Category Archives: GTVpodcasts

Ex-GE Engineer Highlights Critical Fukushima Reactor Design Flaw

GTVpodcasts, Sustainable Energy

In 1971, General Electric designed, built and delivered the first, now-exploded, Mark 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and that design was also used for four of the other five reactors.

Whistleblower Dale Bridenbaugh, a former engineer for GE, exposed a critical flaw in the reactor design that was so bad, he recommended all Mark 1 reactors be shut down to repair them. This didn't happen. Then, as now, profits and protection of nuclear business were put ahead of safety and theprotection of people.

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On Borrowed Time

GTVpodcasts, Wildlife

On Borrowed Time, launched in conjunction with World Tiger Day 2011, trains a spotlight on the poaching crisis in Belum-Temengor and calls for the problem to be put on the national agenda. These forests in northern Perak are of critical importance for the conservation of tigers and other endangered species, yet research and monitoring by WWF-Malaysia and TRAFFIC Southeast Asia since 2008 have documented decimation of the wildlife by relentless illegal hunting, with little standing in poachers’ way.

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STOP IT: together we can end illegal trade in rhino horn – Part 1

GTVpodcasts, Wildlife

Joseph Okori, WWF’s African rhino programme coordinator, discusses the poaching of African rhinos and the illegal trade in rhino horns. Not an isolated issue, it impacts on humans too. In recent years the problem has not only increased in terms of numbers killed, but we see the increasingly organised nature of the crime.

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Point Hope, Alaska and Shell’s offshore drilling plans

Environment, GTVpodcasts

The mayor and other residents of Point Hope, Alaska share their concerns about Shell's offshore drilling plans in the Arctic. Residents of this town, also known as “Tikigaq,” have survived for generations off the bounty of the Chukchi Sea, which is now threatened by pollution, noise, and the risk of an oil spill that would come with offshore drilling.

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Coral Triangle Day

Environment, GTVpodcasts

On June 9, 2012, the countries of the Coral Triangle came together to celebrate their single most important shared resource: the oceans. From local communities to NGOs, responsible businesses to government agencies, people from all walks of life organized and participated in exciting events across the region. This was the Coral Triangle Day, it is hoped the first of many to come!

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Disappointment for oceans campaigners as Rio+20 Earth Summit fails to deliver

Environment, GTVpodcasts

There's a low-key end to the Rio+20 Earth Summit, with campaigners and scientists criticising missed opportunities and lack of progress to protect the world's oceans. Charlotte Smith of Oceans Inc takes the temperature as the summit draws to a close.

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Major European retailer slammed for false sustainable fish advertising

Environment, GTVpodcasts

Oceans campaigners at the Rio+20 Earth Summit have welcomes a ruling that the supermarket giant Intermarché made false claims about sustainable seafood. The French advertising authority told Intermarché they must pull all the offending advertisements relating to deep sea fish.

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Alternative summit shows the way forward for oceans at Rio+20

Environment, GTVpodcasts

Negotiations to get better protection for the world's oceans may have faltered at the Rio+20 Earth Summit, but on the other side of town the so-called “People's Summit” is showing the politicians how it should be done. Charlotte Smith of Oceans Inc reports…

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