alaska, north slope and in boston. we have philip white, an assistant professor of history and artic in northern studies at the university of alaska, fairbanks. welcome to everybody newkirk. i want to begin with you because i know that those voices we heard of the top are not the only perspective here. a year from alaska, from the north slope. so can you tell us the upside of this project? what, what are the benefits it's going to bring. there are a lot of benefits through the taxation of the oil infrastructure that turns into revenues for the nurse low barrel. that provides for 1st of all living conditions and all of the communities on the north slope. so water and sewer projects, police, and fire protection, educational institutions, anything that municipal government or a city government normally provides more. modern cities been, are slow, broad does that for us on the north slope and has been doing that for the last 50 years. and to make it clear european pro development paula, you've done some reporting with, with locals, from up there that have a different point of view. what are the concerns that you've heard? so

week a scientist, a planetary geoscientist published the major scientific discovery, from the university of alaskaks, he figured it out by comparing pictures from 30 years ago taken by the magellan spacecraft. back then the ability to overlay pictures wasn't available. he did all of this because he was bored, bored on zoom calls. so on the corner of his computer while he was supposed to be in meetings, he made this major discovery. i thought to myself, i've got to get this guy back on zoom. >> so now i have a lot of zoom meetings, where like many people, i needed to attend but i didn't really need to be fully engaged. and so rather than spend all my time scrolling on twitter, i decided to try and spend some of that time productively kind of looking for changes over time. it's something that it's tedious, but it doesn't require huge amounts of brainpower. so this study was helped by zoom, yes. >> now, you understand that a lot of the mainstream media and people at home are going to pay a lot more attention to the zoom thing than what you discovered on the planet venus, right? >> i don't know, maybe

to find out how much water trees roots pump up out of the ground. scott's alaska, from the university of arizona measures the sap, which is 99 percent water. we have fly rivers taking water from one end of the amazon basin to the other. and these rivers are supplied by hundreds of billions of individual tributaries, which are the trees we see in forest all around them. every day we get a pulse of the life of the forest and were able to measure not only the individual fluxes of each of those tributaries on the ground, with those sapling measurements. but we can measure the, the total amount, the total flow of, of that geyser with the special instrumentation on this tower. this anime ometer provides precise 3 the readings of the wind speeds around the tower. and we can see how much water vapor is in the wind coming down, which is dry, and how much water vapor is in the wind going up, which is wet. and that difference gives us a measure of that 30 tons of, of water that's coming off of every hector force, upwind of the tower in that direction. mm. you know, when a large tree in the amazo

university of berkeley. >> it will not just impact alaska, this country, it will impact the world.ount of carbon emissions that it will emit, we will see an increase in frequency and intensity. >> con know could he phillips would be located in northwest alaska on the national petroleum reserve. federal land roughly the size of indiana. the project would tap as much as 600 million barrels of oil but it would take years for it to make it to market. it's messy politics for president biden pitting his climate promises against the desire to produce energy at home and lower gas prices. the project would relies as much planet warming carbon emissions per year as adding 2 million gas powered cars to the road annually. that's according to a government estimate. >> loss of taste and smell, dizziness. >> cikinick traveled to the white house to protest against it despite its economic benefits. >> we've been held in an economic situation. we chose our health, children's health, ways of life or being able to have plumbing, infrastructure, running water her family has lived in the region for gene

. >> reporter: 20-year-old elise, a senior at the university of california-berkeley is one of the social media activists. >> will not just impact alaskat impact this country. it will impact the world. but the amount of carbon emissions that it will emit, we will see an increase in frequency and intensity of natural disasters. >> reporter: conoco phillips willow project would be located in northwest alaska on the national petroleum reserve, federal land roughly the side of indiana. the project would tap as much as 600 million barrels of oil, but it would take years for it to make it to market. it's messy politics for president biden, pitting his climate promises against the desire to produce energy at home and lower gas prices. the project would release as much planet-warming carbon emissions per year as adding 2 million gas-powered cars to the road annually. this individual's family lives near the proposed site and she recently traveled to washington to protest outside the white house against the willow project, despite its economic benefits. >> we've been held in an economic hostage situation. we either choose our health, our childre

of alaska airlinespac welcome. the president of wichita state university. thank you for being here today. a partner in the aerospace and defense, thank you for joining us. we will begin by recognizing constance for her opening statements. >> thank you, chair. thank you for the opportunity to testify on this imptant topic. i am the chief operating officer of alaska airlines. proud to represent our company and our 23,000 employees across alaska airpo. 14,000 of whom are represented by senators on this committee. i was proud to be a member of the women in aviaon advory board. alaska airlines is the fifth largest carrier in the u.s. and our success is fueled by our people. thank you tour remarkable alaska airlines emoyees for the work they do every day to opate safely and reliably whildelivering the care and service were known for. we are passionate abt our guests, our airline and aviation. anchorage to maui, san diego and all. i started my career 30 yearsgo as an officer in the u.s. army, flyi blackhawk helicopters. leading flight operation throughout the world. our team is made up of people

