Tag: Pollution
Pollution: differentiated traffic on Saturday in Paris and within the perimeter of the A86
Only vehicles with a Crit’Air sticker 0, 1 and 2 will be allowed to drive on Saturday from 5:30 a.m. to midnight in Paris, the small and medium suburbs. The…
Ile-de-France: a pollution peak expected this Friday, free residential parking in Paris
Fine particle alert. The air quality monitoring association in Ile-de-France Airparif announces an episode of pollution in the region for the day of Friday March 25. A specific device has…
A US Bitcoin (BTC) mining farm is accused of noise pollution and faces closure
Residents Demand Bitcoin Mining Farm Red Dog Technologies Shut Down Washington County, Tennessee just filed a lawsuit against Bitcoin Red Dog Technologies, a Bitcoin (BTC) mining farm. According to local…
Who will pay the cost of marine pollution after the sinking of the “Felicity Ace” off the Azores?
The “Felicity Ace” photographed by the Portuguese Navy on March 1, 2022, after the fire on the cargo ship on February 16, off the Azores. HANDOUT / AFP 1er March,…
Los Angeles sues Monsanto for decades of water pollution
The city’s complaint, one of the largest in the United States, targets three companies including the Bayer group, a German giant which bought Monsanto in 2018 and is facing a…
Olympic Games 2024: the pollution vacuum cleaner in the Olympic Village
After thirty years of experimentation, two French engineers have developed an innovative air purifier: Para-PM. Nine copies will be installed on the athletes’ site. We were familiar with depolluting facades…
What will the historic treaty against plastic pollution contain?
The United Nations adopted a historic resolution on March 2, 2022: it officially launches negotiations on a legally binding treaty against plastic pollution. By conducting excavations at the Castell Henllys…
Against plastic pollution, the UN is working on a “historic” treaty
The highest body of the United Nations on the environment began on Monday a round of negotiations which aim to lead to a “historic” international treaty to fight against plastic…
Plastic: the UN considers Monday a draft treaty to stop pollution
You would think that the planets are aligning to seriously tackle a problem that threatens to suffocate the oceans, and therefore to deal a severe blow to ecosystems and food…
Report: in Peru, facing a wave of pollution and denial
Faced with the oil spill, Peru decrees an ecological emergency but does little. The oil started seeping in. “Crudo” (“the crude”), they say in Peru. This black gold that we…
Pollution exacerbates snowmelt in Antarctica
Ice and snow in Antarctica are melting as a result of climate change, and not only because of rising temperatures: traces of soot and dirt are also to blame, which…
Plastic pollution, overfishing, blue carbon… What to remember from the commitments made at the One Ocean Summit
Several commitments were made for the protection of the oceans and the reduction of plastic pollution during the One Ocean Summit, which was held in Brest from February 9 to…