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A collaborative project of Sierra Club Productions, Oil on Ice documentarians Dale Djerassi and Bo Boudart, and Link TV, a nationwide satellite network dedicated to presenting a multi-faceted global perspective on news and current events to American audiences. Refuge at Risk begins by examining the tranquil, untrammeled beauty of the Arctic Refuge through a powerful mix of photographs, videotape and thoughtful discussion by people who understand the variety and richness of the region’s delicate and complex ecosystems. Later in the show, Refuge at Risk explores alternative and renewable energy sources. According to Sierra Magazine, three of the wind-rich states — North Dakota, Kansas and Texas — have enough harnessable wind energy to satisfy all the nation’s electricity needs Refuge at Risk is funded by The Sierra Club Foundation, which since 1960, has advanced the preservation and protection of the natural environment by empowering the citizenry, especially democratically-based grassroots organizations, with charitable resources to further the cause of environmental protection. To accomplish this mission, the Foundation funds large-scale public education projects, training of activists and litigation to enforce the laws that protect our environment.
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Hosted by Doug McConnell, host of the popular television series, Bay
Area Backroads, Refuge at Risk is part talk
show, part artistic journey. It assembles a panel of environmental
and energy experts, naturalists and conservation activists against
a backdrop of stunning photographic portraits of the Arctic landscape.