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Videos: Etna erupts, wildfires in NZ and OZ and Sea Shepherd vs. Japanese whalers
photo by NASA (public domain)
Leave it to ITN to come up with some short and (sometimes) sweet videos with which to catch up on some of the week’s environmental news.
We’ve gathered three (yes, three) bite-sized eco-news reports in one place. Why? Because, like the Mouseketeers, we like you!
First, check out Italy’s Mount Etna as she spectacularly spews forth molten lava and ash into the Sicilian sky.
Next there’s a report on antipodean wildfires raging across New Zealand and Australia.
Finally, Sea Shepherd and Japanese whalers fight for both whale rights and whaling rights on the high seas. Guess who fights for which.
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hehheheheh they would rather do’ harakiri’ or shout ‘Let’s volt in!!!’ than to be a disgrace to all…..
More like their obvious pretense. It would be much more honest if they just said, ‘look, we want to hunt whales so screw you all.’
all for one ,one for all huh? It might be bite-sized news but the issues were all huge enough not to be ignored, Japans modus operandi, whaling for research duhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!