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This week on Focus Earth, Bob Woodruff is in London, and eco-reporter Dan Harris is in New York, with all the biggest green news, from policy battles in Washington, D.C. to the melting ice at the edges of the Arctic Ocean. Plus, the inside scoop on a scandal being investigated at the Department of the Interior, and the truth about what's happening on British farms.
A new energy bill making its way through the legislature in Washington, D.C. has made unlikely allies. Tune in to find out why both oil companies and die-hard environmentalists are against this new bill, and the surprising facts about where Democrats and Republicans stand on the issue.
From the campaign trail, the latest news on what presidential candidates McCain and Obama are saying about how alternative energy could bring new life to U.S. job market. Meanwhile, the current administration is dealing with a Congressional investigation of the U.S. Department of the Interior that is exposing possible links between substance abuse, bribery, and oil companies.
A world away, the Artic Ocean is showing real, physical signs of the results of climate change, and the consequences could be dramatic. Focus Earth has the latest on why scientists are saying the Artic sea ice could vanish entirely by 2040, and how the melting ice means ships can now circumnavigate the Artic Ocean for the first time in recorded history.
In London, Bob Woodruff sits down an exclusive interview with former Prime Minister Tony Blair. A green leader while in office, Blair is spearheading a 2009 conference on climate change in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, which is entirely energy self-sufficient, with no dependence on foreign oil. Focus Earth gets you the inside scoop on the upcoming summit, and explores what lessons we can take away from Denmark's progressive energy choices.
Finally, eco-reporter Nick Watt heads out into the countryside, to get the scoop on what really happens on a British farm, and the links between cattle and global warming.
Check out the Planet Green Schedule to catch this episode of Focus Earth.
