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GRITtv: Naomi Klein: The Search for BP's Oil
As we've noted before, the oil from BP's spill in the Gulf didn't just magically disappear. Naomi Klein and Big Noise Films' Jacquie Soohen headed to the Gulf aboard the research vessel Weatherbird II, they found plenty of evidence of the damage still being done. It's not just the birds and dolphins we have to worry about, the scientists note in this report from our friends at the Nation. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Email this pageGRITtv: Monique Harden: Rights-Based Recovery in the Gulf
What if Kenneth Feinberg resigned tomorrow? That's the real question, when he asserts his sole authority over the funds allocated to the Gulf Coast for oil spill recovery. Monique Harden of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights joins us via Skype to offer her alternate vision for recovery: one based on fundamental human rights.
GRITtv: Brave New Films: Drill, Baby, Drill?
We heard the rallying cry with its cheap double entendre over and over during election season 2008. "Drill, baby, drill." Now, of course, the results of such a policy are coating the birds, fish, and coasts of the Gulf of Mexico: uncontrollable oil everywhere. Brave New Films is launching a new campaign for "Power Without Petroleum," and you can join them on Facebook or on their website.
GRITtv: Ben Evans: Your Environmental Road Trip
In the wake of the BP oil deluge in the Gulf and the Chevron oil spill in Utah, calls for renewable energy and sustainable living have been redoubled, with even President Obama getting into the act. To see what sustainable living can actually look like, Ben Evans, Julie Dingman Evans and Mark Dixon took a road trip across the U.S. in a hybrid car with only a few rules: they created less than one shoebox of garbage each month, never turned on an incandescent light, and used approximately 25 gallons of water per person per day. Laura caught up with Ben Evans to talk about the project, called YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip. The crew are working to finish their documentary on their adventure and looking for donations, if you'd like to chip in.
GRITtv: David Roberts: Obama's Offshore Drilling
The announcement this week that Barack Obama would open up space along the Atlantic coast for offshore oil drilling wasn't a cruel April Fool's joke, sadly. The president who pledged not to "drill, baby, drill" our way out of energy and climate issues seems to be going back on his word. Is it really that bad? We ask David Roberts, senior staff writer at Grist.org. GRITtv with Laura Flanders brings participatory democracy onto your computer screen and into your living room, bridging the gap between audience and advocates. Watch any show, at any time: http://grittv.org Distributed by Tubemogul.
GRITtv: Got Docs: Sweet Crude
Oil wasn't discovered in the Niger Delta until the near end of colonial rule. But its discovery, for the people of Nigeria, meant another kind of oppression: money working hand in hand with military rule. This week's featured documentary, Sweet Crude, looks at the consequences of oil extraction for the people and environment of Nigeria.
GRITtv: Antonia Juhasz: Oil Power Preventing Climate Action
Antonia Juhasz, author of "The Tyranny of Oil", topped by the studio to discuss the "petroleum-filled smokescreen" that is keeping Obama from pushing for real action in Copenhagen, and to call for citizens to help get rid of it.
