HEADLINE: First Person: After Oil, Turtle Birth Fears CAPTION: There is fear that because sea turtles don't reach reproductive age for at least a decade, the true impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill won't be known for years....

Russian/Nat While Moscow battles against economic chaos and political uncertainty, environmental problems are still causing misery across Russia. Almost half Russia's cities have serious air pollution and more than one thousand plant...

Early March 2007, Nairobi, Kenya 1. Wide shot of Mathare shanty town. 2. Wide shot of residents walking along a street in Mathare shanty town. 3. Mid shot of residents by the side of the street. 4. Wide shot of Changaa being distilled by...

Cholera patients recovering at a makeshift treatment centre in Haiti's capital learned on Wednesday that human rights groups filed a lawsuit blaming the United Nations for causing the deadly cholera epidemic that broke out shortly after...

Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held, the state's top environmental...

Environmentalists and swimmers demonstrated at Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach on Saturday, calling on authorities to improve water quality before the start of the 2016 Olympic Games. The site is one of many that protesters say...

In contrast to its reputation as an eco-friendly country, Costa Rica is home to one of the most polluted rivers in Central America. The T�rcoles River has become the main sewage system for waste from the Central Valley, where more than...

Several dozen surfers plunged into waters off the tip of Manhattan island on Wednesday (27/8), to celebrate the official end of ocean dumping in the New York area. The surfers, usually found riding the waves of the Atlantic Ocean off the...

1. Wide of flooded area with boat in the background 2. Boat docking at shoreline, as those on board climb out on the boat 3. Wide of submerged houses and trees 4. Mid of statue near a Hindu temple damaged by flooding, pan to flooded...

AP Television Vranje - 10 May 2013 1. Wide of Serbian police rescue team navigating on the river Juzna Morava and getting into pile of plastic bottles 2. Various of rescue team paddling through bottles 3. Team carrying boat over logs 4....

Serbia is still recovering after record rains caused severe flooding in parts of the country. The clean up operation is still underway with hundreds of tons of rubbish and debris being removed from affected areas. Faced with record...

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A mine on Cuba's southeast coast is an engine of revenue for the country's cash-strapped government, but at the same time presents challenges for a country that prides itself on its environmental safeguards.Plumes of smoke rise over the...

LEAD IN: Swarms of insects breeding in a polluted river near the Taj Mahal are threatening the intricate marble inlay that adorns the famous monument to love.They are leaving green and black patches of waste all over the walls, which...

Sun, sea and sand... no wonder Rio's beaches are so crowded. But the green-blue ocean waters often conceal bacteria from raw sewage. Welcome to Leme, one of the six city beaches set to be rid of water pollution in time for the 2014...

LEAD INThe sewage pollution in Gaza is getting so out of hand that the effects of the issue are now reaching the swimming beaches of Israel. STORY-LINE:Each day, millions of gallons of raw sewage pour into the Gaza Strip's Mediterranean...

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus052524Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that he's adding $10 million to New Jersey's efforts this year to remove lead-based paint from homes around the state.The money would offer up to $20,000 per...

EGYPT AFRICA RUNSOURCE: AP TELEVISIONRESTRICTIONS: MIDDLE EAST EXTRA CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 2:38SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionCairo - 31 July 2016 1. Tilt up of South African teacher Joe Labuschagne 'Run Africa' flag2. Wide of Labuschagne starting...

LEAD-IN:Seawater and sewage contamination has made Gaza's tap water unsafe to drink.It means people in the territory are being forced to turn to other sources to get their supply.STORY-LINE:Clean water: not something Gazans can take for...

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus053724Two of three officials charged in the Flint, Michigan water crisis appeared in court Wednesday.Michael Prysby, a former district engineer with the state Department of Environmental Quality,...

Two of three officials charged in the Flint, Michigan water crisis appeared in court Wednesday.Michael Prysby, a former district engineer with the state Department of Environmental Quality, and Stephen Busch, a supervisor in the...

LEAD IN:A conference has been held to discuss the British government's controversial anti-radicalisation strategy.Known as Prevent, critics have accused it of unfairly targeting Muslims. STORY-LINE:People gather for the Prevent,...

STORYLINE / VOICEOVER SCRIPT:DOGS LOVE TAKING IN ALL THE SMELLS.AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT IT.THEIR KEEN SENSE OF SMELL HAS MADE THEM INVALUABLE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE MILITARY.BUT INSTEAD OF SNIFFING OUT DRUGS AND BOMBS - THESE CANINE...

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