Wall Street Journal
Energy reporter for the Wall Street Journal; author of Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
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The Crude Business of Moving Oil in America US oil production and energy independence have reached a 28-year high, thanks mainly to fracking in North Dakota. But with no pipelines to move the oil, barrels of crude are now traveling the US on trains – an estimated million barrels a day. Last July, a train carrying barrels of explosive crude oil derailed in Canada. The fiery blast killed 47 people and leveled part of the town. Accidents like this have prompted an outcry over what critics call "bomb trains" and a debate on whether safety regulations are strict enough. We look at the safety issues involved with what critics call "bomb trains."
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Monterey Shale Not the 'Mother Lode' of Oil It Was Touted to Be KCRW's signature local public affairs program has expanded to include today's top national and international news, as well as local issues.
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Monterey Shale Not the 'Mother Lode' of Oil It Was Touted to Be Fast-paced national/international news and issues program, from KCRW.
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Energy and Independence from Kiev to Keystone Ukraine’s Army is on the move with pro-Russian forces still digging in. As the crisis continues to build, there’s the prospect of a “natural gas war” pitting Russia against the European Union and NATO. Energy supplies could be affected worldwide, with the US on the verge of an oil and gas boom that could mean energy independence. Some Democrats are pushing the President to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. There’s pressure to increase fracking and to export natural gas. But what about renewables, and the environment? Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Obama to discuss the growing crisis in Ukraine. The White House says Putin was urged to ask “all irregular forces to lay down their arms.”
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BP Assigns Blame for Spill BP today released its long-awaited report on America’s worst environmental disaster, saying other companies share the blame for the Deepwater-Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. TransOcean and Halliburton have already responded. Russell Gold is energy reporter for the Wall Street Journal .
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BP Well Capped, but Has the Leak Been Stopped? In the Gulf of Mexico, the runaway BP well remained sealed this morning with no oil leaking. But scientists are keeping a close watch on the pressure building in the well. Russell Gold reports on energy for the Wall Street Journal .
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One Leak at Gulf Oil Spill Is Sealed Off For the first time since last month's oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, BP has succeeded in shutting off one of three leaks 5000 feet deep in the water. At the same time, the company says things could get worse. Russell Gold is Energy Reporter for the Wall Street Journal .
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Oil Rig Explosion Pours 1,000 Barrels a Day into the Gulf Last week, a drilling rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico after a deadly explosion and fire. The Coast Guard was initially optimistic about the chance of a leak from the well. Now it turns out that 1000 barrels a day are gushing out of the sea floor. Russell Gold reports for the Wall Street Journal .
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Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.