Elisabeth Borne, Minister for Ecological and Solidarity Transition, today received a request from EDF to revoke the operating licence for the Fessenheim power plant. This important step will irreversibly close the power station in the summer of 2020. The Government says it is fully committed to the success of the
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The seas and oceans represent more than 70 % of the earth's surface. This is a gigantic manna of energy that is not yet really exploited. A green, perfectly renewable energy that could produce a significant part of the world's electricity consumption. A colossal challenge that is driving innovators to
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The European States' subsidies to oil companies have gone up this year: EUR 50 billion. Oil companies' investments in drilling and shale gas extraction continue despite the limits set by the Paris Agreement. The cars sold worldwide in 2018 will give off more fuel during
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The ecological emergency has become a societal fact. A large majority of French people (72 %) say they have become aware of ecological issues in recent months. It is high time. Hence the need for everyone to implement new behaviors, more respectful of the environment there are
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Three weeks ago, radioactive contamination of the Loire River was detected. "Slight" said the power plant managers. Today, we are worried about the level and temperature of the Loire, we wonder about the heat resistance of the generators, we wonder if the reactors are going to
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How and where can we get rid of the plastic? To answer that, there's good news and bad news. The bad news is that we can't do without plastic, we're addicted to it. The good news is that there are alternatives and innovations that make it possible to get rid of plastic.
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Seen from a distance, it looks like huge pieces of gum stuck to the rocks. If we get a little closer, we understand that this strange material embedded in the rocks, literally becoming one with them, is plastic. It's thrown back into the oceans and then beaten by the waves, bags and all the
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The trade war has intensified since Washington raised tariffs on Chinese products in early May. It is now coupled with a technological war: the Trump administration has banned American companies from selling technology to Huawei, the world's second largest smartphone manufacturer, jeopardizing the supply of Chinese products.
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In mid-June 2019, Total La Mède's new biorefinery will start producing biodiesel, i.e. around 650,000 metric tons per year, despite the end of the tax niche for palm-oil-based biofuels voted by the government in December 2018. This "biofuel" is produced at
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Twelve months after the launch of a major national plan, the energy renovation of buildings seems to be at a standstill, according to the Cler - Network for Energy Transition. In the face of the current climate change, it is urgent that acceleration strategies and concrete responses are implemented, in particular
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While the government is working on a separation of EDF's activities to isolate nuclear power from the rest of the group, the question of waste is resurfacing. A major public debate on the management of radioactive materials and waste is being launched today for a period of five months. The issue at stake
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On the occasion of the European elections, HOP publishes its White Paper and proposes 50 measures for sustainable consumption and production. It is a public policy guide for a society without accelerated obsolescence. Among the key recommendations: the introduction of a sustainability index, courses to learn how to repair as soon as possible, and the creation of a sustainable consumption and production index.
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Despite all the warnings from scientists, the climate marches, the growing awareness of public opinion, the protests of young and old, the fine speeches of governments and the fine palaver of industrialists, the world continues to walk on its head. The world's energy experts have
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Youth is on edge. This Friday, March 15, the ecological rescue will be on all the banners of the young people on strike for the climate. Schoolchildren will be joined by Manifesto students for an ecological wake-up call. Academics and scientists will join their march as they announced on March 5.
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To produce electricity in thermal power stations, coal has been the king fuel since the 19th century. With global warming and commitments more or less shared by everyone to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, black fuel has found itself, at
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Plastic waste is a growing problem: plastics production is set to double over the next decade and, without planning for effective waste management, the social, economic and environmental impact is also expected to increase. We are now faced with plastic pollution of the oceans that
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This Friday, March 8, 2019, Energy Observer, the first hydrogen ship around the world, will be relaunched in Saint-Malo after a long optimization project. The technical objective of this project is precisely to test, validate and make reliable technological innovations under the harshest conditions, which will be those of
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On the initiative of the F-M deputies. Lambert and M. Laqhila, a colloquium is being held this February 7 at the National Assembly to question how "Accounting can serve the environmental and social transition". The political and democratic stakes are enormous because accounting is the fundamental language of organizations. But..,
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The energy transition, fostered by renewable energies, should in theory enable States to be "less dependent on a limited circle of resource providers". In practice, the acceleration of the transition to a low-carbon energy system is accompanied by new vulnerabilities linked to the availability of so-called "renewable" resources.
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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:
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