BP Oil Pipeline Shutdown; Proposition 87: Taxing Oil Companies To Pump Crude In California; Vietnam Atrocities Revisited; Ghost Hunters
BP Oil Pipeline Shutdown
BP is shutting down its Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska following the discovery of a corroded pipeline. The move takes 400,000 barrels a day off the market. BP is already facing a criminal investigation over a March spill of some 267,000 gallons of oil at the same field. The pipeline may take months to repair. Larry Mantle talks with guests about how this happened, and how it may affect California's gas prices.
Proposition 87: Taxing Oil Companies To Pump Crude In California
In November voters will be asked to decide whether or not to charge oil companies 6 percent for every barrel of oil pumped in California. The money would be used to expand the development of alternative energy in the state and to subsidize mass transit. Opponents of the proposition believe that an additional tax on oil drilling would mean higher gas prices for Californians though the initiative makes it illegal to pass the cost of the measure on to consumers. Larry Mantle talks with representatives of both sides of the Proposition 87 debate.
Vietnam Atrocities Revisited
Larry discusses the investigative piece in the Los Angeles Times about previously unpublicized Vietnam atrocities and why they never came to trial.
Ghost Hunters
At the turn of the 20th Century, when Darwin's theory of evolution and new scientific outlooks were transforming the scientific world, a small group of scholars pursued proof of the supernatural. Larry talks with Deborah Blum about her new book, Ghost Hunters, which tells the story of this quest while exploring the ever controversial intersection of science and religion.