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Thursday, 08 September 2011 13:30 |
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Fish farming already produces half the world?s marketable fish. But is it environmentally friendly? Aaron Watson and Steven Rogers at Baltimore?s Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology explain why plant based fish feed and recirculated aquaculture may be the future for farmed fish.
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Thursday, 08 September 2011 13:30 |
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One out of three fish sold in the US is mislabeled. And this hurts your wallet, your health and the environment. Oceana's new campaign aims to put an end to sea food fraud.
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Friday, 05 August 2011 03:00 |
Don Hinrichsen, author of the new book "The Atlas of Coasts and Oceans", joins Dr. Stephen Olsen, Director of the Coastal Resources Center at the University of Rhode Island, in a look at the challeges our oceans and coasts are face, and what we can do about it.
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Friday, 05 August 2011 02:00 |
How will the disaster at Fukushima effect the future of the US nuclear industry? Jim Riccio, Nuclear Policy Analyst at Greenpeace, shares his thoughts with Earth Focus correspondent Miles Benson.
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Friday, 01 July 2011 00:01 |
In Mozambique, where the electric grid reaches only 10 percent of the population, wind may be the energy solution. Jeff Barbee reports on one entrepreneur's efforts to make wind power a reality. With the help of local craftsmanship and ingenuity, wind may become a reliable power source for Mozambique's 22 million people.
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 23:02 |
Geothermal energy maybe an answer to Africa's energy needs. Jeff Barbee travels to Hells Gate National Park in Kenya to explore this rapidly advancing energy source. Cast against a backdrop of zebra and giraffes, US based Ormat technologies is revolutionizing Kenya's energy future and the local job market.
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Saturday, 18 June 2011 04:01 |
interview with The Last Mountain film director Bill Haney and film producer Clara Bingham on the story of how one West Virginia community mobilizes to save the last intact mountain in the Coal River Valley from being blasted by Massey Energy. Anti coal activists are seeking to use the mountain for creating a wind farm that provides clean, sustainable energy.The film was nationally released last week and is presently in movie theaters nationally. The film features Robert Kennedy Jr.
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Saturday, 18 June 2011 03:01 |
"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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Saturday, 18 June 2011 02:01 |
"The Pipe" explores how the construction of a gas pipeline by Shell Oil polarized the tiny village of Rossport near Broadhaven Bay on Ireland's west coast. Economic prosperity or destruction of a traditional way of life? The unique nature of the coastline, which has sustained generation of farmers and fisherman, also provided Shell Oil the perfect landfall for the Corrib Gas Pipeline. Director Risteard O'Domnhaill followes the story of one of the most dramatic clashes of cultures in modern Ireland -- where the rights of farmers over their fields and of fishermen over their fishing grounds come in direct conflict with one of the world's most powerful oil companies.
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Saturday, 18 June 2011 02:01 |
"Houston We Have a Problem" steps inside the US oil industry to hear the truth about oil, straight from the hearts of Texas oilmen themselves. Decades of American presidents have warned against dependence on foreign oil and US energy policy has always been a strategy of defense, not offense. Today, we're in the midst of reaching peak oil peak while the world's energy demand is skyrocketing. The 21st century will belong to the most energy-independent and oilmen acknowledge that being addicted to cheap oil is the drug that could be the nation's downfall. Director Nicole Torre explains that today's oilmen are becoming the new wildcatters -- for renewable energy.
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Saturday, 18 June 2011 02:01 |
(Earth Focus: Episode 30) "Energy and the Environment" was the theme of this year's Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital. This Earth Focus episode features clips from the films "White Lion" and "A Community of Gardners", and takes an in-depth look at three energy films -- "Houston We Have a Problem," "Windfall," and "The Pipe" through the eyes of their directors: Nicole Torre, Laura Israel, and Risteard O'Domnhaill.
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