French climate activists have been stealing portraits of President Emmanuel Macron from town halls this year, protesting what they say is Macron’s climate-friendly international image that hides his lack of action. More than 130 portraits have been taken from town halls across the country, and the diverse group has faced varied reactions from French authorities, […]
France’s environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, abruptly resigned from his post during a live French radio interview Tuesday, citing “an accumulation of disappointments” in Emmanuel Macron‘s government. He said the government has made inadequate progress in reducing the use of pesticides, protecting soil health and defending biodiversity. Hulot said he did not tell his wife, Macron […]
France will roll out a series of measures to accelerate President Emmanuel Macron‘s goal of reaching 100 percent plastic recycling by 2025, a government official said Sunday. “Declaring war on plastic is not enough. We need to transform the French economy,” Junior Environment Minister Brune Poirson told French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche. Here are […]
As the International Solar Alliance (ISA) kicked off its founding conference in New Delhi this past weekend, India and France publicly reaffirmed their commitment to working together to fight climate change. The two countries signed a pact on “cooperation in the field of environment” on Saturday, a day before the conference began, The Economic Times […]
President Trump, notorious for his views on climate change, again said something about the topic that’s the opposite of what’s actually happening. “The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records,” POTUS told host Piers Morgan during an interview on UK television network ITV […]
By Andy Rowell With a swagger and a wave, President Donald Trump has arrived at the World Economic Forum in Davos and is expected to push his “America First” agenda on Friday in a self-congratulatory speech. “A lot of people are coming back to the United States. We are seeing tremendous investment,” said Trump Thursday […]
France will shut down all of its coal-fired power plants by 2021, President Emmanuel Macron announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The deadline is two years ahead of his predecessor Francois Hollande’s goal of shutting down France’s coal-powered plants by 2023. France only produces around 1 percent of its energy from coal-fired […]
By Andy Rowell Many East Coasters will be returning to work today in bitter cold conditions after the second-coldest New Year on record. The low temperatures over the festive period did not go unnoticed by President Donald Trump who tweeted in late December: “In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on […]
This was a year of tug-of-war for the environment. With Donald Trump becoming president of the U.S. at a time when wildfires, hurricanes, and floods were devastating the country, it was challenging for scientists, activists and concerned citizens to get their voices heard. But several stood out as global leaders on climate and helped give […]
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