The New West and the Politics of the Environment | Earth Focus | Special | KCET

A quiet, little-known revolution is taking place in American environmental politics in a most surprising place-Nevada. In this feature-length documentary, Earth Focus tells the story of Harry Reid, a politician who grew up in an Old West mining town, saw the possibility of a New West emerging in Nevada, and rode that change to power. Reid used power in new ways to settle water wars with respect for Native Americans, protect endangered species and wilderness, and usher in a just transition to renewable energy. Could this western green new deal set an example for the nation?
00:00:00-00:02:47 Introduction
00:02:47-00:07:35 Harry Reid's Unlikely Political Rise
00:07:35-00:13:14 Founding A Nevada National Park
00:13:14-00:27:36 Consequences of Reclamation
00:27:36-00:36:55 Fighting the Laxalt Water Pact
00:36:55-00:46:47 Water Deal Compromises
00:46:47-00:56:35 Development and Conservation
00:56:35-01:13:35 Access to National Parks
01:06:56-01:13:35 From Coal to Solar
01:13:35-01:18:47 Opposing Nuclear Waste Storage
01:18:47-01:24:16 Conclusion
01:24:16-01:25:30 Credits
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[@najialhani]

A great documentary that tells the story of the new west..

[@jackj5368]

We shouldn't be ignorant of who Harry Reid was and still is, Naji. Reid was one of America's most corrupt politicians ever. He entered public service relatively poor and left it as a multimillionaire. He granted lucrative favors to casinos and rich investors who hired his sons’ legal firm. While in office he made considerable profits.
Some of those who donated to his campaigns got favorable government treatment.
Not long ago, Reid paid his granddaughter thousands of dollars from his campaign war chest to make jewelry gifts for his donors and friends. Only after a storm of criticism did he reimburse his campaign fund.
So how does Reid’s reckless career continue with the former Senate leader avoiding congressional censure? Why was there is no progressive muckraker to take on Reid the way that Edward R. Murrow once exposed former Senator Joseph McCarthy?
Reid’s viciousness served as an effective deterrent. Why would anyone tangle with the anything-goes Reid when it meant endlessly replying to a litany of smears?
Yes, Harry Reid was a throwback to a type of American politics better left forgotten. Good riddance.

[@ski6035]

@@jackj5368
He was indeed very corrupt, it's strange that this otherwise good documentary is written as what feels like a puff piece.

[@michaelbruce7639]

a new America frontier and parts of the old west navite Americans cowboys and Indians.and the America West of the old frontier airzona and el passo tx and all the land and the farmers and ranchers that did work the lands for cattle what little did they know that the land was owned by the US federal government