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Worldfocus Best of 2009
December 24, 2009
Top 15 Worldfocus Signature Stories of 2009
Signature Video
December 7, 2009
Island in Denmark produces more energy than it consumes
John Larson travels to Denmark's Samso Island to report on its efforts to eliminate fossil fuel use. In 1998, Samso, population 4,000, devised a bold plan to completely switch to renewable energy. Today, the island is 100% carbon-neutral.
Signature Video
November 30, 2009
Housing developments in Denmark slash energy use
Worldfocus' John Larson has been reporting on Denmark's forward-thinking energy policy in the weeks leading up to the Copenhagen summit. Here, he visits a housing development outside of of Copenhagen where residents use astonishingly little energy.
Signature Video
November 24, 2009
Efficient Danes use hydrogen cells to maximize wind power
Last week, we showed you how everyday Danes profit from pioneering wind power. But there's a challenge -- how to store that power when the wind isn't blowing. John Larson reports on how Denmark is searching for answers, including building Europe's first "hydrogen neighborhood" -- homes that are powered and heated with the help of hydrogen fuel cells.
Signature Video
November 16, 2009
Everyday Danes profit from pioneering wind power
Long ago, Denmark pioneered wind power, which now accounts for 20 percent of its energy production. Everyday Danish citizens -- from farmers to art dealers -- invested in windmills. John Larson reports on how Danish citizens are capturing windfall profits.
Signature Video
November 5, 2009
Taxes curb Danish oil use, promote energy independence
Producer John Larson reports from Copenhagen, Denmark, on how changing lifestyles, taxing energy and subsidizing alternative technologies have reduced the country's dependency on oil and created thousands of new jobs.
Signature Video
March 5, 2009
Tijuana tourism plunges as fear of drug cartels spreads
In Tijuana, a once-thriving city just across the border from San Diego, the increasingly deadly drug war has touched almost every part of life -- from health care to tourism.
Signature Video
March 4, 2009
Mexico’s narco culture sings praises of drug violence
While many Mexicans are revolted by the drug-related murders, kidnappings and rapes that plague the country, there is also a popular subculture that celebrates this widespread violence.
Web Original Video
March 3, 2009
Kidnapping victim recounts disappearance in Tijuana
A Tijuana business owner tells the story of how he was kidnapped by organized crime operation. He refuses to be named, pictured or recorded without voice modification.
Signature Video
March 3, 2009
More Mexicans vanish as drug war escalates
In Tijuana, it is common for people simply to vanish. Known as the "disappeared," Mexico's kidnapping victims are often never heard from again -- 97 percent of the country's kidnapping cases go unsolved by police.
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