Earth Focus

"Earth Focus" is an environmental news magazine that features investigative reports and in-depth stories about our changing environment and how it affects people around the world.

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A member of Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation casts his net the beach. | Still from Tending Nature

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Central Valley Uses Technology to Address Contaminated Water

Kai Anderson's power map of the environmental campaigns led by Sen. Harry Reid in Nevada during his long career in Congress.

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Mapping Power and Strategy for Conservation Victories: An Interview with Kai Anderson

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Fueling Change: Oil Extraction in Alaska and California

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Lighting A Path: Embracing Solar Power in California and Zanzibar

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The New West and the Politics of the Environment

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EARTH FOCUS “The Youth Climate Movement Around the World” features Alexandria Villaseñor from Paradise, California. Image courtesy of Thomson Reuters Foundation.

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The Youth Climate Movement Around the World

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Mercury in Our Waters: The 10,000-Year Legacy of California’s Gold Rush

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Proposed Coal Mine Threatens UNESCO Site in South Africa

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A member of a military operation to crack down on illegal gold mining in Peru. | Max Baring/Thomson Reuters Foundation

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The Price of Gold in Peru

This episode follows chief environmental prosecutor Karina Garay as she works with the police, army and navy in destroying illegal mines and arresting miners in protected areas

A miner emerges from an abandoned mine in South Africa carrying a heavy sack of coal on his back. | Courtesy of of Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Coal Mining in South Africa

South Africa faces a stark reality as the continent’s largest greenhouse gas emitter.

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The Youth Climate Movement Around the World

In-depth profiles of four young environmentalists: Alexandria Villaseñor in California, Carl Smith in Alaska, Ayakha Melithafa in South Africa and Litokne Kabua in the Marshall Islands.

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Dying Oceans - Abalone Restoration In California

Off the coast of California, the disappearing abalone population is raising flags about ocean health and the lasting impact of rising sea temperatures, acidification and pollution.

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Lighting A Path: Embracing Solar Power in California and Zanzibar

Solar power is changing lives in unexpected places.

Dairy in California | Photo by Artifact for Earth Focus

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Dairy Alternatives - Rethinking Milk In California and Kenya

The realities of milk production are forcing dairy communities across the globe to rethink the dairy production process.

A guardian of Brazil's Amazon Rainforest watches as a fire burns the remains of lumber poachers. | Still from "Earth Focus"

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Building A Future - Lumber Poaching In Oregon and Brazil

Following groups like “Guardians of the Forest,” we explore illegal lumber poaching in the forests of Brazil and Oregon, where citizens and scientists are working together to combat the illegal lumber trade.