Living Planet: Electric cars, Russia's Khimki forest, health and climate, Canadian pipelines
Description: Living Planet; We get behind the wheel of a Nissan LEAF, as electric cars hit selected markets; The battle over Russia's Khimki forest resumes; The climate threat to human health; and indigenous Canadians resist an oil pipeline.You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Planet as a podcast. Click on the links below for the individual items. Electric vehicles enter the mass marketElectric cars have had many false dawns over the years. But their proponents in the motor industry say now their time has come.This month, two mass-market electric vehicles are hitting dealerships in selected markets. The General Motors Volt and Nissan's Leaf are both aimed at delivering emissions-free driving at affordable prices. As with many cutting edge innovations, both can be found in the US state of California. Report: Laura IiyamaRussia lifts freeze on Khimki forest development plansThe Khimki forest lies just north of Russia's capital Moscow. In the past year, it has become the focus of a struggle between environmental activists and the government. The Khimki forest has provoked strong feelings among Russians. In a country where political protest is uncommon and often dealt with harshly, thousands turned out earlier this year to protest plans to build a road to St. Petersburg through the forest. They managed to provoke President Dmitry Medvedev into freezing development of the project, but this week that freeze was lifted. Report: Geert Groot KoerkampThe climate threat to human healthStorms, floods, heat waves – over the past 20 years, extreme weather events have claimed the lives of some 650,000 people around the world.The organisation Germanwatch keeps a tally of these events in its Climate Risk Index which it published this month. It has counted 14,000 extreme events over the past two decades, but cautions that this number is likely to increase in future. Reason enough for politicians and health experts to meet in Bonn, Germany, to discuss the risks to human health and safety posed by extreme weather, and ways of helping people to prepare and adapt to a changing climate. Report: Irene QuaileIndigenous Canadians resist an oil pipelineIn Canada, indigenous groups are vowing to block a proposed oil pipeline in northern British Columbia – promising civil disobedience if necessary. The Canadian fossil fuel company Enbridge wants to deliver oil from Alberta to a tanker terminal on the north coast. But the company has a shaky record with spills, and 61 indigenous groups have officially stated their opposition to the project. Report: Cesil Fernandes
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:05:00 GMT
Format: 30:19
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