2023-11-03 16:07:18 After the passage of Hurricane Tammy, in Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe, October 22, 2023. CEDRICK ISHAM CALVADOS / AFP It took more than a week after Hurricane Tammy hit on October 21 for water to be consumed everywhere again. Things were even anticipated: the weather phenomenon was not yet in sight of the coasts of … Read more
2023-11-01 07:00:04 La 28e Conference of States Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), which will be held from November 30 to December 12 [en anglais Conference of the Parties, COP], is hosted by an oil country. It will also be chaired by Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, who is also the director of … Read more
2023-11-01 09:00:06 Ln October 4, Pope Francis wrote: “The necessary transition to clean energy like wind and solar, away from fossil fuels, is not happening fast enough. Consequently, what is being done risks being interpreted as a mere diversionary game. » Perhaps one reason progress is too slow is that big oil and gas companies … Read more
2023-10-31 16:31:48 Climate neutrality cannot be invoked for purposes as long as there is no concrete method to measure this promise, ruled the independent self-monitoring body in Switzerland on Tuesday October 31. Slogans such as “CO neutral2 », “climate neutral” or “positive for the climate” are therefore misleading, says the Foundation for Consumer Protection (Stiftung … Read more
2023-10-30 23:01:09 Fire caused by prolonged drought in the Semarang region, central Java island (Indonesia), October 28, 2023. DEVI RAHMAN / AFP Some are missing the point. Too often, economists are still unable to fully assess the quantified impact of global warming on our societies. Worse, they systematically underestimate it. This is the uncompromising observation … Read more
2023-10-23 04:30:02 Dor months, unprecedented tensions have opposed France and Germany over the reform of the European electricity market. And, for ten years, the two countries have been throwing the virtues of their respective models in each other’s faces: a strong nuclear matrix for Paris, a mix of fossil and renewable energies for Berlin. Read … Read more
2023-10-29 16:27:28 An eighth cow has just been affected by epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in Ugo Arbelbide’s Blonde d’Aquitaine farm, in Hélette (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). He detected the first case on Wednesday October 11. This pathology, until now non-existent in France, is spreading rapidly in the South-West. In a press release published Friday October 27, the Ministry … Read more
2023-10-28 17:52:09 IStock/LeHuffpost IStock/LeHuffpost Helium appearing to come from the center of the earth has been observed by researchers. (Illustrative image) EARTH – Yes, the Earth also sometimes lets gases escape. This is not a new phenomenon. But here, traces of helium and neon (another so-called noble gas) seem to come from deep within the … Read more