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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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Pacific Plastic, The Garbage...Whatever washes into the Earth's rivers and streams will eventually find it's way to the Ocean. The largest collection of waste plastic is in the Pacific where garbage has collected from all around the globe.Focus Earth 2 (02:33)
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Captive BreedingCelebrity Zoo Keeper Jack Hannah talks about Zoo captive breeding programs and how they are the last best hope to preserving endangered species.Focus Earth (03:26)
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No More ChildrenSome 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.Focus Earth (03:37)
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Organic FarmingSome farmers are going back to simpler, more organic ways to produce food. This method produces better food and has become very popular.Focus Earth (02:53)
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Not In My Backyard: Coal Ash...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?Focus Earth (02:30)
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Nuclear Power, Safer? Cleaner?France uses nuclear energy to power 80 percent of its country, and Bob Woodruff talks with the president of the leading French company, Areva, which thinks it can help power plants in the U.S. become cleaner, safer, and more efficient.Focus Earth (04:29)
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Greening the GhettoMajora 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.Focus Earth (02:30)
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Too Many PeopleWe 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.Focus Earth (03:16)
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The Most Polluted, Onondaga...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.Focus Earth 2 (01:22)
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Saving The Whales, Is This...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.Focus Earth 2 (02:49)
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Restoring The EvergladesThe 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.Focus Earth 2 (01:43)
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The New Dawn Of DiseaseIs there a connection between climate change and infectious disease? Some scientists are sounding the alarm while others say it's not so bad. Is there some truth to this claim?Focus Earth (03:41)
- Pacific Plastic, The Garbage Patch
- Captive Breeding
- No More Children
- Organic Farming
- Not In My Backyard: Coal Ash Landfill
- Nuclear Power, Safer? Cleaner?
- Greening the Ghetto
- Too Many People
- The Most Polluted, Onondaga Lake
- Saving The Whales, Is This Eco-Terrorism?
- Restoring The Everglades
- The New Dawn Of Disease
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