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GMOs banned by most European countries  12

Une action de militants anti-OGM sur le site de Monsanto à Trèbes, en janvier 2014.
Sixteen Member States requested the ban on growing transgenic seeds on their territory, under a new EU directive.


L'Inde, troisième pollueur mondial, promet de développer les énergies renouvelables mais ne fixe pas d’objectifs de réduction de ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre.

India put all its efforts on solar  7

The Third World polluter promises to develop renewable energy, but does not set targets for reducing its emissions of greenhouse
La plate-forme d'exploration pétrolière de Hess Oil France à Chartronges, en Seine-et-Marne.

Prior to the COP21, France ... authorize new oil drilling  17

The government has granted or extend five oil exploration licenses. NGOs denounce a decision inconsistent with the "climate emergency".
Près de deux semaines après l’éclatement du scandale Volkswagen, la France a lancé des tests sur une centaine de véhicules à moteur diesel pour détecter d’éventuelles fraudes à la pollution.

Three questions on tests launched by Ségolène Royal on diesel vehicles

The NGOs ask the tests are also performed "under real driving conditions on the open road."
Cèdre bleu pleureur de l'Atlas de l’arboretum de la Vallée-aux-Loups.

Weeping blue Atlas cedar, voted most beautiful tree in 2015  7

The winner, aged 150 years, is planted in the arboretum of the departmental area of ​​the Valley of Wolves, in Châtenay-Malabry (Hauts-de-Seine).

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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 .
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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Plusieurs dizaines d’habitations ont été englouties près de la capitale. Selon un bilan provisoire, au moins 30 personnes sont mortes et 600 sont portées disparues.
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Deadly landslide in Guatemala

More than a hundred homes were submerged near the capital. According to a preliminary assessment, at least 30 people died and 600 are missing.
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La conférence de décembre 2010 à Cancun, au Mexique avait appelé à un paradigme alternatif, celui de « l’accès équitable au développement » (photo: symbole de la montée des océans).
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What economists really know Climate

To go beyond the discussion on financing the energy transition, states must set development objectives and rules attractive for investors, say members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Eclipse de Lune à La Réunion, dimanche 27 septembre.
Time-lapse: rash and lunar eclipse in Reunion

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Eclipse de Lune à La Réunion, dimanche 27 septembre.
Time-lapse: rash and lunar eclipse in Reunion

Des touristes regardent le raz-de-marée sur le fleuve Qiantang, dans l'est de la Chine, dimanche 27 septembre.
A tidal wave hits a city in eastern China

In Taiwan, the Xindian River during the passage of Tropical Storm Dujuan Tuesday.
In pictures, the passage of super typhoon Dujuan in Taiwan
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