About Planet in Peril
- Released on October 23, 2007
Planet in Peril is a two-part, four-hour documentary on CNN that premiered on October 23, 2007, broadcast in the CNN Presents format. It also aired as a special presentation on December 2 & 3, 2007 on Animal Planet & Animal Planet HD. CNN's Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta and Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin investigate the current state of our planet, focusing on four major areas: global warming, overpopulation, deforestation and species loss.
They report from a wide variety of locations including Alaska, Brazil, Madagascar, Southeast Asia, and Yellowstone National Park, examining the effects of population growth, rising temperatures, poaching and illegal wildlife trade, among others, on the global environment.
Specific areas it deals with are the conflict in the Niger Delta and La Oroya, Peru.
On December 11, 2008, CNN premiered a sequel to Planet in Peril, called Planet in Peril: Battle Lines. It featured Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta, and Lisa Ling from National Geographic Explorer.
Full Cast of Planet in Peril
Jeff Corwin
Lisa Ling
Lisa J. Ling (born August 30, 1973) is an American journalist, best known for her role as a co-host of ABC's The View...
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Sanjay Gupta was born on October 23, 1969 and is currently 54 years old.
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Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, television personality, and author. He is the primary anchor of the C...
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