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Focus Earth

Focus Earth is a weekly eco-newscast for Planet Green, Discovery Communications’ 24/7 eco-lifestyle network. Each week, Woodruff covers a variety of subjects

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2 Jan 2009

Focus Earth: January 3, 2008: Top Environmental News Stories of 2008

This week, Focus Earth takes a look at the challenges faced by marine animals and those who work to protect them before rounding up the top environmental news stories of 2008. + READ MORE

2 Jan 2009

Focus on Focus Earth: Top Environmental News Stories of 2008

From the economic crisis to the United States presidential election, new signs of climate change to record oil prices, 2008 was an eventful year filled with news. Choosing the top stories, those that have the greatest significance, represent the most serious trends and shifts, is no simple matter. To help place the year in perspective, Focus Earth has compiled a list. + READ MORE

26 Dec 2008

Focus Earth: December 27, 2008: The Changing Lives of Reindeer

This week, Focus Earth features a special episode hosted from the North Pole, Alaska. Bob Woodruff and the team take a look at holiday related issues from Barrow, Alaska, where melting ice is altering the landscape and ecosystem, to Norway, where reindeer are becoming the latest species to be threatened by global warming. Then, the team gives a special report from the Middle East and a final look at the "real" North Pole. + READ MORE

26 Dec 2008

Focus on Focus Earth: The Changing Lives of Reindeer

It's the reindeer, we imagine, that makes Santa's whirlwind tour around the world possible. Because of this, children across America wait anxiously in their beds on Christmas Eve, hoping to hear the clopping of hoofs on their roof. The story of Santa's magical flying sled team led by a bioluminescently endowed outcast has become an integral part of Christmas lore, inseparable from its iconography. But what would the holiday season be like without reindeer? + READ MORE

19 Dec 2008

Focus Earth: December 20, 2008: Saving the Condor & OPEC Cuts

This week, Focus Earth takes a look at recent appointments to Barack Obama's "Green Team," providing an analysis of what these selections mean for the administration's environmental policy. Then, Bob Woodward and the team report on recent OPEC production cuts, ways Toledo, Ohio, is responding to Chrysler factory closures, and recent efforts to save the California condor. A round table discussion on America's environmental future and the impact of video games on energy resources make up the end game of this episode of Focus Earth. + READ MORE

19 Dec 2008

Focus on Focus Earth: Saving the Condor

Though their numbers reached as few as nine in 1985, there are now 166 California Condors in the wild. This increase has come after decades of effort by zoologists, conservationists, and environmental activists. While the recovery is impressive, the species is still considered highly endangered and is threatened largely by its scavenging nature. + READ MORE

19 Dec 2008

Focus on Focus Earth: OPEC Cuts

After falling more than $100 from its peak in July, the price of one barrel of crude oil reached a low of $34 on December 19, 2008. The drop was caused by reduced demand around the world, particularly in the United States where consumers have been recoiling from the economic crisis. + READ MORE

12 Dec 2008

Focus on Focus Earth: Obama's Green Team

Since the election, environmentalists everywhere have been waiting to see who will be chosen to fill Barack Obama's administration. Finding the right people to fill key positions is critical to developing successful solutions to pressing environmental issues but knowing who will be best able to advice the president is difficult. This week, some of the guessing and wondering ended when it was announced that three key positions have been decided. Who are the nominees and what will they bring to the new administration? + READ MORE

12 Dec 2008

Focus on Focus Earth: Cap and Trade Delay

According to the EPA, "Cap and Trade" is a "market-based policy tool for protecting human health and the environment." Under such a plan, a strict emissions limit, or cap, is set and each source, be it a farm, factory, or some other industrial entity, is given an allowance permitting a certain amount of emissions below the cap. + READ MORE

12 Dec 2008

Focus Earth: December 13, 2008: Cap and Trade Delay & Obama's Green Team

This week, Focus Earth covers the latest developments in the formation of President-elect Barack Obama green administration and investigates delays in his proposed "cap and trade" proposal. In other economic news, the Big Three automakers continue to lobby for government-bailout funds and Barack Obama and Al Gore discuss the possibility of a "green new deal." + READ MORE