The Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion regrets that ecology is becoming “a subject of controversy or derision”.
The barbecue, a “symbol of virility” and harmful for the ecology according to Sandrine Rousseau; the desire to ban private jets by the deputies La France insoumise; golf courses in the sights of environmental activists… Speeches and actions have multiplied in recent weeks to denounce the urgency of the climate crisis. Of the “polemics” who “harm the ecology“, regrets Christophe Béchu on RTL.
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“It is to take the subject by the small end of the telescopebelieves the Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion. It becomes a subject of controversy or derision, a place in which we find ourselves confronting ourselves once again.»
The Minister then spoke of the urgency for France to be the spearhead of the ecological transition. “The house is burning. Just because the apartment next door is burning with bigger flames doesn’t mean you shouldn’t start putting yours out. What credibility do you have if you don’t start by trying to be exemplary yourself? This applies to France in relation to other countries, it applies to public authorities in relation to the inhabitants.Christophe Béchu then insisted on the role of the State in the renovation of buildings. “We have projects to carry out which will begin during the fall.“This, again, “to be credible“.
The opportunity for the Minister to return to the controversy targeting the tower of the Ministry of Ecological Transition. A tower that includes the offices of the ministry and which remains lit at night. “We are in a tower of more than 50 meters, there are security rounds and you have detectors that are set so that each time you pass by, the light stays on for an hour.“Before adding:”The change in these parameters will be effective in October for all of the 2,500 offices concerned.»