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Bob Woodruff and the Focus Earth reporters have the latest green news on Gov. Sarah Palin and this week's historic Vice Presidential debate, plus a hard look at how the current economic crisis in the United States will effect environmental change, and how green jobs fit into the financial picture.
Bob Woodruff and his eco-news team bring you the green take on this week's historic Vice Presidential debate. Focus Earth reporter Dan Harris cuts through the controversy to separate the facts from the fiction about Gov. Sarah Palin's stand on key environmental issues. Plus, get the cutting-edge news about who won the debate in the eyes of young voters, who have helped to put environmental issues front and center in this election, and are listening for what they say is the most important issue of their generation? climate change.
A new report raises concerns about the world's oceans, claiming that dead zones are on the rise, and have continued to double every decade since the 1960s. Focus Earth has the story on the report, and on what it means for waters around the globe.
Then, it's off to South America, for a look at a new take on ecological stewardship. Tune in to find out which country has become the very first nation to establish a Bill of Rights for the environment.
Coming back to the U.S., Lisa Fletcher heads for Denver, Colorado, for a look at how the renewable energy industry is breathing new life, and bringing new jobs, into small towns. Get the facts on whether green industries can impact the looming financial crisis, and bring economic gold to the United States in the midst of recession.
Looking at another side of the economic crisis, Bob Woodruff heads to Wall Street to sit down with Mindy Lubber, head of non-profit venture Ceres, who brokers conversations between investors and environmentalists. He'll get her take on whether key ecological concerns like global warming and renewable energy will be forced onto the back burner as investors fight to survive the current credit crunch.
Even in the midst of national economic trouble, the United States is still prosperous enough to create a serious garbage footprint. The average American citizen throws away around fifteen hundred pounds of trash each year. One man in Los Angeles took a vow not to send a single thing to the junkyard for twelve full months, and Terry McCarthy has his story.
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