Tag: Environment
Andrée A. Michaud, a Quebec writer on the edge of the noir novel
Andrée A. Michaud was born in Saint-Sébastien-de-Frontenac, Quebec. After studying philosophy, linguistics and cinema, she began a career as a writer. She quickly gained recognition for her literary noir novels,…
the International Seabed Authority under pressure
The UN agency in charge of the regulation of deep seas must decide in the coming weeks on their mining. And the subject is controversial: the ocean floor is home…
“dead days” in ports, fishermen are up against European projects
No boat at sea, no fish on the stalls: French fishermen are mobilizing from Thursday 30 to Friday 31 March. For the first time, the National Fisheries Committee is launching…
Demonstrations denounce police violence in several cities in France
Demonstrations in support of injured demonstrators in Sainte-Soline and against police violence took place across France this Thursday, March 30. In Niort, Rennes, Nantes, Dijon, or even Lille and Strasbourg,…
Emmanuel Macron unveils his “Water plan” in the face of climate change
The French president presented this Thursday, March 30 the outline of a plan aimed at improving water management in France by 2030 in the face of climate change and the…
“A ticking time bomb” off Yemen, warns the UN
The FSO Safer, a supertanker loaded with more than a million barrels of oil, has been abandoned off the coast of Yemen since the start of the war in 2015.…
In Besançon, “green hearings” to advance environmental justice
The European Court of Human Rights examines this Wednesday, March 29 a request against the French State for climate inaction. To get things moving in environmental matters, NGOs are turning…
Training of magistrates for trials related to environmental disputes
The European Court of Human Rights examines this Wednesday, March 29 a request against the French State for climate inaction. Faced with climate and environmental issues, NGOs are increasingly turning…
Violence in Sainte-Soline: “A minority seeking confrontation”
/ Podcasts / Guest France Violence has erupted during protests in France in recent days. Against the pension reform first, but also against a mega-basin project, in Sainte-Soline, in the…
a GIGN gendarme killed in Guyana during an operation against illegal gold panning
A young French gendarme, member of the elite GIGN intervention unit, lost his life this Saturday March 25 in an operation with the army in Maripasoula, in the Guyana Amazonian…