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Not In My Backyard: Coal Ash Landfill

The people of this small rural Alabama county are divided over the Arrowhead landfill. The final resting place for tons of toxic coal ash. Is it a health risk or is it financial boost that helps the town?

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  • Play Focus Earth: Captive Breeding
    Captive Breeding

    Focus Earth (03:26)

    Celebrity Zoo Keeper Jack Hannah talks about Zoo captive breeding programs and how they are the last best hope to preserving endangered species.
  • Play Focus Earth: Greening the Ghetto
    Greening the Ghetto

    Focus Earth (02:30)

    Majora Carter is an environmental activist who is trying to make life better for residents in the South Bronx area, where people have a higher rate of pollution related diseases.
  • Play Focus Earth 2: Everglades Species Fading Away
    Everglades Species Fading Away

    Focus Earth 2 (02:21)

    The Everglades are disappearing. As this unique ecosystem fights for survival, hundreds of rare and exotic species are at risk of extinction.
  • Play Focus Earth 2: Restoring The Everglades
    Restoring The Everglades

    Focus Earth 2 (01:43)

    The road to restoration of the Everglades will be long and complicated, but from the residents of Florida, Bob Woodruff finds that they are all for supporting the cause.
  • Play Focus Earth: Glow Kitty
    Glow Kitty

    Focus Earth (03:23)

    This zoo is trying to save species by saving their DNA. There are some very interesting applications to this technology, including developing a glow in the dark cat.
  • Play Focus Earth 2: The Most Polluted, Onondaga Lake
    The Most Polluted, Onondaga...

    Focus Earth 2 (01:22)

    Some stories have happy endings. Onondaga lake in upstate NY was one of the most polluted lakes in the world. Not a great title to hold, but now it's making a comeback with a happier ending for the environment.
  • Play Focus Earth: No More Children
    No More Children

    Focus Earth (03:37)

    Some people believe that the only way to solve the population explosion is to have less children. Some take the radical view we should have no children. And then some go one step further and advocate the controled extinction of the human race.
  • Play Focus Earth 2: Alligators On The Move
    Alligators On The Move

    Focus Earth 2 (02:41)

    Bob Woodruff, from Focus Earth, goes out at night to find out why crocodiles are flourishing around a nuclear powerplant instead of staying in the Everglades.
  • Play Focus Earth 2: Saving The Whales, Is This Eco-Terrorism?
    Saving The Whales, Is This...

    Focus Earth 2 (02:49)

    Bob Woodruff, of Focus Earth, talks candidly with Paul Watson, of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, about eco-terrorism and his quest to save the whales.
  • Play Focus Earth: Too Many People
    Too Many People

    Focus Earth (03:16)

    We are quickly reaching the limits of our reasources. Now, due to overpopulation the Earth has reached it's natural resource capacity. What will happen in the future. Bob Woodruff explores the issue of overpopulation.
  • Play Focus Earth 2: Mountaintop Minefield
    Mountaintop Minefield

    Focus Earth 2 (04:19)

    Focus Earth's, Bob Woodruff, visits West Virginia's coal country and reveals both sides to the fiery debate over the future of coal.
  • Play Focus Earth 2: The Beginning of Ecoterrorism
    The Beginning of Ecoterrorism

    Focus Earth 2 (02:04)

    Craig Rosebraugh, former spokesperson for the ELF and the ALF, talks about his experiences representing both groups and the beginning of eco-terrorism.
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Follow Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff, on Planet Green. Each week Bob covers the environmental news of the week, looking at subjects ranging from climate impact, environmental policy, political debate and world events, as well as how climate change affects religious and cultural views and issues.