap prices which should be. getting any older kind of gas sources in terms of competition this is not the information i have especially for technical reasons you need to dig. salacious you need to transport you need regas if you look all that to the cost and you will have because i believe there will be a development you will have increased competition on your right so you're saying then say it we know all soon we know also that

world, bringing their, applying their knowledge to those shales. some of those shales have proved to be more difficult than was anticipated. but nevertheless, i think we will see a lot of production. that itself will change the geography of supply and ha vve a major impact on global markets. >> you are currently in conversations with your european colleagues, ng-7 colleagues, have the resistance to exploiting those shales been reduced as a result of concerns about the certainty of russian supply? >> well, just to clarify, we will have a meeting of g-7 energy ministers in rome week after next as called for by the g-7 leaders. the subject is energy security. we have been having some phone conversations. and i think i would say cautiously there may be an openness to re-examining the fracking issue. we do want to emphasize, of course, different countries have very different views on this. motionain, there is a of going forward. whereas in france and bulgaria, their into a pause. interny, you lead the agency process on the national export initiative. i

>> the british government is being urged to do more to understand better the health risks posed by shale gas extraction or fracking. a group called physicians, sciences and engineers for heal healthy energy is worried about drilling in areas densely populated and a warning that the risks could include birth defects of the richard martin explains. >> reporter: in the united states almost a third of the natural gas is produced and comes from fracking, and that's meant a big cut in energy prices. in europe it's a very controversial issue. even though the continent is under pressures of finding new energy sources, france has banned fracking altogether. in britain some des drilling went ahead, but it led to widespread protest. they're concerned about earth tremors and pub health, drilling in parts of northern england was stopped and a government report later said it was safe to go ahead. new research from north america says the uk report doesn't have the scientific backing to support its conclusions. one concern is the possibility of birth defects. >> mothers who are pregnant and live in clos

two companies scramble to exploit shale gas reserves opposition to the controversial with extracted is getting louder environmental activists say franken should be banned until the day shawn problem to be safe. i just remind you briefly of the press is one of the deal it is fairly straight foot facility drill down and that new weaponry and illegal or something for the children told me it up like usual then didn't even get highly pressurized it mixes of water and chemicals which frees up the oil and gas. the spa the problem the ride to toxic chemicals injected in a band that released and so's over a period of time the warriors they can contaminants can come in a nearby groundwater tables. also the weights fluids that have come to the left on the top again to evaporate off nice and clean as cassius stitches at me faint. another probe into the atmosphere. so that's a hassle as the bad side of the business types. tracking is economic gold said. some us scientists don't agree they wanted to be a health risk because of what i was talking bout of my shoulder that percentage is still ultimatel

as governments and companies scramble to exploit shale gas reserves opposition to the controversial way to extract it is getting louder and continues environmental activists say that fracking should be banned until it's shown to be safe the process is fairly straightforward you may have seen this before glitches go through it first when you drill a well straight to go result fully through the shell then the crucial bit you inject this highly pressurized mix of water and chemicals and that's half of what causes the problems thereby freeing up the oil and gas but the variety of toxic chemicals that are pumped in there released at the same time they can contaminate nearby groundwater tables also to the waste fluids are left in the open to evaporate they go back up again releasing greenhouse gases that just be thrown into the atmosphere so it's a problem now business. is an economic god's. but some u.s. scientists warn of the severe health of what i've just been talking about research is still probing whether increases in diagnose heart defects and lung cancer can indeed be attributed to li

. >> the shale oil? >> it is legacy and the unconventional drilling like shale oil.acy premium, which is seeing a resurgence. those three things that are dropping a large majority of the growth -- driving a large majority of the growth. >> what does that mean for crude prices? consider demand and supply, one would expect that these solid production numbers would keep a cap on prices. but there are things -- it's not just about demand and supply. it is being influenced by geopolitical issues elsewhere across the globe. that may not have a direct impact on prices, but it does influence people's opinion on where those prices -- e -- summerlast, som is in sight. what is that mean for gasoline prices? >> despite the surgeon inventory -- surge in inventory, prices are relatively flat. this has to do with the ability to export the refined product. while you have a domestic market for crude, if you have a global market for refined product -- that is being influenced by emand outside of the u.s. demand abroad for those refined products is more global marketplace. >> thank you

