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Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2010 Year in Review

post thumbnail Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

The earthquake in Haiti. The BP oil spill. A crumbling US economy and educational system. And domestic workers in New York receive a historic bill of rights. We look back at some stories we brought you in 2010, and look ahead to 2011.


Standing Up to Big Oil

post thumbnail Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

From courtroom battles to government regulation, we take a look at how citizen groups around the world are holding oil companies accountable for environmental contamination and human rights abuses.


The Price of Nature: Buying Our Way Out of Climate Chaos?

post thumbnail Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

At the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, discussion centered on market-based solutions. On this edition, experts engage in a roundtable discussion about alternative ways to both understand and solve the climate crisis.


Whose Water? The Struggle for Public Ownership of Freshwater

post thumbnail Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty of the great lakes.


Beyond BP: A Future Without Oil

post thumbnail Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

We go to the gulf coast to hear why, despite the dangerous and deadly consequences, locals aren’t ready to turn their backs on the oil industry.  What does that mean for the rest of us, as we pursue a future free of fossil fuels?



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