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Climate-warming gas surpasses a worrying milestone
11/05/2013 - World news explained

Climate-warming gas surpasses a worrying milestone

For the first time in human history, the most critical climate-warming gas, carbon dioxide, surpassed a worrying milestone.

Wild salmon
08/05/2013 - France - Sweden

French company admits importing potentially toxic salmon

A French importer has admitted to illegally importing more than 100 tonnes of Baltic salmon from Sweden, a practice banned under European law because the fish contain high levels of dioxin.

Urban orchards bear fruit in expanding Paris
02/05/2013 - On-the-spot France

Urban orchards bear fruit in expanding Paris

Though it has parks and gardens, Paris is a city of stone and concrete. As the metropolitan area grows, it is encroaching on agricultural land.

15/04/2013 - France

French police injured in clashes with Nantes airport protesters

Three police officers and one protester were injured in clashes at the controversial site of a planned airport near the western French city of Nantes on Monday morning.

Brazilian Amazon deforestation on the rise
12/04/2013 - World news explained

Brazilian Amazon deforestation on the rise

A new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters reveals that 30 per cent of the carbon associated with deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between 2000 and 2010 was ...

10/04/2013 - France

Plastic component BPA danger to unborn children, report

A common component of plastic bottles and other products, Bisphenol A (BPA), can endanger unborn children, according to France’s food safety agency.

23/03/2013 - France

Eiffel tower switches off lights for Earth Hour

The Eiffel Tower in Paris will stop twinkling this evening as part of Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to raise awareness about global warming.

15/03/2013 - Report: France

Activists fear U-turn on French fracking ban

Environmentalists around the world welcomed France's 2001 ban on hydraulic fracturing, the process of extracting gas and oil from shale rock underground more commonly known as fracking.

Anti-fracking protests near Paris
15/03/2013 - On-the-spot France

Anti-fracking protests near Paris

In 2011 France banned fracking (hydraulic fracturing), the process of extracting gas and oil from shale rock deep underground.

08/12/2012 - France

Avalanche alert in French Alps after winter's first snowfall

Much of the French Alps were on avalanche alert on Saturday after the first snowfall of winter hit the country on Friday.

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