you're going to say the hype around shale isn't big enough.oing to deliver in the time frame they're talking about or not? >> it's already doing it. look at the imports of crude oil in the united states. they were down over a million barrels a day just from increased production in plays like the bakken of north dakota and the permian of west texas. it's happening. >> how are you benefiting from this? the margin of cost of production and the cost of the fuel here, how fine is balance between the two at the moment? >> what's happened at our industry is that companies have moved from the conventional forms of finding oil and gas to the shale. there's about ten of them active in the united states. it's all due to horizontal drilling and fracture stimulation technology that we developed in the industry, allowing us to produce oil and gas from rocks we never thought was possible. all this technology is creating a huge increase in both oil and natural gas in the u.s. it's allowing us to become an exporter. >> what are the percentages between oil and

now as governments and companies scramble to exploit shale gas reserves opposition to the controversial way it's extracted is getting louder environmental activists say that fracking should be banned until it's shown to be safe and the process is fairly straightforward we'll take a look at it here first of all you drill well straight down and you re and goal and go horizontally through the shale you then inject a highly pressurized mix of water and chemicals thereby freeing up oil and gas but a variety of toxic chemicals are released at the same time and these can contaminate nearby groundwater also the waste fluids they are left in the open to evaporate releasing greenhouse gases such as may thing into the atmosphere. so while business touts fracking as an economic godsend some u.s. scientists they are warning of severe health risks people who live or work near shale gas drilling sites they were found to be more prone to develop heart defects and even lung cancer something that they linked to the process mass rallies have been held across the globe in the u.s. canada rumania and europe

and start extracting shale gas so one change to the law that's apparently being looked at would allow energy companies to transport shale gas underneath private properties without the threat of being sued for trespassing this potential new law would reportedly provide financial compensation to homeowners under whose houses the shale gas would be transported but my prediction is that that is unlikely to placate the and to fracking movement here in the u.k. in fact changing the law to make fracking easier is likely to be somewhat controversial people are worried about the risk of contamination to go to table or risk of endangering wildlife potential small earthquakes that take place as a as a result of hydraulic fracturing and not least they're worried about the value of their properties going down if it's next to a fracking site or above a pipeline. an environmental justice can pay no george bada believes public concerns are being pushed by a ground when it comes to securing big interests of big corporations. there's enormous political power and money behind fracking in the u.k. and yo

now energy firms in britain could get the right to pump shale gas under people's private property andthere will be nothing that homeowners can do about it ministers want to make it easier to get hold of the controversial fuel while correspondent joins us now from london for more on this so paul you did tell us what's being planned. well the u.k. government want to embrace shale gas extraction they say that it will create lots of new jobs that will make energy prices much lower and it will bring more money into local communities here in britain which is why the department for energy and climate change have confirmed to us that they are reviewing current legislation to basically make it easier for energy companies to come into the u.k. and start extracting shale gas so one change to the law that's apparently being looked at would allow energy companies to transport shale gas underneath private properties without the threat of being sued for trespassing so an energy company would still need to obtain permission in order to drill and drill wells for fracking but transportation would no lo

then inject a cocktail of water, sand and chemicals in the ground at high pressure which fractures shale rock which released oil and natural gas. it is then drawn out to allow the oil and gas to be extracted. but only 15 to 20% of that fluid comes back out raising concerns to ground water especially if a rupture occurs. >> some of the wells are deep, some are not. but there can be problems with the well. >> reporter: energy companies say they have developed technology to help fortify wells and maintain that the economic rewards outweigh the risks. >> these are problems that the great entrepreneurs of the world are coming here. they're looking at this. we're going to solve these challenges. it will take time. there is a lot of frustration that goes along with that. >> reporter: questions about damaged roads infrastructure, ground water. the pew research center found that nearly half americans are opposed to it despite the promise of jobs and development brought on by what some describe as an energy renaissance. >> today on twitter and facebook i have been asking you are the economic gains

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the energy sector that the natural gas and shale play as we call it is in our backyard. >> okay.et's go over. i think people want to hear wait a second, they hear if interest rates went higher, you can make mr money. what rate is the optimal rate for shareholders to make the most money owning key corp. >> i will tell you, any lift in the short end of the curve will be very, very good for banks but particularly good for a bank like key. with the large commercial lending book, 70% of those are variable rate loans tied to one-month libor or prime rate. as we get lift in the short end of the curve you will see momentum in our earnings and revenue. >> you mentioned the commercial doing great. you have an impeccable home equity book. 60% of the mix is first liens. what is it that you guys do right that the other guys aren't doing? >> good old-fashioned back-to-basics lending. the home equity book is branch originated. they are customers of the bank. we make sure they have strong credit. it's also for a strong need. as you pointed out, 58% of them are first liens. many of them act like

