You might think that with various environmental regulations, the push for alternative forms of power, the fight over the Keystone pipeline and especially White House calls for an end to Big Oil tax subsidies, trying to coax campaign cash from … Continue reading
Environment
Since the very first Earth Day in 1970, Bill Moyers has covered the environment and the impact of industrial and other forms of pollution on the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat. Eye-opening documentaries and programs below share important truths about the state of the world and the parts we play in its preservation.
EXPLORE Environment
April 5, 2012 | World of Ideas
Bill McKibben shares five subsidization “rules of the road” that should be applied to the fossil-fuel industry. Continue reading
March 31, 2012 | Connecting the Dots
Spring came early this year in New York, although now we’re having a cold snap. The Callery pear trees in our neighborhood bloomed much sooner than usual — but now a chilly breeze is blowing their paper white blossoms away. … Continue reading
March 30, 2012
Corporations are required to deliver the most profits they can to their shareholders. In most states, they must put their shareholders’ financial interest and bottom line above everything else, even the public good. It wasn’t always that way. When corporations … Continue reading
February 28, 2012 | Connecting the Dots
TransCanada announces plan to forge ahead with southern portion of pipeline, and strange bedfellows protest it. Continue reading
February 13, 2012 | World of Ideas
Writer and environmental activist Bill McKibben on his campaign against the Keystone oil pipeline. Continue reading
January 10, 2012 | Shows
A waterway of ethereal beauty and vast commercial utility, the Hudson River has been both a precious medium for communing with nature and a convenient sewer for industrial waste. Over the course of this captivating two-part series, Bill Moyers explores … Continue reading
April 30, 2010 | Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010)
Bill discusses the human condition with his very last Journal guest, author Barry Lopez.
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January 22, 2010
Bill discusses the complexities of the energy crisis with Jean Johnson and Scott Bittle.
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November 27, 2009 | Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010)
Jane Goodall discusses the work her institute does with youth around the globe. Continue reading
