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You think you have rights you and really don't. >> the new film is less about the air pollution but about the contamination of the government. one of the thing people can do is appeal to the state darrel of environmental protection or go as far as the epa. we found that they have so much influence on government that in fact, they've taken that democratic participation away from the people. >> you know, state representative from texas makes an interesting point. here necessary gas land two. let's take a listen. >> there is really absolutely nothing new about this. i mean, we've been doing resou...

When he went there in march he was on the offensive because had to rebut charges of neo-colonialism. chinese have basically been extracting raw materials from africa and selling in manufactured goods. what's worse you have a lot of chinese workers in africa doing jobs that really should be done by african workers. >> that question of neo-colonialism and whether or not the mineral extraction benefits africa. that is a centuries old question. when we look at the question of china and its investment, is it an investment policy or neo-colonial policy? >> it's neo-colonial period in the late 19th c...

These elephants, it just seems so sad. what is the main reason for this fast track to extinction? it seems like it's poaching, but why can't this be prevented? >> well, this is indeed very, very tragic news coming out. 65% of these elephants killed in the last ten years. so, you know, the real issue of course is that this is happening in central africa around the democratic republic of congo, cameroon. those are areas that are essentially lawless. a lot of resource extraction, logging and of course, traditionally, these elephants were largely protected by the fact they lived in very dense fore...