their home sits on the bar ket shale near dallas.t gave them rushes, nausea, blurred vision, so bad that they ended up moving into his office just to get away from home. this is the first case to win a jury verdict. lisa par joins us now. appreciate you being with us. can i ask first how your health is now? >> right now it's a lot better, because we're under a lot of treatments, and we do treatments at home as well. >> i see. this has been a long process, and this isn't even over yet at this point, but in the process, what has been most difficult? >> fighting with this company. they have been impossible to deal with. my neighbor sent them numerous letters, i have called them, i have personally talked to the workers on the site and begged and pleaded with them to help us; that we were all sick, and no one from this company would even call me back. as matter of fact they cursed me, they threw dirt on me, they spit on me. that has been impossible to deal with. >> so workers actually spit on you and cursed at you? >> they spit at me and

they have a lot of shale oil. maybe half a million barrels. they have too many men.come to the town to pump the oil and they are there for a couple of years. >> there are towns in australia that have a similar problem. >> it is basically man camp and seedy dives and the town has had enough of it. a recreationing in center. 73 million dollars. subdivisions, doesn't -- a dozen restaurants and it is about turning the town into a place where families are happy. >> i thought you would say they were bringing in women. not that extreme. >> providing the conditions that might encourage women. >> they want to become a wholesome place. >> chicken wings. because people love that -- women love that type of stuff. they could add some caviar. we have the grand national coming on and apparently there is a formula that can make this all the easier and make your winnings that much bigger. he has developed a formula. he studied 159 grand nationals and analyzes the names and the age of the horse and he thinks they are nine years old and they usually have a one letter name beginning wit

we were in utica shale, north dakota. you guys are there now? >> yes. snap-on base is technology. also an understanding of the business. we understand automotive repair well. we have guys that can tell you why a mechanic takes his rag out of his pocket with his right hand instead of the left. >> are really? is it an algorithm. or something? >> no. they understand the work. >> the customer. >> when we visit oil & gas sites we see people welding jobs together to do a job that nobody makes a tool for. we are making them and starting to build business there. >> i love the people at stanley, black & decker. they are terrific. they're not doing that. >> i love them, too. it's a different business. >> different. >> different business. >> retail baiz business. they are professionals. >> different business. we are based on criticality. the need for reliability. nothing can fail like in aerospace and mining. take this thing. s this is a diagnostic unit. you plug it into a car and it gives you what the car is saying in terms of the fault codes. it shows you the ca

as governments and companies scramble to exploit shale gas reserves opposition to the controversial where it's extracted is getting louder environmental activists say fracking should be banned until it is shown provan to be safe i just remind you briefly of the pro. they do it it's fairly straightforward first of all you drill down and their new reality go horizontally through that shell but importantly into that pipe you drill down into you inject highly pressurized mixes of water and chemicals which frees up the oil and gas that's part of the problem the variety of toxic chemicals injected in then released themselves over a period of time the worry is they can contaminate contaminate nearby groundwater tables also the weight of fluids that are pumped in a left on the top again to evaporate off and releasing greenhouse gases such as me thing and other problems into the atmosphere so that's the hassle that's the bad side of it but the business touts fracking as an economic god said some u.s. scientists don't agree they warn of severe health risks because of what i was talking about of my

>> right now, you're sighing product improvements in the shales.g pricing going up from the cold winter. you're seeing a mixed shift, not just from us, from a dry gas, upward base to a combination of dry and liquids. so we're getting the revenue up lift as well from liquids. david: i want to go back to a little of question of coal, david and specifically what has been stopping you in your tracks because you starred several project, coal projects that you pulled out of. was that all because of pressure from the epa? >> in central appalachia, which is our higher-cost area, we have pulled out of some of the projects. we however just brought on our bnx mine from our region in pennsylvania. it is our low-cost operation. we spent about $700 million of putting it on. so we are reinvesting in our colbies but we're putting in in areas where more profitable. >> if i could focus again on that question. was it the epa that forced you and their regs that forced you to pull out of some of those projects? >> we had some permitting issues to deal with and, and if

you have had a huge roman including from shale texas.he price of natural gas has come down a lot from where was a decade oh to the point where you've got a lot of power we will goaying that with natural gas because it used to be spent seven hours cheap. host: what have we heard from the administration? guest: the administration wants to see the wind tax credit extended. like itenate, it looks will come up fairly shortly after the senate gets back the week after next. then we'll go into a deep freeze for quite a while, i would imagine. i would be surprised if you saw any final action on it until after the election. at the same time, the chairman of the house ways and means committee who is retiring, dave isolathe juice --is loathe to say let's continue with business as usual. we have seen this movie before where the wind credit and other renewable credits go into the brink and fall off and then come back. it has the cost of gotten higher and you've had these hardening political lines around green energy, it will be a cliffhanger. host: wh