of journalism at arizona state university. amna: the biden administration has officially approved a controversial oil drilling project in alaskallow. the project, from oil giant conocophillips, is expected to produce some 600 million barrels of crude oil over the next three decades. supporters hail the energy and jobs it would create in alaska. opponents have said it would dangerously accelerate emissions and the climate crisis. the administration's decision comes after it announced a limit on oil drilling across 16 million acres in alaska and the arctic ocean. for a closer look, i'm joined by liz ruskin, washington correspondent for alaska public media. welcome and thanks for joining us. the administration did approve this willow project, not the entire project. explain that -- what did they decide? liz: the administration approved three drilling pads, it comes to about 219 wells. conocophillips originally asked for five drilling pads and about 250 wells. this is slightly less, but basically -- you know, in conocophillips's favor. amna: the biden administration has been met with support from people across alaska, including se

reporter: this 20-year-old that's a senior at the university of california berkeley is one of the social media activists. >> will not just impact alaskary but the world but the amount of carbon emissions that it will emit, we will see an increase in frequency and intensity of natural disasters. >> reporter: conaco phillips, willow project would be located in northwest alaska on the national petroleum reserve. federal land roughly the side of louisiana and the project would temperature 6 million barrels of oil but would take years for it to make it to market. it's messy politics for president biden pitting his climate promises against the desire to produce energy at home and lower gas prices. the project would release as much planet warming carbon emissions per year as adding 2 million gas powered cars to the road annually. that's according to a government estimate. >> lose of taste and smell, dizziness. >> reporter: this family lives near the proposed site and she recently traveled to washington to protest outside the white house against the willow project, despite its economic benefits. >> we've been held in an economic health situat

we're proud of alexa -- prod of alaska that we established a program where we partnerith students and help develo students at the university of delaware- sorry the delawar state university and univerty of maryland, eastern shore. we provide stipends and development funds r individuals at historically black colleges and universities to become pilots. we mentor them along the way. our own pilot team came up with the idea. and a directly involved in mentoring the studen, providing interhips. for sure, the loans is a barrier to entry. beyond that, the grants for workfoe development is reaching back to the middland high sool years, that is the place that you spark the passion for aviation and provide the breadcrumbs to that career. sen. hickenlooper: i cannot agree more. -- i could not agree more. i have a couple more questions i will put forward in writing. thank you, all, again, for being here, for all your work to make our avtion system the global model that it is. i healed back to the chair. chair cantwe: -- i yield back to the chair. sen. warnock: as my colleagues have heard me say before, i believe georgia is aviation's s

of the future. your particular proud alaska we started a program like the true north will partner students and help develop students at the university of delaware, i'm sorry the delaware state university and university of maryland eastern shore. we providepe a stipend and a development fund for individuals at historically black colleges and universities become pilots. we mentor them along the way they are directly involved in mentoring students providing internships. so for sure the loans to barrier of entry and beyond that the grants for workforce development is reaching back in the middle and high school years is a place you spark the passion for aviation provide the breadcrumbs. or in writing. thank you all for being here, for all of your work to make our aviation system the global model that it is yield back to the chair. >> thank you would not recognize senator warnock. >> thank you so much senator duckworth. as my colleagues in the committee of heard me say before i believe george is this country's most important aviation state. george's home after all delta airlines in the world's busiest airport in atlanta hartsfield jackson

alaska senator. senator, what's wrong with having the governor come and speak? >> actually i don't see anything wrong with it. the thing about universities or college campuses allow this free exchange ofdeas. you sometimes agree, sometimes you don't. but if we start stifling free speech at any level, i think it will be the downfall in many parts of the country. i don't have the problem with the governor. i have been events when i'm not very pleased with the guest speaker or dinner banquet but it is part of the process of universities and colleges. where a lot of exchange occurs. >> harris: you led so many in your state. why are people on the left who do that to conservatives? why are they doing this? we see it over and over again and we don't see it in the reverse. >> i don't think that's true. you may see it more disproportionate on the hard left. but hard right does the same thing. i think what happens we are a much more extreme- >> harris: more democrats do this than republicans. talk to me about why that happens? >> i think you have a lot of students that, you know, come to these events and want to have their voice heard and they may not like who they are saying. maybe the conserv

university florida but what if i found myself i need of an abortion. where would i go so, they choose to go somewher else some in fact, you know fearing alaska freedoms thatf the united state entirely >> wow you mentioned the top decision before it also highlighted ho vulnerable some of our right are to same sex marriage rights to contraception. how has the uncertainty change how gen z views americ compared to previous generations? is that what is maybe pushin some of them to potentiall leave the country? >> yeah. the gen z generation, those ar the ones you're choosing where to go to college and then wher to start the rest of their lives. and, in talking to young peopl for rethinking sex and mor generally, you are reall seeing a sense of a sort o fear and sadness and loss. i'm talking about millennials, but especially the younger generation the freedoms that they depende on, they fear are being rolled back and they don't know what i going to happen next and that is creating pessimism a lot of discouragement. and, it is not a good look for america going forward. >> what is interesting in that is, when i look at particularly gen z i get so much hope because