Angola, refusing to reduce its oil production, withdraws from OPEC
Amid disagreement with the production quotas set by the cartel, Angola decided to withdraw from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), judging...
In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the regional COP turns into a duel between Christophe Béchu and Laurent...
The seventh edition of the territorial COPs, Thursday December 21, in Lyon, turned into a duel between Christophe Béchu and Laurent Wauquiez (Les Républicains),...
Floods: the Charente kept on orange alert, after a flood peak on Sunday
The peak of the Charente river, which remained on orange alert on Monday December 18, was reached on Sunday shortly after 7 p.m. –...
In the north of Hérault, justice demands the dismantling of a wind turbine field
A few kilometers north of Lodève, the Escandorgue massif is one of the southernmost in the Massif Central. No big towns, a few small...
Coal consumption has reached an unprecedented level in 2023
The planet, which has never been as hot as in 2023, has never consumed so much coal: global demand reached 8.53 billion tonnes this...
COP28: the UAE presidency proposes a historic compromise on fossil fuels
The UAE presidency of COP28 unveiled a new compromise plan on Wednesday (December 13) to unblock the Dubai climate negotiations, calling on countries around...
Water stress: how Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is coping
It happened without warning. July 27, 2022, in the small village of Clansayes, in the south of the Drôme department. Suddenly, nothing came out...
COP28: the draft agreement does not call for an “exit” from fossil fuels
The new draft agreement at COP28 on climate, prepared by the United Arab Emirates, was made public on Monday, December 11, on the eve...
COP28: pressure and tensions increase around the mention of an exit from fossil fuels...
The President of COP28, Sultan Al-Jaber, increased pressure on Sunday, December 10, on the countries meeting at the climate conference in Dubai to resolve...
COP28: activists break into OPEC pavilion
Activists briefly burst into the pavilion of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at COP28 on Sunday, December 10, to call for...
At COP28, the head of OPEC asks members to refuse any agreement targeting fossil...
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) “urgently” asked its members to “proactively reject” any agreement targeting fossil fuels...
COP28: in Dubai, massive presence of fossil fuel lobbyists
Their presence has never been so important during a climate conference (COP). Nearly 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have obtained accreditation for the COP28 organized...
Philippines: Powerful earthquake kills two people
A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake followed by four strong aftershocks struck the island of Mindanao, in the south of the Philippines, on Saturday, December...
France authorizes the search for natural hydrogen reserves for the first time
The French government has authorized, for the first time in France, a research project for so-called “white” hydrogen, a fuel naturally present in the...
COP28: Al Gore highlights the climate record of the United Arab Emirates, host country
Former American Vice President Al Gore highlighted, Sunday December 3, in Dubai, the climate record of the United Arab Emirates, host country of the...
COP28: Emmanuel Macron announces “forestry packages” with two countries worth $150 million
The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, announced, Saturday December 2, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on the occasion of the 28th Conference...
COP28: around twenty countries call for tripling nuclear energy capacities in the world by...
Twenty-two countries, including the United States, France and the United Arab Emirates, called on Saturday, December 2, in a joint declaration at the 28th...
At COP28, first promises and diplomatic negotiations to address the climate crisis
More than one hundred and forty heads of state must follow one another, Friday December 1 and Saturday December 2 in Dubai, at the...
COP28: the exit from fossil fuels, the eternal taboo of climate conferences
This is the elephant in the room. A very big elephant. Fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are responsible for 80% of greenhouse gas...
COP28 approves the creation of the climate damages fund
“We have written a page of history today,” said Sultan Al-Jaber, Emirati president of COP28, which, from its opening on Thursday, November 30 in...
COP28: when Kenyan President William Ruto wants to be the spokesperson for Africa
The catastrophe suffered by his country and his region should give Kenyan President William Ruto all the arguments to challenge his interlocutors at the...
Demonstrations against the Sainte-Soline megabasins: six to twelve months suspended prison sentence required against...
Six to twelve months suspended prison sentence was requested, Tuesday, November 28, against the supposed organizers of banned demonstrations in Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres) against the...
Pox epidemic in the DRC: 581 deaths since January and record number of cases...
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Saturday, November 25, 12,569 suspected cases of mpox (long called monkeypox), including 581 deaths in the Democratic...
Floods: resumption of rain in Pas-de-Calais, placed on orange alert for floods
The return of rain swelled the watercourses again on Monday November 20 in Pas-de-Calais, which suffered repeated flooding for two weeks. The department returned...
In South Sudan, the 'world's worst aquatic weed' makes good charcoal
Crops, herds, forests, the floods which have affected the north of South Sudan for almost three years have swallowed everything up. The town of...
In Kenya, end of international negotiations to reduce plastic pollution amid disagreement
International negotiations against the proliferation of plastic waste ended on Sunday, November 19, in Kenya, against a backdrop of disagreement over the scope of...
In Pas-de-Calais, new precipitation threatens the decline
“Initiated on all rivers”, the clear decline observed for three days in Pas-de-Calais could be thwarted on Sunday November 19 by further precipitation, which...
In Cameroon, when cocoa and forest preservation try to go hand in hand
All the gold of Mbam is there, within machete reach. The forest area located about a hundred kilometers north of Yaoundé, the Cameroonian capital,...
Two thirds of water tables are below seasonal norms
The situation of groundwater tables in France did not change significantly in October compared to September, and two thirds of them remain below seasonal...
In Africa, “the rate of progression of diabetes is frightening”
In Africa, more than one in two diabetics are unknowingly ill. The theme of screening and prevention, which affects other regions of the globe,...
Pas-de-Calais returns to orange flood alert, after “very intense” precipitation on Tuesday
Placed on red alert on Tuesday at the end of the afternoon, Pas-de-Calais returned to orange alert on Wednesday, November 15 in the morning...
Floods: Haute-Savoie on red alert, just like Pas-de-Calais
Just like Pas-de-Calais, Haute-Savoie was placed on red alert by Météo-France for the risk of flooding, Tuesday November 14 and Wednesday November 15, due...
Floods: Pas-de-Calais returns to red alert
The Pas-de-Calais department has been placed on red flood alert for the Liane river, in the Boulogne-sur-Mer region, due to “very intense rain” on...
Floods: the state of natural disaster recognized for more than 240 municipalities in Nord...
The Head of State arrived late in the morning, Tuesday November 14, in Saint-Omer, in Pas-de-Calais, a department affected for several days by devastating...
Six departments placed on flood alert; the return of worrying rain in Pas-de-Calais
The President of the Republic will himself see the damage. On Tuesday, November 14, Emmanuel Macron went to Pas-de-Calais, which has been affected for...
Flooding in Pas-de-Calais: a lull expected at the end of the afternoon and during...
Flooded rivers, flooded streets, dilapidated houses: Pas-de-Calais has been tossed since Tuesday between torrential rains and the comings and goings of floods. The department...
Pas-de-Calais flooded after a night of torrential rain
Flooded rivers, flooded streets, dilapidated houses: Pas-de-Calais woke up as best it could on Friday November 10 after a night of heavy rain, which...
The Council of State cancels the dissolution of the Earth Uprisings
On Thursday, November 9, the Council of State canceled the dissolution of the Earth Uprisings. The environmentalist collective was dissolved on June 21 by...
In Pas-de-Calais, “no prospect of recession before at least Friday” according to Christophe Béchu
Affected by historic floods which caused significant damage, Pas-de-Calais remains on orange alert for floods on Thursday, and should not experience a decline "before...
October 2023 was the hottest October on record worldwide, according to the European Copernicus...
The months pass and unfortunately look the same on the climate front: after September, it is the turn of October 2023 to be the...