Earth Focus

Earth Focus is an environmental news magazine that puts a human face on pressing global issues. This essential series features under-publicized stories on how changes to the Earth's resources and climate are affecting everyday people all over the world.

Funded by the Wallace Genetic Foundation, the Marisla Foundation, the Park Foundation, the Isvara Foundation, the Farvue Foundation, & Link TV viewers.

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  • Water - Challenges and Solutions

    Earth Focus looks at why the availability of fresh water is a growing global challenge and at how some innovative solutions are making a difference.

     

  • Murky Waters: Shrimp Farming in Bangladesh

    Corrupt practices, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation caused by the shrimp industry are exposed in an original report by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.

  • Nuclear Power - Risks and Consequences

    This original Earth Focus investigative report looks at the untold stories behind three of the world's largest nuclear disasters: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima.

  • Fracking Hell - The Untold Story

    An original investigative report by Earth Focus and UK's Ecologist Film Unit looks at the risks of natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale.

  • Helen Caldicott on Fukushima & the Perils of Nuclear Power

    Australian physician and anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott discusses what the Fukushima disaster really means for the health and future of the people of Japan.

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Saturday, February 4th 
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Filmmaker Laura Israel on "Windfall"

Filmmaker Laura Israel on "Windfall"

"Windfall" looks at the downside of wind energy. The wind turbine has become a symbol of hope -- a promise of a future free from fossil fuels and foreign oil. So who can object? That's what the residents of Meredith New York thought when turbine salesmen came knocking on their doors. Energy companies are becoming bullish on wind but residents of communities considering wind should be careful says "Windfall" Director Laura Israel. She explains the links between wind turbines and health, the impact of wind turbines on avian populations including bats and why some residents of communities with new wind turbines are moving away.

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Filmmaker Laura Israel on "Windfall"

The wind turbine has become a symbol of hope -- a promise of a future free from fossil fuels and foreign oil. So who can object? "Windfall" looks at the downside of wind energy. Director Laura Israel explains the links between wind turbines and health, the impact of wind turbines on avian populations, including bats, and why some residents of communities with new wind turbines are moving away.

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The UNFCCC has been meeting with member countries to reach an international agreement on climate change since 1995. The IPCC has been binding millions of pages of reports on global temperature rise. However, political negotiations and scientific data on climate change are still foreign subjects to many. CCMP aims to improve media coverage, journalist participation, and public engagement on climate change. Click for more info.

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