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Firefighters contain Spain wildfires

Firefighters in southern Spain have contained a huge forest fire that threatened a number of tourist resorts. One person died in the fire, which started near Coin, west of Malaga, early on Thursday, and spread to the outskirts of the resort of Marbella. Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports.

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Chemical Barrels: Underwater threat may devastate Black Sea

The future of the Crimea’s holiday friendly beaches is at stake due to a danger at the bottom of the Black Sea. RT’s Alexey Yaroshevsky looks at what lies beneath . RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia [...]

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Arctic Ice Drops To Record Low

Arctic sea ice has dropped to its lowest level on record, both a symptom and amplifier of a changing climate due to the effects of man. Read more on the Arctic sea ice level: www.nasa.gov Read the New York Times article: www.nytimes.com Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com Add TDC to your circles on Google+ [...]

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10-year-old’s Petition Convinces Jamba Juice to Stop Using Styrofoam

Mia Hansen thought it was asinine that smoothie company Jamba Juice, which bills its product as healthy and natural, serves your People Chow in an Earth-unfriendly giant styrofoam cup, so she started a Change.org petition to get the chain to stop using styrofoam — and it worked. Mia collected over 130000 signatures, and Jamba Juice [...]

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Sustainability: Mayors Must Highlight Economic Benefits

Roger Platt, Senior Vice President of Global Policy & Law at the World Green Building Council, discusses the magnitude of American energy usage on a global scale. The poorest of the United States have greater access to energy than those in the majority of developing nations. Platt argues that city mayors need to find economic [...]

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earthrise – Feeding the 5000

We already produce more than enough food, we just need to manage it more carefully. Campaigners in London serve enormous free feasts made entirely from ingredients that are normally discarded in their mission to reduce food waste.

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earthrise – Series three, episode eight

In this special edition, earthrise’s Russell Beard meets some of the people who are helping to re-define the relationship between economics and the environment.

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World Cooling? ‘Greenpeace delusional, points in wrong direction’

A Russian floating oil rig in the Arctic has been ambushed – by a group of Greenpeace activists. Six men scaled the platform and are currently dangling off the side, suspended by cables, in protest against energy giant Gazprom’s plans to drill in the area. Let’s now talk to Piers Corbyn, the director of WeatherAction.com [...]

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earthrise – Series 3, episode 8

In this special edition, earthrise’s Russell Beard meets some of the people who are helping to re-define the relationship between economics and the environment.

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earthrise – Brixton in Transition

Russell Beard travels to the inner-London neighbourhood of Brixton to meet a community trialling an alternative economic model — one that values people and planet, as well as profit.

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What Environmentalists Can Learn from Monsanto

Allison Carruth, assistant professor of English at UCLA, shares what environmentalists and organic food producers can learn from pesticide creator Monsanto. Complete video available for free at fora.tv

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Breaking Down the Savings of Green Building Construction

James T. Caldwell, Ph.D., a Director of UCGEC, Chair of its Green Building Task Force outlines the upfront savings from constructing green buildings and the accrued costs annually. Complete video available for free at fora.tv

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