06/03/2010 - ENVIRONMENT
Finding an environmentally friendly diet
An increasing number of ecologists promote vegetarian diets as being better for the environment but with many meat substitutes travelling long distances and undergoing heavy processing a new report sponsored by WWF shows that a meat free meal may not be the solution.
27/02/2010 - ENVIRONMENT
Is the climate changing?
After making a Himalayan error and then underestimating the height of Holland, the IPCC is under fire with questions over the quality of the UN body's work. This added to other scandals like ‘climategate’ has left the door wide open for climate sceptics to gain ground. ENVIRONMENT examines the myths and realities of global warming.
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20/02/2010 - ENVIRONMENT
Taking stock of the world's natural assets
2010 is the year of biodiversity. ENVIRONMENT looks at what is at stake and what can be gained from the planet's resources.
15/02/2010 - THE WEEK IN EUROPE
Papandreou under pressure
In this edition: Greece is under pressure to tighten its belt and implement drastic spending cuts; how the revelation of a torture case has embarrassed the British government; Romania's growing addiction for counterfeit cigarettes; and the latest British reality TV show, which shadows every move of a group of MPs.
13/02/2010 - ENVIRONMENT
Invading space to take control of our climate and environment
ENVIRONMENT visits the Astrium space laboratory, to look at high tech satellites that are designed to observe and report specifically on the environment, part of a new fleet that it is hoped will help man predict and react to changes taking place on earth.
12/02/2010 - CANADA
Gold, silver, bronze and... Green?
France 24's correspondents are on the ground in Vancouver, looking at why Canada's Winter Olympics promise to be the most environmentally friendly yet.
07/02/2010 - HEALTH
Corsica's environmental cancer
Cancer remains the leading cause of death worldwide, and yet 40% of cancer cases are said to be preventable. On the island of Corsica however, many locals feel that prevention was not an option, since they say they were the victims of their own environment.
06/02/2010 - ENVIRONMENT
Going green to gain environmental ground
Despite the chaos of Copenhagen, politics and the environment remain close companions. FRANCE 24 looks at how political takeover of the environment.
03/02/2010 - FISHING
France to support ban on bluefin tuna trade
France will support an international ban on trade of bluefin tuna in 18 months, French media report, weeks before EU countries decide whether to back calls for the over-exploited fish to be officially listed as an endangered species.
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01/02/2010 - THE WEEK IN EUROPE
Making green gold out of algae
In this special edition of the programme entirely devoted to Spain: how the Spanish government's reforms are helping women at risk from domestic violence; a new experiment turns algae into biofuel; and we ask why iconic restaurant El Bulli is closing its doors for two long years.
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