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>> despite its name iceland is one of the greenest countries on earth when it comes to energy production. one thing it does not have though is windmills. but that could change as jonathan vig lottee shows us. >> is land is known for its geothermal power which pulls energy from hot water reserves underground. its so clean hundreds of thousands of people each year bathe in the islands thermal baths. iceland runs on 100% renewable energy from hydro power to geothermal plants like the one behind me....

Actually sent him over the ledge headfirst backwards. the woman being a little bit more prepared ended up in a seating position and sort of skipping across the rocks and down the ledge in a seating position the whole time. >> the conservation group watches helplessly. >> my initial concern was that the guy who went over headfirst and backwards was probably going to have suffered a serious neck injury and possibly broken bones, spinal injury. >> seconds pass as the man disappears into the tide po...

Seating position and sort of skipping across the rocks and down the ledge in a seating position the whole time. >> the conservation group watches helplessly. >> my initial concern was that the guy who went over headfirst and backwards was probably going to have suffered a serious neck injury and possibly broken bones, spinal injury. >> seconds pass as the man disappears into the tide pool. when he emerges, its clear hes in tremendous pain. >> when he came up out of the water, he was screaming. a...

Seemed shocked to discover that the wreckage they were looking at was not of a ukrainian military plane. "this is a passenger plane," theas rebel leader taking the footage says "malaysia." examining the wreckage in the days after the crash revealed this was no accident. the plane had been shot down. and here-- big pieces, big holes penetrating from the outside in. and this is whats left of the cockpit-- clearly, the controls there; the flight computer; thet pilots seat; and the metalwork. again,...

Yet it also never shed what was there before in the layers and layers that have come since. its a wonderful tricky conflicted mutant in lack of a better word youd have to call paradise. no mans paradise. paradises dont exist. paradise is kind of in your head. >> wait a minute. you look at your window here. you look at those hills, those mountains, all that green, that blue sky. the clear sea. it sure looks like paradise to me. this guy knows. hes been everywhere. hes paul theru. novelist, essayi...

Possibly be. yet also never shed what was there before in the layers and layers that have come since. its a wonderful tricky conflicted mutant in lack of a better word youd have to call paradise. no mans paradise. paradises dont exist. paradise is kind of in your head. >> wait a minute. you look at your window here. you look at those hills, those mountains, all that green, that blue sky. the clear sea. it sure looks like paradise to me. this guy knows. hes been everywhere. hes paul theru. hes a ...

Hawaii is america. as american as anything could possibly be. yet it also never shed what was there before in the layers and layers that have come since. its a wonderful tricky conflicted mutant in lack of a better word youd have to call paradise. no mans paradise. paradises dont exist. paradise is kind of in your head. >> wait a minute. you look at your window here. you look at those hills, those mountains, all that green, that blue sky. the clear sea. it sure looks like paradise to me. this gu...

Company that owns the pipeline that burst tuesday. the department of transportation is ordering plains all american to stop operations on the line and test the part of the pipe that failed to find out why it did. the company says it has gone above and beyond federal inspection requirements. >> it will take some time to determine the cause of the release. once it is, well work with the federal agents. all of that will be transparent and available to the public to see what it was. >> reporter: the...

On the ground. >> reporter: today, a new vantage point from offshore looking toward where the oil spilled into the pacific from this culvert, a focus of the cleanup today. on the water both set booms to contain and absorb the spill as the response gets bigger. >> i see a big mess. we are fortunate the spill was contained rather quickly. unfortunately, oil did get into the ocean. >> reporter: in the ocean a sea lion swims through the slick and on land were there as another is brought in. this is ...

I informed one of the people near me to get ready to call 911. >> and just a few seconds after that, the waves came up over the rocks and took them right off the rocks. >> the wave comes up over the rocks with incredible force throwing the pair down a 12 foot drop. >> oh, jesus. >> they went over. >> when the wave hit him, it took him out basically from behind and knocked him across the sharp lava rocks and actually sent him over the ledge head first backwards. the woman being a little bit more ...