Dec 23 Watch Author Daniel Yergin on U.S. Need for a ‘Diversified Energy Portfolio’ Amid concern over tensions and violence in Iraq and Syria, oil prices rose to nearly $100 a barrel Friday. Jeffrey Brown discusses the ongoing hunt for untapped reserves of energy and how the demand for energy has shaped political and… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch For Liberia, Natural Resources Are Blessings, Curses on Road to Democracy Liberia's Oil, Diamond Resources Are Both Blessing and Curse… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch Environment, Economy at Heart of Keystone XL Pipeline Debate A Canadian company wants to build a $13 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline to carry crude oil from the so-called tar sands region in Alberta through six states and a major aquifer to Texas for refining. Correspondent Tom Bearden reports from Nebraska… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch Tar Sands Pipeline Plan Renews Energy vs. Environment Debate A proposed pipeline would carry oil from Canadian tar sands fields to Texas refineries, but the project has sparked high-profile protests. Jeffrey Brown discusses the controversial Keystone XL pipeline proposal with the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research's Robert Bryce and… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch Economic Data Show U.S. Growth Slowing Considerably In other news Friday, new economic data released show U.S. growth is slowing considerably. The Commerce Department reported the economy expanded at a rate of 1.3 percent in the second quarter, far below expectations. Also, President Obama announced that fuel… Continue watching
Jul 15 Is the ‘Pain At the Pump’ Fair? Larry Bessler purchases gasoline at a Shell station in Chicago, Illinois. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. Name: Stephen Sohasky Jr. Question: Adjusted for inflation, I believe gasoline should be about $4.53 per gallon. The local news stations are making… Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch Big Sky Country Struggles With Yellowstone Oil Spill Aftermath In Montana, contractors have been working 12 hours a day to soak up what they can of the estimated 42,000 gallons of crude oil that escaped into the Yellowstone River from a broken ExxonMobil pipeline. Correspondent Tom Bearden reports from… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Ghana Looks to Give Citizens a Voice in Their Economic Future The West African nation of Ghana has enjoyed two decades of a thriving democracy by combining reforms and the bounty of its land. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the country's efforts to give ordinary citizens a bigger… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch ‘Fracking’ for Natural Gas Continues to Raise Health Concerns 'Fracking' for Natural Gas Continues to Raise Health Questions… Continue watching
Jun 15 Tracking Energy Booms, Busts and the Rise of the ‘Fracking’ Debate NewsHour correspondent Tom Bearden reports Wednesday on a community in Colorado that was once the site of large-scale oil drilling operations. Now, it is filled with gas-producing wells in another kind of energy boom. Continue reading