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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Wednesday, February 15th 
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Thursday, February 16th 
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Monday, February 20th 
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Monday, February 20th 
09:30 pm 
Friday, February 24th 
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Energy Solutions: Biomass in India

Energy Solutions: Biomass in India

This report from Earth Focus looks at how biomass helps generate electricity in Bihar, India improving health and generating new business opportunities.

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Energy Solutions: Biomass in India

This special report from Earth Focus looks at how biomass is helping to generate electricity in Bihar, India improving health and generating new business opportunities.


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