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EIA Provides Testimony is the U.S House of Representatives - Legal Timber Protection Act.
This video introduces the global crisis of illegal logging and explains how a landmark new U.S law will combat the problem. By changing incentives in the market to verify the origins of plant products, and creating transparency in the supply chain by requiring a new import declaration, this law is s ...
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The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid is the new film from director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One Day In September). Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at "old" footage from 2008 and asking - why didn't we stop climate chan ...
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The Lacey Act - closing down the illegal wood trade
This video introduces the global crisis of illegal logging and explains how a landmark new U.S law will combat the problem. The recent(May 2008) passage of an amendment to the Lacey Act,a 100 year old anti-trafficking statute, makes the import,sale and transport of illegal sourced timber,wood produc ...
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Turning Pond Weed Into power - Algae's potential as a biofuel
The Carbon Trust launches The Algae Biofuels Challenge to promote its use as an alternative to fossil fuels
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The case for carbon capture and storage
The Environmental Agency is calling for the immediate development of carbon capture and storage for coal-fired power stations as part of a Green New Deal for the UK.
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Greenpeace Africa - people, actions, solutions.
Deforestation, overfishing and climate change threaten the future of the environment and the people of Africa.
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New green Energy from a century old power station plant
A crumbling hydro-electric plant in the Yorkshire Dales is to spark back into life to supply power to the national grid.
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Fish for Today Fish for Tomorrow
This film explores how the MSC use an ecolabel and fishery certification programme to contribute to the health of the world's oceans by recognising and rewarding sustainable fishing practises, influencing the choices people make when buying seafood, and working with partners to transform the seafood ...
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One Planet Food
Food is now cheap in this country, but at what cost? If everyone in the world ate and lived as we do, we'd need the resources of three planets not one. Three young secret agents are briefed by "The Boss" to investigate the impact of food and farming on the environment. Their assignments take them to ...
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The Ecotricity Greenbird - world speed record challenge.
Harnessing the power of the wind is what Ecotricity is all about! And now we're taking our love of wind to a new level, with the fastest wind powered vehicle on Earth! The Greenbird will challenge all your preconceptions of wind powered travel - it's simply an amazing machine powered only by nature. ...
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Celebrating the soya moratorium
The announcement of the extension of a moratorium on soya expansion provides hope for the Amazon rainforest.
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Antarctic humpback songs
The Esperanza crew captures unique audio recordings of humpbacks in Antarctic waters.
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Alien Invasion
Planet Earth is under threat - will the aliens decide to save it or trash it? A film by Greenpeace starring Eddie Izzard, Jim Broadbent and Joseph McFadden
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Investigating Indonesia's Final Forest Frontier
A report from the Greenpeace forest campaign team onboard the Esperanza in Papua. The area is rapidly becoming Indonesia's new battleground for palm oil.
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JFK Calls for a Revolution
The Energy [R]evolution is Greenpeace's plan to save the planet from catastrophic climate change.
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Your Actions Affect the Reefs Future
Whether you live one mile or one thousand miles from a coral reef, your actions affect the reefs' future and the reefs' future affects yours. As the natural guardians of our shores, reefs play a vital role in our global ecosystem. With climate change, pollution, and overfishing contributing to coral ...
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Sumatra
In the past few decades, Sumatra's lowland forests have shrunk dramatically, from 16 million hectares in 1900 to just 500,000-600,000 hectares today. Harapan Rainforest is a forest under threat, and if we don't act now, this rainforest and its amazing wildlife will be gone in five years. Our ambitio ...
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Saving Iceland's Environment
Bjork tells the world about her concerns as Iceland continues to sacrifice its environment for the sake of industry - can Iceland really afford all this 'development'? Oh yes and she's releasing a new single all about it.....proceeds to charidee, of course!
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Hen Harrier - An appeal for help
The hen harrier is Britain's most endangered bird of prey, with only 10 pairs breeding successfully in England in 2008. This is due principally to illegal killing, particularly on driven grouse moors. We need your help to save them.
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So You're the RSPB
This animated short launched the RSPB's "a million voices for nature" campaign to all staff and volunteers. In a world where we mostly hear of what's wrong, we celebrate the positive, the pure joy of what we work to protect.
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