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In Pixar’s “Hoppers,” the protagonist is Mabel, an animal rights activist who fights a greedy mayor over a development project that threatens to replace a beloved beaver habitat with metal trees.

On the CBS drama series “Fire Country,” the heroes battle increasingly ferocious wildland fires for Cal Fire, as California’s Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection is known.

Hoppers (2026)

Disney/Pixar

Writers: Daniel Chong, Jesse Andrews, Jordan Harrison; Director: Daniel Chong

PIXAR

Hulu’s moody political thriller “Paradise” depicts the near-future as a brutal period in which a cascade of global environmental disasters sharpen the divide between the haves and have-nots.

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