According to a World Bank study released Tuesday 20th August 2019, all countries are affected by this invisible crisis. It calls on states to take urgent measures. The quality of water, polluted by nitrates, heavy metals and microplastics, has become “an invisible crisis” affecting rich countries as poor countries, the World Bank alarmed in a report published Tuesday 20th August […]
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This Wednesday 26th June 2019, the day before the peak of the heat wave, it is up to 40 ° C in the shade and the orange alert has been extended to three-quarters of the country. The heat is still rising a notch Wednesday, June 26, 19 19 in France, on the eve of the expected […]
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The differentiated traffic will be set up in Paris and in the suburbs, Only the vignettes Crit’Air from 0 to 2 will circulate. It was expected since the announcement of an episode of ozone pollution in Ile-de-France: differentiated traffic will be set up in Paris and the suburbs on Wednesday 26th June 2019. Only vehicles with vignettes Crit’Air from 0 […]
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On Wednesday 22nd May 2019, Airbus signed a joint research project in Toulouse with SAS Scandinavian Airlines for hybrid and electric aircraft. The challenge is immense. Air transport is already responsible for 2% to 3% of global CO2 emissions . And the growth of air traffic is expected to more than double over the next 20 years … A research […]
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Toulouse Métropole wants to reduce the pollution generated by road traffic with areas prohibited for certain vehicles and the ambition to become “breathable city in 5 years”. Users of the road, remember this acronym: ZFE. Toulouse Métropole wants to establish a low-emission zone to reduce atmospheric pollution. Diesel vehicles particularly targeted Toulouse is indeed one of 15 communities […]
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According to an unpublished study, published by Générations future Tuesday 16th April, 2019, pesticides suspected of being endocrine disruptors are present in waterways. Tuesday, April 16, 2019, an unpublished study on the presence of pesticides , suspected of being endocrine disruptors , in French rivers, was published by the association Generations futures. This new report complements previous environmental association studies of the presence of […]
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CO2, the main cause of global warming, has never been so concentrated in the atmosphere in the last three million years. The concentration in the atmosphere of CO2 , the main cause of global warming, is at its highest since 3 million years. It thus makes the dramatic increase of the temperature of the planet and the level of the oceans inevitable in a […]
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ENVIRONMENT: “We call for respect for children’s rights, including living in a healthy environment,” says Unicef, which calls on the public authorities of France to act Three out of four children breathe toxic air in France, according to an alarmed Unicef France, in a report released Thursday. This is the first time the UN agency has taken up this theme in […]
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The government is considering the introduction of a tax of 3 euros on the Carte Grise. Additional revenue to finance pollution controls A “tax” anti-diesel-Gate in the boxes of the State? This is what Le Parisien, who announced on Monday the government’s plan, thinks he knows . Three euros more on each Carte Grise ? According to our colleagues, the executive would […]
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In a draft law, the government plans to eliminate physical tolls by eliminating barriers, in order to streamline traffic and limit pollution. Details. No more traffic jams on the highways ? This is the promise of the government that wants to develop tolls without barriers on the major axes of France. In the latest version of the draft mobility law (LOM), unveiled by the Context website , […]
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