24 May 2006
An Inconvenient Truth
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
Battle Over Bears Ears
Can Utah's diverse voices and interests find common ground?
At its heart, it’s a battle for homeland and sovereignty. Bears Ears, a remote section of land lined with red cliffs and filled with juniper sage, is at the center of a fight over who has a say in how Western landscapes are protected and managed.
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Elizabeth Adeola Self - Narrator (voice)
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