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Showing videos filed under: Natural Resources Defense Council
Putting a Price on Climate Change
April 21, 2010The People’s World Conference on Climate Change in Cochabamba, Bolivia kicks off this week (and we will have more from there soon), but you wouldn't know it from the media here in the U.S. Despite the 40th anniversary of Earth Day this month, the subject seems to be falling by the wayside as financial regulation takes center stage.John Fugelsang, Climate Change, and Coal Goes Shopping
April 20, 2010Gun advocates rallied this week in support of their right to bear arms, the Pope has said that his church has sinned, Goldman Sachs is giving out bonuses in the throes of SEC charges, and laptops are taking pictures of kids while they sleep! This may sound like a vision of the end times, but really it's just another week in the news these days.Climate Change: Local Leaders Ahead of the World
December 8, 2009The Copenhagen climate conference this week focuses on creating a new global pact as a successor to the Kyoto Accord. But the U.S. never ratified the treaty, and Congress is still lagging behind on passing legislation to deal with global warming.Local Climate Solutions, Mary McBride, and Honduras Fraud
December 7, 2009As the Copenhagen conference on climate change begins this week, 56 newspapes in 45 countries carried one editorial that called for common action around the world, for governments of countries rich and poor, developed and developing to work together for solutions.Hydraulic Fracturing and the Natural Gas Bonanza, Obama's Moral Failing on Honduras, and the Spirit of Humanity in Gaza
July 20, 2009Will natural gas solve our energy problems? The oil and gas industry has been making their case that natural gas is a clean alternative to fossil fuels, that it will reduce our dependency on foreign oil, and create jobs. What the industry doesn’t mention is the highly controversial practice required to extract the oil known as hydraulic fracturing. Josh Fox and others on the other side of the story. Roberto Lovato and Andres Thomas Conteris on political turmoil in Honduras and why the US isn't doing more to resolve the standoff. And the Spirit of Humanity in Gaza.Are Our Beaches Safe?, Travel as a Political Act, and the Hudson River Pageant
June 8, 2009On the first World Oceans Day, David Helvarg, Sarah Chasis and Cindy Zipf discuss the state of our waters. Also, Rick Steves talks about Travel as a Political Act and videos from DJ Spooky the Palestine Festival of Literature and Earth Celebrations Hudson River Pageant.
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