Tag: climate change
a major climate lawsuit has opened in Montana
The first trial related to climate change in the United States opened this Monday, June 12 in Montana. A dozen youths have filed lawsuits against the northwestern state, accusing it…
Climate: “Better fight against our collective inaction” thanks to linguistics
This week’s France Book is titled Blah blah blah, end climate talk, published by Robert. The author, Albin Wagener, sociolinguist, dissects the different types of discourse to talk about climate…
in the eastern Pyrenees, water sharing is already creating tensions
It is the French department most severely affected by the drought: the Eastern Pyrenees (South), on the border with Spain. This territory of mountains, scrubland, vineyards and fruit trees, lives…
in the Massane reserve, all biodiversity is threatened by drought
In France, two thirds of the water tables are at a low or very low level and 20 departments are already experiencing restrictions on water use. In the eastern Pyrenees,…
new measures to help agriculture in the face of drought
While the kick-off of the municipal and regional elections of May 28 in Spain has been launched, the socialist government approved, Thursday, May 11, in an extraordinary Council of Ministers,…
the Council of State again puts the French government under pressure
The Council of State demanded this Wednesday, May 10 from the government new measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within a year, in the case of the municipality of Grande-Synthe.…
the challenge of managing and sharing water in the face of growing drought
In France, many departments are facing an increasing drought. In Puy-de-Dôme (central France), around forty municipalities are now affected by water restriction measures. This is particularly the case in the…
flooded neighborhoods of Lomé and many families without housing
In Togo, the first rains fell this week and, with them, the damage. Some areas of the capital are already flooded as the rainy season has only just begun. This…
in Europe, the nuclear camp is on the rise
Germany renounces nuclear power this Saturday, April 15, with the closure of its last three power plants. The country wants to turn the page on energy considered across the Rhine…
to historic water restrictions along the Colorado River
In the United States, the federal government is preparing to impose major restrictions on the waters of the Colorado River for the first time. Water withdrawal authorizations allocated to Nevada,…