Tag: Pollution
Treaty against plastic pollution: ministerial summit at UNESCO
IMinisters or representatives of around 60 countries are debating solutions to the global plastic crisis at Unesco on Saturday, a summit organized by France to give impetus to the delicate…
Plastic Pollution Treaty: Ministerial summit to give impetus to negotiations
A 5-meter high installation made from plastic bottles by Canadian artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong, in Paris, May 27, 2023 (AFP/BERTRAND GUAY) Ministers or representatives from around 60 countries…
Treaty against plastic pollution: ministerial summit to give impetus to the negotiations
Recovering plastic bottles from a landfill in Banda Aceh on May 31, 2022 (AFP/Archives/CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN) A “high-level event” to end plastic pollution is organized by France on Saturday at Unesco…
Ford has also found the solution to reduce the price and pollution of electric cars
Ford took advantage of the presentation of its results to make several announcements regarding its future. The firm has confirmed its desire to use less expensive, cobalt-free LFP batteries in…
Pollution: breathing in Paris can cause high blood pressure, study finds
Yasmina Kattou (Photo credit: LILIAN CAZABET / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP) 09:05, April 26, 2023 According to the work of Inserm and the University of the Sorbonne, it only takes…
“Fast fashion brands are responsible for the pollution caused by their clothes”
IAfrica has become the dustbin of our old clothes. Reports, documentaries, reports have described to us in recent months an unsustainable situation: beaches in Ghana strewn with textile waste from…
Peugeot and Citroën have found the solution to reduce pollution from “old” cars
Like Porsche and Ferrari, Stellantis (Peugeot, Citroën, Fiat, Jeep, etc.) also believes strongly in synthetic fuel and is developing its own technology. Several tests have just been carried out on…
Air pollution: the situation is improving slightly in Île-de-France
According to Airparif, 7,900 premature deaths linked to air pollution would have been avoidable in 2022 if the right measures had been taken. By LL with AFP According to Airparif,…
NASA: how TEMPO will measure air pollution from geostationary orbit
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist April 07, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. 2 The TEMPO instrument (which we see here covered with thermal protection on the front of the satellite) is very…
A new space tool to measure pollution over North America
Physicist Caroline Nowlan gives a press conference in Washington on March 14, 2023 on NASA’s “TEMPO” instrument, which will measure air pollution in North America (GETTY IMAGES/AFP/ALEX WONG) A satellite…
“Aggravated deception”: the RATP is sued over air pollution
The RESPIRE association filed a complaint against the RATP, denouncing a lack of transparency on worrying air pollution in the metro and RER. The Paris Prosecutor has decided to open…
Bordeaux airport: a demonstration planned this Saturday against noise pollution
By Jean Cittone Published on 03/17/2023 at 15:40 , Update on 03/17/2023 at 4:05 p.m. Bordeaux Mérignac airport is the only one that does not yet limit night flights. Thibaud…