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Dr. Jeff Wells explains how Canada's tar sands (US' #1 source of oil, over Saudi Arabia), will likely result in millions of birds lost, where waterfowl land and die, and through habitat loss and water and air pollution. Most North American migratory birds breed in Canada, but are finding it increasingly difficult due to massive industrial projects like the tar sands.
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Those carbon offsets seem to be quite popular these days. So why not expand the concept to other forms of pollution, right? Hmm...
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One of the World's Worst Polluted Places is La Oroya, Peru, where 99% of its 12,000 children are lead poisoned. Instead of cleaning up the pollution as promised the American billionaire owner, Ira Rennert, used the profits to help build one of the world's most expensive houses. To find out more visit - savelaoroya.org
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In 25 years China has been taken from poverty to modernity, the Olympics and the brink of superpower status. But their have been costs - galloping inflation, the world's worst pollution and a social fabric that is showing the stain. This episode of 101 East asks what the future holds for China after the games.