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Blowout: Inside America’s Energy Gamble
produced by Kate Grumke and Zach Toombs (New York, NY: Bowery Media, 2020), 1 hour 19 mins
Investigative journalists, scientists, and concerned citizens trace the fallout of a new American fossil fuel boom that’s threatening the nation’s health and the world’s climate. From the oil fields of West Texas to tanker traffic busting the Panama Canal at its seams to an energy revolution in Asia, this do...
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produced by Kate Grumke and Zach Toombs (New York, NY: Bowery Media, 2020), 1 hour 19 mins
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Investigative journalists, scientists, and concerned citizens trace the fallout of a new American fossil fuel boom that’s threatening the nation’s health and the world’s climate. From the oil fields of West Texas to tanker traffic busting the Panama Canal at its seams to an energy revolution in Asia, this documentary shows the human stakes of a surge in American oil and gas — and its impacts on profits, public health, and climate change.
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kate Grumke, Zach Toombs
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Bowery Media
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Copyright © 2019 Bowery Media
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Frontline, Season 38, Episode 15, Plastic Wars
directed by Rick Young, fl. 2000-2013; produced by Fritz Kramer, fl. 2009 and Emma Schwartz, fl. 2010, in Frontline, Season 38, Episode 15 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 53 mins
Did the plastic industry use recycling to sell more plastic? With the industry expanding like never before and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the fight over the future of plastics.
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directed by Rick Young, fl. 2000-2013; produced by Fritz Kramer, fl. 2009 and Emma Schwartz, fl. 2010, in Frontline, Season 38, Episode 15 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 53 mins
Description
Did the plastic industry use recycling to sell more plastic? With the industry expanding like never before and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the fight over the future of plastics. General Audience
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Fritz Kramer, fl. 2009, Emma Schwartz, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Rick Young, fl. 2000-2013, Laura Sullivan, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2020-03-31, 2020
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Frontline
Topic / Theme
Recycling industry, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Environment, Waste disposal, Plastics Product Manufacturing
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1, The Swamp
directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999 and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2019), 1 hour 54 mins
The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida penins...
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directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999 and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2019), 1 hour 54 mins
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The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida peninsula. In the 19th century, however, most Americans believed swamps were filled with diseases and noxious reptiles and saw them as obstac...
The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida peninsula. In the 19th century, however, most Americans believed swamps were filled with diseases and noxious reptiles and saw them as obstacles to the nation's progress. The idea of draining the Everglades became the goal of many entrepreneurs, politicians and salesmen who saw great potential in turning the massive wetland into a profitable enterprise. Altering the landscape of the Everglades unleashed a torrent of unintended consequences, from catastrophic floods to brutal droughts. Told through the lives of a handful of colorful and resolute characters, from hucksters to politicians to unlikely activists, The Swamp explores the repeated efforts to transform what was seen as a vast and useless wasteland into an agricultural and urban paradise, ultimately leading to a passionate campaign to preserve America's greatest wetland.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999, Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse, WGBH Educational Foundation, Tim Hopper, fl. 1987
Author / Creator
Randall MacLowry, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Tim Hopper, fl. 1987
Topic / Theme
Climate and the Environment, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
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Copyright © 2019 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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216 Beach Walk, Waikiki
directed by Alan Marcus, fl. 1991 (Privately Published, 2018), 32 mins
The film's title, 216 Beach Walk, Waikiki (2018, 30mins), refers to the former address of author Jack London during his period in Hawaii in 1915-16 when he was stimulating interest in the islands through his writings. By chance, the same location is now the back door of Trump Int’l Hotel Waikiki. In the film, hi...
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directed by Alan Marcus, fl. 1991 (Privately Published, 2018), 32 mins
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The film's title, 216 Beach Walk, Waikiki (2018, 30mins), refers to the former address of author Jack London during his period in Hawaii in 1915-16 when he was stimulating interest in the islands through his writings. By chance, the same location is now the back door of Trump Int’l Hotel Waikiki. In the film, high-rise developments serve as magnified totems for a heavily congested urban environment fueled by Waikiki’s fabled touristic appeal....
The film's title, 216 Beach Walk, Waikiki (2018, 30mins), refers to the former address of author Jack London during his period in Hawaii in 1915-16 when he was stimulating interest in the islands through his writings. By chance, the same location is now the back door of Trump Int’l Hotel Waikiki. In the film, high-rise developments serve as magnified totems for a heavily congested urban environment fueled by Waikiki’s fabled touristic appeal. The film questions this interpretation of a paradisiacal paradigm in what could otherwise be termed a post-traumatic site, drawing on the creation and toxicity of the Ala Wai Canal as a potent metaphorical comment. This research project received funding from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Alan Marcus, fl. 1991
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Privately Published
Person Discussed
Jack London, 1876-1916
Topic / Theme
U.S. Annexation of Hawai'i, 1898, Ecology, Hawaiians, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © Alan Marcus, 2018, all rights reserved
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Great Big Story, The Homes that Plastic Built
produced by Great Big Story, in Great Big Story (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2018), 3 mins
Conceptos Plásticos is the union of two passions — helping the environment and creating products that can benefit vulnerable populations. With almost 600 tons of plastic waste being thrown away in a landfill each day in Bogotá, Colombia, Oscar Mendez knew that something had to be done. That’s when the idea o...
