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In Paris, banned polluting vehicles will now be sanctioned 27

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A picture shows cars on the parisian betltway on March 18, 2015 in Paris, as the French capital is experciencing a pollution peak. AFP PHOTO MARTIN BUREAU

The first restrictions concerning buses, coaches and trucks prior to 2001, gradually extend to former private vehicles.

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Pollution due à un dégazage sur l'île de Ré en mars 2008.

The net decrease in discharges off the French coast

The severity of the sanctions pronounced by the special courts have almost throttled pollution in the Mediterranean and Atlantic areas.

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Les pays d'Amérique latine se préparent à un épisode particulièrement fort d'El Niño.

Peru is preparing for the return of El Nino VIDEO

This year phenomenon linked to global warming and that creates particularly violent hurricanes, promises to be a remarkable extent.

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Barack Obama à Anchorage, en Alaska, à lors d’une conférence internationale sur l’Arctique.

Obama: "We did not act quickly enough" Climate 7

The US President is located in Anchorage, Alaska, on the occasion of an international conference on the Arctic.

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New Orleans, castle threatened by water DISPLAY DIALOGUE

Ten years after the passage of Hurricane Katrina, which killed more than 1,800 dead, the largest city in Louisiana was rebuilt. But coastal erosion always makes it vulnerable to attacks from the ocean and Mississippi.

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Les Etats-Unis restent largement en tête des pays producteurs d'OGM, avec 73,1 millions d'hectares dédiés à ce type de plantations.

Want to GMOs in Europe?

The twenty-eight member states of the European Union gave their green light Thursday, June 12, during a council of environment ministers in Luxembourg, to legislation offering states discretion to ban GMOs in their territory .

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Sur le site nucléaire du Tricastin, dans le sud-ouest de la France, en mai 2012.

Should we close or extend the old nuclear power plants?

While 29 Greenpeace activists who were introduced at Tricastin (Drôme) in 2013 are judged Thursday, March 6, EDF decided to extend the lifespan of power plants up to 50 or 60 years. Do you fear an aging nuclear fleet?

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In video: Troubled Romain, first Ambassador of the Ocean Climate Call to THEPost BLOG

On the occasion of the World Day dedicated to the Oceans, June 8, 2015, the Ocean & Climate Platform has called an international scale that invites us to protect the ocean, blue lungs of the planet.The Ocean and Climate Platform is ... Continue reading →

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Détail de la page d'accueil du site de la COP21.

DECRYPTION

How to change our relationship with nature?

While politics is polarized on global warming from the perspective of COP21, Jean-Claude Ameisen, Chairman of the National Consultative Ethics Committee, warned against the reduction of ecological issues to climate issues.

Nicolas Truong

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"La sixième grande extinction dans l’histoire de notre planète, celle dont nous sommes responsables, a commencé ; et en ce qui concerne les mammifères, plus de 80 % vivent aujourd’hui dans nos élevages".

INTERVIEW

Jean-Claude Ameisen: "We should not only focus on the climate"

For Jean-Claude Ameisen, Chairman of the National Consultative Ethics Committee, climate change is a serious threat. But it is only one of many symptoms of degradation of the global environment that are causing our lifestyles.

Nicolas Truong (Interview by)

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