Tag: standards
Air quality: only seven countries meet WHO standards, including four in Europe
News Published on 03/31/2024 at 7:01 p.m. Updated 03/31/2024 at 7:01 p.m. Reading 1 min. Worldwide, only a handful of countries comply with WHO air quality recommendations. In other words,…
The United States tightens car emissions standards to boost electric vehicles
The American government announced on Wednesday that it had finalized new standards on polluting emissions from automobiles, the strictest ever adopted, with the aim of accelerating the transition to electric…
remove all possible standards! By Nicolas Bouzou – L’Express
After falling by 7.5% in 2020, France’s GDP increased by 6.4% in 2021, by 2.5% in 2022 and by 0.9% in 2023. In 2024, it is expected to grow at…
the new standards decided by Biden make manufacturers jump – L’Express
The administration of American President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday February 7 that it would establish new air quality standards, which it believes are necessary to protect vulnerable populations from…
Too many green standards for farmers? No, more is needed, according to the French
Paradoxically, the French massively support the farmers’ movement while demanding more standards, reveals a Cluster 17 survey for Le Point. This might seem contradictory, even absurd. And yet, according to…
Agriculture: a tyranny of standards?
French farmers are angry. In addition to their difficult living conditions and salaries that are too low, they denounce a pile of incomprehensible regulations, arm-length forms and are worried about…
Agriculture: “France must stop creating standards higher than those of Brussels”
Christiane Lambert, president of the committee of professional agricultural organizations, COPA and former president of the FNSEA, the main farmers’ union, is the major international guest of the RFI morning…
simplification of standards, GNR, EGalim, organic… Gabriel Attal’s announcements
This Friday, January 26, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced a series of measures during a trip to Haute-Garonne in order to respond to farmers’ demands. After mobilizations in Ile-de-France since…
Farmers more controlled than drug dealers!
It’s hard to imagine the extent to which farmers are monitored in their daily work: by satellite, by helicopter, by inspections. Edifying testimony from Jean-Luc Guérard, from Giscourt, in Meurthe-et-Moselle.…
A journey through the maze of laws and standards
Farmers in particular are protesting against the inflation of standards affecting their sector. They are not the only ones who are fed up with the overflow of laws and decrees…