Tag: Environment
the government wants to force air-conditioned shops to keep their doors closed
The Minister for Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher announced this Sunday, July 24, forthcoming decrees to force air-conditioned stores to close their doors and reduce illuminated advertising, largely drawing inspiration for…
Gambia plants 1,000 trees as part of Africa’s Great Green Wall
The Great Green Wall project, which initially aimed to sow 100 million hectares of forest between Dakar and Djibouti, is evolving in the face of unconvincing results, particularly with the…
Kigali congress calls for action
For six days, delegates from across the African continent gathered in Rwanda for the first African congress dedicated to the role of protected areas in the future of the planet.…
the fire of La Teste-de-Buch “fixed”, that of Landiras “contained”
After 11 days of exhausting fight against the flames, the fire which ravaged 7,000 hectares of forest in La Teste-de-Buch, near the Bassin d’Arcachon, is “now fixed”, unlike the other…
Heat waves also affect seas and oceans
In recent days, heat waves have hit Europe in particular, but the heat waves do not only affect the atmosphere. They can also affect the seas and oceans and have…
Fires in Gironde: “We are calling for permanent air resources in the summer period”
Jean-Luc Gleyze, president of the Gironde department and president of the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) in Gironde, south-west France, reacts to the fires affecting the department as well…
South Africa tries to put a difficult energy transition on track
In South Africa, power cuts are expected to continue at least until this weekend, as aging power plants can no longer meet overall demand in the middle of the southern…
the Pilat dune greatly weakened by forest fires
The fires ravaged the Landes forest (south-west of France) to the foot of the Pilat dune. Today, without this natural barrier, the highest dune in Europe, its 100 meters high…
in Gironde, economic reconstruction already in everyone’s mind
The fires in Gironde are still not fixed, even if the firefighters face better conditions. The next end, perhaps, of a fight lasting more than a week with serious consequences.…
Birth of twin Maasai giraffes in Nairobi National Park
It is a rare event. A Maasai giraffe in Nairobi National Park, Kenya, gave birth to twins. The tourism and wildlife minister says the country welcomes them “with love”. Two…