Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival 2023 (Preview)
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The fifth annual Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival features five days of screenings.
The fifth annual Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival features five days of virtual screenings with Q&A discussions following each film to encourage a better understanding of and dialogue on environmental issues.
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Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival 2023 (Preview)
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The fifth annual Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival features five days of virtual screenings with Q&A discussions following each film to encourage a better understanding of and dialogue on environmental issues.
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Preview | 30s | The fifth annual Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival features five days of screenings. (30s)
Clip | 8m 17s | Taylor Yard is now an undeveloped and still-contaminated site adjacent to the L.A. River. (8m 17s)
Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival
Preview | 1m 18s | Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival (1m 18s)
Cold Rush? The Changing Arctic
Clip | 14m 41s | "Earth Focus" looks at the changing face of the Arctic today. (14m 41s)
Fukushima: Can it Happen in the US?
Clip | 7m 21s | Fukushima was not a Japanese nuclear disaster. (7m 21s)
Cambodia: Fight for Areng Valley
Clip | 10m 47s | The Chong people are fighting to protect their forests. (10m 47s)
Inside Illicit Ivory and Rhino Horn Trade
Clip | 6m 41s | Inside Illicit Ivory and Rhino Horn Trade (6m 41s)
Unacceptable Risk: Firefighters on the Frontline
Clip | 12m 52s | Fires are becoming more frequent, larger and more devastating than ever. (12m 52s)
China: Religion and Environment
Clip | 13m 37s | Filmmakers Gary Marcuse and Shi Lihong capture a surprising trend in China. (13m 37s)
Hope for Rhinos? New Approaches to Save Endangered Species
Clip | 14m 31s | Rhino horn is more expensive than gold or platinum. (14m 31s)
Making Coastal Communities More Resilient to Extreme Weather
Clip | 5m 48s | Joshua Saks looks at how America's communities can be protected. (5m 48s)
Paying for Climate Change: A Reinsurance Industry View
Clip | 6m 32s | Climate change is anticipated to have a big impact on the insurance industries. (6m 32s)
Encroaching Tides: What's at Stake for the US
Clip | 6m 32s | The eastern coast of the United States has one of the highest rates of sea level rise. (6m 32s)
Sacred Economics: A Post Money World?
Clip | 11m 55s | Charles Eisenstein speaks to Earth Focus about his new book Sacred Economics. (11m 55s)
Neonics: Toxic Until Fully Tested
Clip | 8m 58s | Scott Hoffman Black speaks about the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides. (8m 58s)
Neonics: Driving Declines in Biodiversity
Clip | 8m 26s | Dr. David Goulson speaks about the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides. (8m 26s)
Clip | 5m 43s | Earl Blumenauer talks about why protecting pollinators in the US is the national interest. (5m 43s)
Clip | 11m 29s | Shrimp farmers tell us to reject contaminated shrimp from Bangladesh. (11m 29s)
Killing the Senate Filibuster Could Inspire Bipartisanship
Clip: Special | 27m 36s | Jon Christensen moderates a conversation with former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid. (27m 36s)
Sen. Cortez Masto: Pursuing a Green Economy
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Clip: Special | 1m 9s | Cortez Masto has a goal to grow a clean energy economy that includes jobs for the future. (1m 9s)
Sen. Cortez Masto: Protecting the Outdoors is Nonpartisan
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Clip: Special | 37s | Protecting the environment should not be considered a partisan issue, Cortez Masto says. (37s)
Sen. Cortez Masto: On Reid’s Environmental Legacy
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Clip: Special | 54s | Sen. Harry Reid struck a balance when crafting inclusive environmental policy, she says. (54s)
Sen. Cortez Masto: On Growing Up in Rural Las Vegas
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Clip: Special | 40s | Cortez Masto grew up in a rural Las Vegas with cowboys and ranches. (40s)
Sen. Cortez Masto: ‘A Microcosm of America’
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Clip: Special | 1m 17s | Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto describes her state’s role in national politics. (1m 17s)
The New West and the Politics of the Environment (Preview)
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Preview: Special | 1m | A quiet, little-known revolution is taking place in American environmental politics. (1m)
Moapa Solar Plant Addressed Injustice, Economy and Energy
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Clip: Special | 5m 7s | Behind-the-scenes negotiations helped establish the Moapa transition from coal to solar. (5m 7s)
How SNPLMA Wove Urban Las Vegas Back Into the Environment
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Clip: Special | 2m 17s | The legislation helped balance urban growth in Las Vegas with environmental conservation. (2m 17s)
Black Rock-High Rock: The Negotiation Behind Conservation
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Clip: Special | 8m 2s | A proposal to protect Nevada’s Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon received much criticism. (8m 2s)
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