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produced by Great Big Story, in Great Big Story (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2018), 3 mins
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Conceptos Plásticos is the union of two passions — helping the environment and creating products that can benefit vulnerable populations. With almost 600 tons of plastic waste being thrown away in a landfill each day in Bogotá, Colombia, Oscar Mendez knew that something had to be done. That’s when the idea of Conceptos Plásticos was born. The company uses recycled plastic to build homes for impoverished communities throughout the city, whi...
Conceptos Plásticos is the union of two passions — helping the environment and creating products that can benefit vulnerable populations. With almost 600 tons of plastic waste being thrown away in a landfill each day in Bogotá, Colombia, Oscar Mendez knew that something had to be done. That’s when the idea of Conceptos Plásticos was born. The company uses recycled plastic to build homes for impoverished communities throughout the city, while also teaching the importance of recycling and sustainability. As plastic’s characteristics make it a hard substance to degrade, the houses can last hundreds of years, changing the very fabric of the communities it helps.
This video is from the Planet Earth collection of Great Big Stories.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
News story
Contributor
Great Big Story
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Cable News Network (CNN)
Series
Great Big Story
Topic / Theme
Recycling industry
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 CNN Newsource Sales
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Powering the Future, Episode 2, Lighting Up With Solar
produced by Syafiqah Omar, fl. 2013, Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., in Powering the Future, Episode 2 (Singapore: Mediacorp TV Singapore, 2018), 23 mins
Singapore is investing in solar, with plans to have it make up 20 percent of our energy pie by 2050. We look at where solar research stands in Singapore, some of the innovations in the pipeline and what is being done to address the challenges before solar can ensure our energy security.
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produced by Syafiqah Omar, fl. 2013, Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., in Powering the Future, Episode 2 (Singapore: Mediacorp TV Singapore, 2018), 23 mins
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Singapore is investing in solar, with plans to have it make up 20 percent of our energy pie by 2050. We look at where solar research stands in Singapore, some of the innovations in the pipeline and what is being done to address the challenges before solar can ensure our energy security.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Syafiqah Omar, fl. 2013, Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., Bharati Jagdish
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Mediacorp TV Singapore
Series
Powering the Future
Speaker / Narrator
Bharati Jagdish
Topic / Theme
Renewable energy sources
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Mediacorp TV Singapore
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Beautiful Things
directed by Giorgio Ferrero, 1980-; produced by Federico Biasin, fl. 2013, Zero Trans Fat Productions and Mybosswas (Czech Republic: Filmotor, 2017), 1 hour 37 mins
Work and alienation: Two things that have taken on a whole new meaning in the 21st century's fundamentally changing and increasingly abstract networks of economics, ecology and (un)natural raw materials. Documentary science fiction from a future we already live in without knowing it.
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directed by Giorgio Ferrero, 1980-; produced by Federico Biasin, fl. 2013, Zero Trans Fat Productions and Mybosswas (Czech Republic: Filmotor, 2017), 1 hour 37 mins
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Work and alienation: Two things that have taken on a whole new meaning in the 21st century's fundamentally changing and increasingly abstract networks of economics, ecology and (un)natural raw materials. Documentary science fiction from a future we already live in without knowing it.
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Federico Biasin, fl. 2013, Zero Trans Fat Productions, Mybosswas, Giorgio Ferrero, 1980-, Rodolfo Mongitore, fl. 2015
Author / Creator
Giorgio Ferrero, 1980-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Filmotor
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Filmotor
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Daily Watch, Why California's Five-Year Drought Pits Almonds Against Salmon
produced by The Economist, in Daily Watch (London, England: The Economist, 2017), 4 mins
Managing California's drought-striken water supply is a precarious balancing act. Water is being channeled south to aid the almond farmers, but where does this leave the wild salmon population in the north? Featuring interviews with David Phippen, almond farmer, and Curtis Knight from California Trout.
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produced by The Economist, in Daily Watch (London, England: The Economist, 2017), 4 mins
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Managing California's drought-striken water supply is a precarious balancing act. Water is being channeled south to aid the almond farmers, but where does this leave the wild salmon population in the north? Featuring interviews with David Phippen, almond farmer, and Curtis Knight from California Trout.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
News story
Contributor
The Economist
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
The Economist
Series
Daily Watch
Topic / Theme
Irrigation, Agriculture, Environmental impact analysis, Salmon (Food), Nuts, Water supply, Droughts
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Copyright © 2020 The Economist
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Global Gateway, Visions in the Desert
produced by Cable News Network (CNN), in Global Gateway (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2017), 23 mins
Examine how Dubai taps the transformative power of innovation and how technology enables Dubai to realize its ever-ambitious plans for expansion despite being located in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.
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produced by Cable News Network (CNN), in Global Gateway (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2017), 23 mins
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Examine how Dubai taps the transformative power of innovation and how technology enables Dubai to realize its ever-ambitious plans for expansion despite being located in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Cable News Network (CNN)
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Cable News Network (CNN)
Series
Global Gateway
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How Rising Temperatures Can Fry the Economy
(New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2017), 3 mins
Apr.19 -- Climate researchers are reviewing myriad studies of heat and human behavior, adding them up, and looking for sound conclusions about the relationship between temperature and economic productivity. Here's a short, colorful video guide to this new, and worrisome, research.
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(New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2017), 3 mins
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Apr.19 -- Climate researchers are reviewing myriad studies of heat and human behavior, adding them up, and looking for sound conclusions about the relationship between temperature and economic productivity. Here's a short, colorful video guide to this new, and worrisome, research.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
News story
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Bloomberg L. P.
Topic / Theme
Economic theory, Behaviorial drives, Climate change
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Bloomberg
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