Tag: Climate and transitions
Energy transition: a conscious but disillusioned youth
It is 1:30 p.m. this Sunday, January 22 in a large hall of the Cité des sciences et de l’Industrie in Paris. The scene could have looked like the end…
Ecological transition: between Paris and Berlin… it’s hydrogen, by Cécile Maisonneuve
“As in any French novel, in the couple, it is often the third that counts”: in 2012, the historian of international relations Georges-Henri Soutou could still summon the figure of…
Lighter SUVs, the path to acceptability?
A Toyota SUV placed above a line of human skulls, accompanied by the slogan ‘Let’s destroy everything’; another model from the BMW brand described in large letters as “guaranteed climate…
Coal mines in Germany: can there be effects on air quality in France?
Police bogged down to the calves, an excavator – the “Bagger” – facing thousands of demonstrators, including Greta Thunberg, who came to defend a hamlet to be devoured by the…
In Davos, the recipe of scientists for a successful ecological transition
Usually, Tim Lenton, a professor in the earth system science at the University of Exeter in England, produces scientific publications that alert us to the climatic tipping points that our…
Discovery of rare earths in Sweden: will Europe free itself from China?
It is undoubtedly a very important brick on the road to European autonomy. In Kiruna, a city located in the far north of Sweden, an exceptional deposit of rare earths…
Maritime transport: are shipowners doomed to pollute?
There are nearly 100,000 of them constantly criss-crossing our oceans, carrying huge quantities of goods on board. These bulk carriers, tankers or giant container ships, chartered by Maersk, CMA-CGM, MSC…
In Europe, the great comeback of coal
The war in Ukraine alone does not explain the return of coal to Europe. The proof is that the consumption of this fossil fuel has been on the rise for…
Fire at Bolloré Logistics in Rouen: “Serious and independent health monitoring is needed”
The fire declared Monday, January 16 in Rouen in a warehouse of the company Bollore Logistics housing several thousand lithium batteries did not lead to specific containment measures. However, it…
Nuclear: how France intends to accelerate the construction of new reactors
A week after the adoption of the bill on renewable energies, place to nuclear. This Tuesday, January 17, the Senate is considering at first reading the bill aimed at accelerating…