Title: HARDtalk on the Road: Alaska – Part 1
Duration: 23 minutes
Air Date: Wednesday, July 31st at 0406 EDT and 1006 EDT

Description: HARDtalk is on the road in Alaska. In the first of two programs, Stephen Sackur visits the Bristol Bay region of south-west Alaska where the fishing industry, the mining industry and the federal government are locked in a bitter argument over environmental sustainability and resource exploitation. Every year 40 million salmon swim in to Bristol Bay before beginning their journey up the rivers and streams of the region, it’s one of the world’s great fisheries, however 120 miles inland there are plans to build North America’s largest copper mine. HARDtalk explores whether the two forms of resource exploitation can co-exist? Presented by Stephen Sackur.

Title: HARDtalk on the Road: Alaska – Part 2
Duration: 23 minutes
Airdate: Friday, August 2nd, 0406 EDT and 1006 EDT
Description: HARDtalk is on the road in Alaska, a land of pristine wilderness, sparse population and unimaginable resource riches. It is also the corner of our planet which is experiencing the most dramatic effects of climate change. The carbon economy which made Alaska rich now threatens its delicate ecosystem, presenting the US with a challenge. Stephen Sackur explores whether the world’s second largest carbon emitter is getting serious about climate change. Presented by Stephen Sackur.