Tag: Pollution
Metro: beware of atmospheric pollution!
News Published on 01/23/2023 at 3:01 p.m. Updated 01/23/2023 at 3:01 p.m. Reading 2 mins. According to a new study, the underground air of the Copenhagen metro, particularly polluted, would…
Light pollution is growing rapidly, study finds
News Published on 01/21/2023 at 8:07 p.m. Updated 01/21/2023 at 8:07 p.m. Reading 1 min. Light pollution is rapidly gaining ground and the number of stars visible to the naked…
thousands of anti-coal protesters want to save Lützerath
Following a compromise, the old abandoned village of Lützerath (western Germany) must be destroyed to allow the extension of an open pit coal mine. This Saturday, a large demonstration mobilized…
a Canadian company filmed dumping its waste in the ocean
Canadian mining company The Metals Company was filmed dumping its waste overboard. However, this company is today the only one able to exploit the mineral resources of the deep seabed,…
schools and nurseries in France still too exposed to pollutants
This is often the blind spot of environmental struggles. Environmental degradation has a significant impact on our health. The High Council for Public Health has examined 15 years of health-environment…
Danone sued by NGOs for its plastic pollution
A collective of NGOs demands that the multinational be forced to plan a ” deplasticization trajectory “. This procedure is launched on the basis of the law on the duty…
Dismissal in the chlordecone case: “This decision is nonsense”
The pesticide used in banana plantations until 1993 is the cause of lasting pollution in the West Indies and many cancers. This health scandal ended in the dismissal of French…
France again pushes back the ban on neonicotinoids in the beet industry
The French government wants to authorize neonicotinoids again in 2023 in sugar beet crops. A draft decree was published on Tuesday January 3 and the decision should be taken at…
against pollution, the government is banking on public transport and electric taxis
In Côte d’Ivoire, the authorities are considering reducing the impact of pollution from the car fleet with a brand new project: introducing electric cars. This should first concern the economic…
RIVM: pollution on New Year’s Eve no less, but different due to strong wind
Joost Wesseling, senior researcher at RIVM and an expert in the field of local air quality: “Only the distribution is different, it does not stay close to the ground. The…