Roads mired in muck, villagers stiffling with smells: It’s a sorry litany of stories up here in my neck of the woods in Normandy when it comes to anaerobic digesters. Normandy only has 6 such installations so far, two of which are in my neighbourhoo…
Normandy injects €12million into ambitious Methanisation Plan Lire l’article »
The Eiffel Tower beckons us from a distance as we drive in to Paris on the motorway from Normandy. Her graceful shape will never cease to give me that moment’s thrill when approaching – the same thrill I had when I first arrived in this city decade…
Air Pollution: Is Paris Gasping? And the rest of the world? Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]While the International Agriculture Salon gets into full swing in Paris, let’s take a quick look at the French context in which it is taking place.
President Macron is …
France's International Agricultural Salon: 24 February - 4 March Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]Water can be declared clean and drinkable at the water treatment plant, but what about the distribution pipelines it then runs through to get to your tap?
And how much are you paying for this water?
At the price…
Water: What are you drinking… really? Lire l’article »
Lack of trust in European institutional actions reigns. The Austrian NGO Global 2000 and the European branch of the world-wide NGO Pesticide Action Network…
Criminal complaints filed against UE on glyphosate approval Lire l’article »
The 28 countries of the EC have finally voted today – by a majority of one – in favour of renewing the use of glyphosate for another five years. 16 votes out of the 28 countries were needed to clinch the deal, representing 65% of the EU populatio…
Glyphosate. Voted in for another 5 years by the European Union Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]As reports come in of a spike in radioactivity in the air over the southern Urals which may or may not have drifted over towards Western Europe, we are reminded of just how invisible air pollution can be. Yet the dangers a…
Air Pollution across Europe: launch of new online real-time map Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]The European Commission’s proposed new criteria defining endocrine disruptors* in plant protection products, proposed in July, was rejected by the Euro…
European Parliament vetoes criteria on endocrine disruptors Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]The European Commission vote concerning the ban or extension of the use of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate – due this week – has been postponed, it is said, to give Germany time to form a coalition government. No f…
Glyphosate: EC vote postponed Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]France’s Glyphosate and Alternative Farming Lire l’article »
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