In Rwanda, farmers “going against the grain of official policy”
Contemplating the shimmering plantations of Joséphine Mukankusi’s farm is like taking in the agricultural problems of Rwanda at a glance. There, in the northwest...
ExxonMobil to cut 677 jobs by reducing operations in France
The American oil group ExxonMobil announced, Thursday April 11, a reduction in its activities in Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine (Seine-Maritime), which “should lead to the elimination of...
Notre-Dame-des-Landes: justice rejects Vinci, who claimed 1.6 billion euros from the State
Justice rejected the request made by Vinci for compensation of nearly 1.6 billion euros to the State for the abandonment of the airport project...
Nuclear safety: final adoption of the criticized merger of ASN and IRSN
This time, the bill for the controversial merger of the two players in nuclear safety - the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), responsible for control...
The Cosmic Dance: Exploring the Wonders of Solar Eclipses
The Fascinating World of Solar EclipsesSolar eclipses are one of the most captivating celestial events that occur in our solar system. These phenomena occur...
Climate responsibility of States: the ECHR condemns Switzerland, a first
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has never ruled on the responsibility of States in terms of action against climate change. On Tuesday...
March becomes the tenth consecutive month to break its own heat record
For the tenth month in a row, the average temperatures recorded on land and at sea have been beaten. March 2024 continues this worrying...
An “exceptional” phenomenon of Sahara dust degrades air quality in Europe
An “exceptional” quantity of dust from the Sahara has been crossing Western Europe from south to north since Saturday, with harmful consequences on air...
Greta Thunberg arrested during a demonstration in The Hague
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested on Saturday April 6 in The Hague, Netherlands, while participating in a demonstration organized by the environmental...
Agriculture: Agnès Pannier-Runacher allows beet growers to no longer use an insecticide “to protect...
The announcement should reassure beet growers, not opponents of pesticides. The Minister Delegate to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, announced...
PFAS: MPs adopt bill to reduce exposure to “perennial pollutants”, without banning kitchen utensils...
MPs unanimously adopted, at first reading, Thursday April 4, a bill to restrict the manufacturing and sale of products containing “eternal pollutants,” or PFAS....
PFAS: Kitchen utensils excluded by MPs from law aimed at reducing exposure to 'perennial...
Deputies began on Thursday, April 4, the examination of a bill to restrict the manufacturing and sale of products containing “eternal pollutants,” or PFAS,...
PFAS: reducing the population’s exposure to “eternal pollutants”, a bill that is not unanimously...
The deputies begin on Thursday April 4 the examination of a bill to restrict the manufacture and sale of products containing “eternal pollutants”, the...
EDF: Parliament adopts a text protecting the company from “dismemberment” and extending regulated tariffs...
Parliament definitively adopted on Wednesday April 3 a text proposed by the Socialists regarding EDF, combining anti-dismemberment provisions and the extension of regulated electricity...
Flood peaks reached in the most affected municipalities of Burgundy
The floods reached their peak, on the night of Tuesday March 2 to Wednesday March 3, in Tonnerre and Chablis, the two most affected...
Risk of flooding: Yonne and Saône-et-Loire still on red alert, the flood wave is...
The departments of Yonne and Saône-et-Loire remain on red alert on Tuesday April 2, according to a Météo-France bulletin, facing the “exceptional” levels of...
Risk of flooding: the departments of Côte-d’Or and Yonne on red alert, that of...
Part of the country remains on alert due to the risk of flooding linked to severe weather. Two departments, Côte-d'Or and Yonne, were placed...
Risk of flooding: Côte-d’Or, Yonne and Indre-et-Loire on red flood alert, one person wanted...
Numerous evacuations took place in Indre-et-Loire and Vienne, due to the severe flooding of the rivers which has occurred since Saturday in the center-west...
Floods: Gard and Yonne are added to the ten departments on orange alert, Indre-et-Loire...
Gard and Yonne were in turn placed on orange “flood” alert, Monday April 1 at 10 a.m., as had Côte-d’Or and Saône-et-Loire at 6...
Risk of flooding: Indre-et-Loire remains on red alert, one person wanted in Haute-Vienne
Numerous evacuations have taken place or are in progress in Indre-et-Loire and Vienne, due to the severe river flooding which has occurred since Saturday...