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step aside, do things likes a flat tax, unleash, john talked about fracking, allow things like oil shaledevelopment, offshore drilling. the list goes on and on. it's one main central theme. have the government pull back and be a lot less intrusive than they used to be. >> john, you mentioned fracking. of course, we know in many states where that is taking place like north dakota, the unemployment rate is very, very low. what other things do you think can take part-time workers to full time? >> look, the infrastructure bank both sides agree on, d.c. line, al goer was actually right about it, the problem was he was sprayed with human repellant somewhere in his life, every time he says something, everybody is against it. he's right about that. you put wind energy in west texas, north dakota, solar energy in southern arizona, can you take these places to met trop po liss, much easier than ac lines. this adds jobs. it would free up this renewable energy that is there and can be viable with d.c. plans, d.c. lines. >> so, jamill you heard tax cuts, fracking, what down of those as solutions to t

so much of this whole shale book happening in montana and the dakotas requires updated rail cars.carry shale crude oil because it's much more gaseous, you have derailments, have accidents. for a host of reasons, we started to see the rules being rewritten. this morning, the canadian government came out. they put out their new mandates for what rail cars need to be. there were only, like, five companies that make these things and only four of them are independently public. trinity is a food ogood one, tr. my favorite is green briar. buy this closer to 50 or under if possible. stock has been up much higher. >> what's the buffett connection? >> the buffett connection is this, berkshire hathaway earns the burlington northern san jose. pulling barrels out of the middle section of the country and using rails to do it. they're going to place a 5,000 rail car order at some point this summer, and estimates are anywhere from 700 million and up and i think that green briar is in line to get at least some of that contract. it would be very likely they did. i think it's a huge catalyst. this i

scientists in the state of ohio today said they have for the first time linked seismic activity in the shale region to fracking. they are changing the way they issue permits in some areas. >>> in oklahoma there are dozens of earthquakes reported in the last week alone, well over 100 in the last month. seismic activity in oklahoma has increased dramatically in the last five years where many have speculated fraccing is to blame there. >>> big night in brooklyn last night and not without controversy and at least one rock 'n roll cat fight. it was induction and included a rare performance by cat stevens, bruce got to induct the e street band, not before epic marathon speeches and the original four members of kiss appeared but did not play their music because of an ongoing feud. just your average thursday night in the rock 'n roll business. >>> you know the feeling when your spouse's team beats your team in a yacht team? of course you do. the royal couple competed in two yacht races, kate who grew up sailing won both. the prince was gracious in defeat alleging in jest his yacht had been sabotaged

. >> reporter: this time lapse video shows pieces of shale, clay, and mud moving down the landslide. they ruptured this walgreens parking lot: >> we don't anticipate it will be a large catastrophic failure at the bottom where the whole slide will come down in one massive plug of material. >> reporter: engineers don't think anymore homes are endanger but they don't know when or if the mountain will fully collapse. so from sun up to sun down, residents are just watching and waiting. >>> environmental activists are butting heads with the oakland zoo over the plans to expand into a neighboring park. don knapp on the growing pains. >> reporter: the oakland zoo scheduled 50 activities to celebrate earth day but while most earth day visitors came for the animals, this group came to the zoo for the local animals including newts, foxes, and the whip snake. some of the species and rare plants they say will be harmed by huge zoo expansion into the park hand in its back door. >> here we have very important habitat for at least one threatened species. and the zoo is planning to build on it. it is

. >> mothers who are pregnant and live in close proximity to high densities of shale gas development of statistically more likely to give birth to babies who have neurotube defects and congenital heart defects as opposed to mothers who give birth to babies who live more than 10 miles away from active dense shale gas development. >> the american research suggests the greater population dense city in britain could also be a big factor. >> we know from the scientific literature, not only in the shale gas arena, but in other forms of environmental public health, that the higher a population density is with a given environmental basin, especially concerning air quality, the more people you can likely see being affected. >> but the organization which produced the british report, public house england said it stands by its findings. it says it has always accepted to information on the affects of fracking is limited and more studies required. the british government is keen to tap into the benefits of fracking, but it could be sometime yet before it gets the go ahead. aljazeera. >> the united