Tag: Pollution
Negotiations on plastic pollution: France regrets the “manoeuvres” but wants to be optimistic
A week of international negotiations ends in Paris this Friday, June 2 to develop a legally binding treaty by the end of 2024 to end the plastic pollution that poisons…
Plastic pollution: “We have to find a way to charge the real price of this product”
Countries blocking international negotiations, companies reluctant to change their practices quickly… There are still many obstacles to deplasticization. Eric Mugnier, EY Sustainable Development and Climate Change Partner, talks for L’Express…
Indoor pollution: paints singled out by UFC-Que Choisir for their toxicity
News Published on 05/31/2023 at 11:44 a.m. Updated 05/31/2023 at 11:44 a.m. Reading 2 mins. To fight against indoor pollution, paints have been classified according to their emissions of chemical…
Indoor pollution: bet on green plants!
News Published on 05/31/2023 at 11:51 a.m. Updated 05/31/2023 at 11:51 a.m. Reading 2 mins. The subject of indoor air pollution regularly comes up in the news. To protect against…
Pollution: how California is tackling the single-use plastic problem head-on
News Published on 05/29/2023 at 09:05 Updated 05/29/2023 at 09:05 Reading 3 mins. While the US west coast state has activated a $53.9 billion plan to accelerate the ecological transition,…
delicate negotiations open in Paris
The second negotiation session for a future international treaty to put an end to plastic pollution begins this Monday in Paris at the premises of Unesco and is due to…
Against pollution, the trail of plastic-eating mushrooms
News Published on 05/27/2023 at 1:23 p.m. Updated 05/27/2023 at 1:23 p.m. Reading 1 min. In the war on waste, scientists have identified a weapon in salt pans in China:…
Car pollution: why some EU countries oppose tougher standards
What do France, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia have in common? These eight countries of the European Union (EU) expressed this Monday, May 22, their…
Dead of breast cancer at 13, was Shiloh a victim of pollution?
News Published on 05/19/2023 at 6:18 p.m. Updated 05/19/2023 at 6:18 p.m. Reading 4 mins. in collaboration with Ivan Pourmir (medical oncologist) According to information from Le Parisien on May…
“Reuse, recycle and alternative”, the UN’s triple solution against plastic pollution
News Published on 05/19/2023 at 08:09 Updated 05/19/2023 at 08:09 Reading 2 mins. The world must halve “single-use” plastics and massively adopt the triptych of “reuse, recycle and alternative” to…