The number of authorized wind turbines has collapsed. For France, which wants to present itself as a climate champion, the situation is becoming embarrassing. All the more so as the persistent delay in approving new projects is fuelling speculation that the French government has an ulterior motive for slowing down the expansion of wind power:
PlusThey grow French 100 % cotton in the heart of the Gers When people ask you what the Gers has in store for you - especially at this time of year - what do you think about? Well, make no mistake, the Gers, from now on it will also be ... cotton. Yohan de Wit,
PlusIn one to two years, French power plants will no longer know where to store their irradiated fuel The huge pools at La Hague (Manche), where irradiated fuel in French nuclear power plants is cooled, are approaching saturation which could gradually block all French reactors, warns the Institut de Radioprotection et de
PlusIn order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, we must stop using fossil fuels. Because we cannot wait to act before we know whether the renewable gas bet will be won, we must now seek to restrict the use of gas by relying on other decarbonated energies, such as electricity, etc., to achieve carbon neutrality.
PlusLa France envisage de relancer son activité minière. Le but affiché : assurer notre approvisionnement en matières premières, tout particulièrement pour les métaux rares indispensables à la transition écologique et énergétique. Dans les régions où les prospections débutent, les populations locales se mobilisent. La controverse qui en résulte prend des
PlusThe International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme, meeting in Palembang (Indonesia) from 23 to 28 July, added 24 new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. These special sites, known as "Supporting Sites for Science for Sustainability", are
PlusOn Wednesday, August 1, we will have consumed in just 212 days as many natural resources as the Earth can produce in a whole year. Each year, the Global Overrun Day, or Earth overshoot day, is earlier. And that day, August 1st is the earliest date
PlusAlors que nous nous mobilisons pour préserver la biodiversité et prônons une alimentation durable et raisonnable, alors que de nombreuses campagnes dénoncent le gaspillage, alors que le fossé entre les riches et les pauvres s’accroit partout dans le monde et que la faim sévit toujours, un rapport de la FAO
PlusThe good news is that fifteen percent of the world's landmass is designated as a protected area, an area where endangered wildlife should be able to live undisturbed. The bad news is that more than one-third of the land officially designated as protected is facing
PlusAs part of the necessary energy transition, France had set itself the objective of installing 500 to 600 high-power machines in the form of offshore wind turbines so that by 2030, 40 % of our electricity will come from renewable energies. Although France has the second largest deposit of wind energy in the world, it is not the only one.
PlusThe world bestseller by Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso has finally been published in French. L'Intelligence des plantes is a book that stirs. In it, the author multiplies the evidence supporting his sometimes controversial hypothesis: plants are living beings endowed with a certain form of intelligence. If we only discover this truth today,
PlusL’Alliance solaire internationale (ASI) a été officiellement lancée le 11 mars à New Delhi en Inde où conjointement avec la France, elle a accueilli le premier sommet de l’Alliance. L’initiative dont la mise en place a démarré depuis 2015, ambitionne de faciliter la mise en place d’ici 2030, de 1
PlusFor Professor Ange Nzihou, garbage is wealth. This researcher has been working for more than ten years to develop them into an economic resource. However, it is not in the laboratories of ITM Mines Albi that his greatest scientific achievements are to be found. During his career,
PlusParmi les ressources naturelles il en est une des plus fondamentales car elle est la source de la vie, c’est l’eau. Notre planète regorge d’eau douce mais pourtant elle subit une crise qui ne fait que s’aggraver avec le changement climatique. L’eau est inégalement répartie, mal utilisée, souvent gaspillée. De
PlusAccording to the figures, the renewable electricity sectors are on the up and up: with nearly 13 GW of installed power, 21 TWh of electricity produced and 16,000 jobs, wind power is confirming its renewed dynamism and asserting its role as a growth driver in the regions. However, the sector must continue to increase its capacity and
PlusFrance has long been alarmed at the artificialization of a department every ten years. However, we are still far from putting an end to it, as the President of the Republic pledged during his election campaign. This is why we must welcome the return of this issue to the political agenda, at the same time as it is being discussed in the European Parliament.
PlusAlors que la conférence des Nations Unies sur le changement climatique (COP23) débute ce lundi 6 novembre à Bonn, les organisations Corporate Europe Observatory, l’Observatoire des multinationales, les Amis de la Terre et Attac France publient un nouveau rapport intitulé « L’Europe enlisée dans le gaz – Les lobbies derrière
PlusLes Assises européennes de la transition énergétique auront lieu à Genève les 30, 31 janvier et 1er février 2018. Pour aborder cette importante rencontre, Green Cross France et Territoires propose ici une tribune de Nicolas Imbert, Directeur exécutif de Green Cross France et Territoires, sur le thème « Solidarité entre énergies :
PlusLes scientifiques commencent à envisager sérieusement un plan radical de géoingénierie de l’environnement afin de lutter contre le changement climatique et d’atténuer certains des effets néfastes qu’il a déjà sur nous et sur l’environnement. Plusieurs groupes de scientifiques étudient l’idée de projeter un nuage d’aérosols sulfatés dans la haute atmosphère.
PlusLes matériaux solaires transparents qui peuvent être appliqués sur les fenêtres représentent une source massive d’énergie inexploitée et pourraient récolter autant d’énergie que les plus grosses unités solaires sur les toits. C’est ce qu’affirment des scientifiques américains dans une étude publiée le 23 octobre dans la revue Nature Energy.
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