Earth Focus

"Earth Focus" is an environmental news magazine that features investigative reports and in-depth stories about our changing environment and how it affects people around the world.

Our upcoming season of "Earth Focus" examines the politics of the environment, including youth climate activists around the globe, the transition away from coal in South Africa, curbing illegal, poisonous gold mining in Peru, and a feature-length documentary on the environmental politics of the New West.

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A member of Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation casts his net the beach. | Still from Tending Nature

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Tending Nature

Zebra in South Africa's Kruger National Park.

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Proposed Coal Mine Threatens UNESCO Site in South Africa

Kai Anderson's power map of the environmental campaigns led by Sen. Harry Reid in Nevada during his long career in Congress.

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Mapping Power and Strategy for Conservation Victories: An Interview with Kai Anderson

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Harry Reid’s lowercase 'green new deal'

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A man wearing a hat stands next to his horse and looks out into the wilderness of Nevada.

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The New West and the Politics of the Environment

Earth Focus tells the story of Harry Reid, a politician who grew up in an Old West mining town, saw the possibility of a New West emerging in Nevada, and rode that change to power.

A member of a military operation to crack down on illegal gold mining in Peru. | Max Baring/Thomson Reuters Foundation

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S3 E3: The Price of Gold in Peru

This episode follows chief environmental prosecutor Karina Garay as she works with the police, army and navy in destroying illegal mines and arresting miners in protected areas

A miner emerges from an abandoned mine in South Africa carrying a heavy sack of coal on his back. | Courtesy of of Thomson Reuters Foundation

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S3 E2: Coal Mining in South Africa

South Africa faces a stark reality as the continent’s largest greenhouse gas emitter.

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Youth Activism

Children from across the world seek to bring accountability to the climate crisis.

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S2 E6: Dying Oceans - Abalone Restoration In California

Off the coast of California, the disappearing abalone population is raising flags about ocean health and the lasting impact of rising sea temperatures, acidification and pollution.

Dairy in California | Photo by Artifact for Earth Focus

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S2 E4: Dairy Alternatives - Rethinking Milk In California and Kenya

The realities of milk production are forcing dairy communities across the globe to rethink the dairy production process.

A guardian of Brazil's Amazon Rainforest watches as a fire burns the remains of lumber poachers. | Still from "Earth Focus"

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S2 E3: Building A Future - Lumber Poaching In Oregon and Brazil

Following groups like “Guardians of the Forest,” we explore illegal lumber poaching in the forests of Brazil and Oregon, where citizens and scientists are working together to combat the illegal lumber trade.