Tag: Environment
Chile strengthens protection for its biodiversity
After thirteen years of debate, the Chilean Parliament has just approved a law to create a public body that will be dedicated to the protection of biodiversity and protected areas…
The High Commissioner for Refugees points out the particular vulnerability of Madagascar for the displaced
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees released its 2022 annual report on Wednesday June 14. The result is edifying with a series of sad records. 110 million people have…
Environment, from nursery gardening to climate and economy: the future is green
(Tiper Stock Exchange) – Encouraging numbers for Italian nursery gardening: the value of production in 2022 has exceeded the 3.1 billion euros (over 300 million more than in 2021 –…
Mediterranean: “France has a leadership role to play on the environment”
The Mediterranean is one of the hotspots of the planet. Temperatures are rising 20% faster than the global average. Alerts are multiplying in the air, with increasingly frequent heat waves,…
Organic sunscreens: no less harmful to the environment than the others
News Published on 06/08/2023 at 4:40 p.m. Updated 06/08/2023 at 4:40 p.m. Reading 2 mins. A laboratory has compared the composition of organic sunscreens, supposedly environmentally friendly, to that of…
The eastern United States smoky by the fires in Quebec
The city of New York is plunged this Wednesday in an orange and brown fog, the consequence of the forest fires which ravage Quebec, which make the air very difficult…
Ukraine, a sad symbol of the ravages of conflict on the environment
Is the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine – blamed on Russia by kyiv – about to change our view of the effects of war on the environment?…
Environment Canada issues air quality statement due to wildfires
Wildfires in northern Ontario and Quebec have prompted Environment Canada to issue an air quality statement for parts of Southwestern Ontario including Brantford/Brant, Norfolk and Haldimand. “Higher levels of air…
Environment Canada issues air quality statement due to wildfires
Wildfires in northern Ontario and Quebec have prompted Environment Canada to issue an air quality statement for parts of Southwestern Ontario including Brantford/Brant, Norfolk and Haldimand. “Higher levels of air…
In Gonesse, a complicated daily life under an air corridor
How do we live under an air corridor? By day, with passenger transport, as by night, cargo planes that carry freight taking over. Report in Gonesse, a few minutes from…