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Eco-breaks: A paradise found and preserved as new generation of destinations put environmentally-friendly holidays on the map by Sarah Marshall © Press Association Images The Cosmoledo Eco Camp in the Seychelles where shipping containers are now eco pods, placed on plinths to avoid disturbing the amazing sands For the past nine months, a gloomy cloud has cloaked the planet, meaning there’s never been a better time to get away from it all. But with lockdowns ever looming and travel corr...

Right now bigham canyon in utah is the largest. this would be three times larger. to dig it and blow it up, they need an explosive factory just dedicated to that. and it would create this sulfuric acid. the ground has so much sulfur in it. environmentalists, fishermen are worried it could ruin what is this incredible bounty that comes every summer. so its a real battle. it really comes down to how much of a pristine wilderness can we hold on to while the world demands copper and gold to fuel the...

Money. but it broadens its use of eminent domain and gave the government power to do it in almost any case. >> what was the court thinking? >> supreme court. >> unbelievable. >> what struck me about this case, generally eminent is j generally used to quote, further the public use. so a blighted neighborhood, tearing it down, bring in neighborhoods, bringing in commerce and jobs and so forth. we see more cases of using eminent domain to protect wild preserve and protect land and keep it natural a...

Money. but it broadens its use of eminent domain and gave the government power to do it in almost any case. >> what was the court thinking? >> supreme court. >> unbelievable. >> what struck me about this case, generally eminent is j generally used to quote, further the public use. so a blighted neighborhood, tearing it down, bring in neighborhoods, bringing in commerce and jobs and so forth. we see more cases of using eminent domain to protect wild preserve and protect land and keep it natural a...

The crews did manage to free a man from the rubble. eight other people were hurt when the apartment complex exploded and then collapsed. amazingly, none of those other injuries said to be life threatening. jenna: well, out to california now. right now hundreds of firefighters are battling a major wildfire there. more than a dozen homes already destroyed near the scenic california coastline and 100 people forced out while emergency crews try to get the flames under control. claudia cowan is strea...

Environmental opposition to keystone and development of oil sand here in canada. lets set the table for you. this is the single largest deposit of oil anywhere in the world. it is size of florida. would last more than a 100 years. they dont need to go looking for it. they know where it is and they know how to get it out. unlike other foreign sources of oil coming to the united states. this doesnt arrive via supertanker from volatile countries notice world all they have to do is put in a pipe and...

This far out? well, pump station nine, 110 miles south of fairbanks is the poster child for everything that could and has gone wrong with the trans alaska pipeline. it was an engineering marvel when it was build more than 30 years ago, today it carries about 650,000 barrels of oil a day, across pristine wilderness. but its aging, bp owns 46% of the company that manages the pipeline. and critics say bp wants to cut costs and potentially put the pipeline at risk. >> i guess your fear is that the s...

That could and has gone wrong with the transatlantic pipeline. it was an engineering marvel when it was build more than 0 years ago. today it carries over 50,000 barrels a day across the pristine wilderness. its aging. bp owns 46% of it and critic says bp now wants to cut costs and potentially put the pipeline at risk. >> i guess your fear is that the same bp corporate culture that were seeing in the gulf of mexico where corners were cut is the same corporate culture managing this pipeline. >> w...

Pipeline in remote alaska. the day before we arrived here, company officials invited us to come take a look. >> nobodys allowed to go through 24 point. >> when did they tell you that? >> this morning. >> they told you that just this morning? >> yes, sir. >> why the security to keep us this far out? well, pump station nine, 110 miles south of fairbanks is the poster child for everything that could and has gone wrong with the trans alaska pipeline. it was an engineering marvel when it was build mo...

When it was build more than 30 years ago, today it carries about 650,000 barrels of oil a day, across pristine wilderness. but its aging, bp owns 46% of alyeska, the company that manages the pipeline. and critics say bp wants to cut costs and potentially put the pipeline at risk. i guess your fear is that the same bp corporate culture that were seeing in the gulf of mexico, where corners were cut, is the same corporate culture managing this pipeline? >> well, thats been the problem that i believ...