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Used to recover deep natural gas deposit
10/05/2011 - FRACKING
Used to recover deep natural gas deposit
Fracking is a technique used to recover natural gas buried deep beneath the surface. It is highly controversial as it involves using strong chemicald. Stephane Marchand, Business editor, tells her more of fracking.
Too hot to handle
30/04/2011 - ENVIRONMENT
Too hot to handle
This week, Environment comes to you from Essonne, one of the French regions scorching from summer temperatures in spring as ground water reserves dip to worrying lows. We'll be meeting local farmers to find out the cause and consequence before crossing to China where water from from flood plains in the south are being rerouted North a replumbing of rivers that has environmentalists worried.
Protests force France to backtrack on gas extraction
11/05/2011 - FRANCE
Protests force France to backtrack on gas extraction
One year after France gave the green light to energy companies to extract natural gas through the controversial practice of “fracking”, the government was forced to backtrack after public outcry.
Positive prisons
27/04/2011 - ENVIRONMENT
Positive prisons
This week we will be visiting the world's first ecological prison, located on the Norwegian island of Bastoy, just 75 km south of Oslo. The 115 inmates live in wood cabins, not cell blocks, and are free to roam the grounds. We'll be meeting some of the guards and detainees to see how they are breaking down barriers for the good of the environment and society. Then on to Nairobi, Kenya to see how organic gardening is keeping the youth out of prison.
Green candidate's nuclear stance raises eyebrows
26/04/2011 - FRANCE
Green candidate's nuclear stance raises eyebrows
Breaking a long silence, Green Party presidential hopeful Nicolas Hulot adopted a resolutely anti-nuclear stance on Monday, which risks alienating potential voters in a country where 55% of the electorate sees nuclear power favourably.
Nuclear options
23/04/2011 - ENVIRONMENT
Nuclear options
After disaster shakes Japan's Fukushima reactors, we're looking at the options. Cleaner, cheaper and plentiful, India is currently constructing the world's first thorium-fed nuclear reactor promoted as a safe alternative to our current uranium powered plants. Meanwhile French scientists go underwater submerging nuclear stations deep beneath the sea. Finally, what happens when it all goes wrong meet the liquidators those who risk their lives trying to avert disaster.
Why the tech industry finds it hard to 'go green'
06/04/2011 - TECH 24
Why the tech industry finds it hard to 'go green'
The environmental activist group Greenpeace is taking aim at Facebook for its reliance on coal/oil energy sources to power its vast server farms. This week on Tech 24, hosts Rebecca Bowring and Eric Olander explore the challenges facing the tech sector to reduce its 'carbon footprint.'
Food crisis fears
02/04/2011 - ENVIRONMENT
Food crisis fears
2008 saw riots across the developing world, with hungry and furious people taking to the streets. Now fears are rising that the world could be braced for another food crisis. The latest data from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation shows that at the beginning of 2011, global food prices were actually higher than at their previous peak three years ago. Environment investigates the nutrition challenges facing the planet.
Luis Echavarri, Director General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
31/03/2011 - THE INTERVIEW
Luis Echavarri, Director General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
Luis Echavarri, Director General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), speaks to Armen Georgian about how the Japan authorities are dealing with the Fukushima disaster and how we can develop tools to ensure the safe use of civil nuclear energy in the world.
Water in the city
26/03/2011 - ENVIRONMENT
Water in the city
Join us for a rendez-vous on Paris’ river Seine as we investigate the complex relationship between modern city living and water. In this edition of Environment we take you to Bangkok – a city sinking into the sea. Our correspondents also report on the technological wizardry that’s given Singapore its water independence. Finally we find out why illegal drugs could be sneaking into your daily drinking water – and how it can be prevented.
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