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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: Wallace Genetic Foundation, Marisla Foundation, Park Foundation, Isvara Foundation, Farvue Foundation, Shared Earth Foundation, NSF, & Link TV viewers.

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  • Restoring the Earth

    Is it possible to rehabilitate large-scale damaged ecosystems and improve the lives of people trapped in poverty? John D. Liu thinks so. His film Hope in a Changing Climate showcases successful approaches in natural carbon sequestering around the world.

     

     

  • Renewable Energy Needs in Southern Africa

    Earth Focus correspondent Jeff Barbee reports from southern Africa on how energy from the sun, wind, water, and even garbage not only helps the environment but is just good business.

     

  • Meeting Tomorrow's Food Challenge

    See how truck farms are catching on in New York, Swedish leaders in urban agriculture are using skyscrapers to feed tomorrow's mega cities, and Penn State scientists are helping plants adapt to tough conditions.

     

  • Arise! Women Protecting the Planet

    Earth Focus looks at the award-winning film Arise!, which documents the intellectual and spiritual insights that women from around the world bring to solving today's environmental challenges.

     

  • Sweden: Gateway to Green Innovation

    Find out how Sweden making strides in the green movement, through energy efficient sea ports, carbon emission-cutting restaurants, urban skyscraper farms, and sunlight-powered water purification systems.

     

  • Shades of Gray - Living with Wolves

    Wolves were once federally protected but now can be hunted again, making the fate and future of the wolf more controversial than ever. Can we live with wolves? Earth Focus travels to Montana and Wyoming to find out.

     
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Tuesday, May 28th 
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Thursday, May 30th 
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Naked America: Paying for Nuclear Disaster

Naked America: Paying for Nuclear Disaster

Going without insurance is described as "going naked" in the insurance industry. And going without insurance for the worst hazards in the US nuclear power industry is business as usual. The Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in March, 2011, caused an estimated $250 billion in damages and cost are still mounting. If a Fukushima-type nuclear accident happened in the United States, you the taxpayer may end up picking up the tab.There are 104 nuclear power plants in the United States spread across 31 states. They produce 20 percent of our electrical power. They all carry insurance against a nuclear accident. But that insurance is limited to $12.6 billion. Experts say that damage from a nuclear accent could run as much as $500 billion or more. So if a disaster would cost hundreds of billions, why the the liability cap for insurance only $12.6 billion? Correspondent Miles Benson investigates.
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Naked America: Paying for Nuclear Disaster

Going without insurance is described as "going naked" in the insurance industry. And going without insurance for the worst hazards in the US nuclear power industry is business as usual. Earth Focus correspondent Miles Benson investigates why the US nuclear power industry is underinsured by hundreds of billions of dollars. Watch now, and read Benson's article, "The Naked Truth About Nuclear Accident Insurance."

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