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Saviez-vous que le géant du nucléaire Areva - le fournisseur d’EDF - dont l’État français est l’actionnaire majoritaire, profite depuis 40 ans de l’uranium du Niger, alors que ce pays reste l’un des plus pauvres au monde ? « Les pays africains doivent pouvoir compter sur des revenus équitables pour l’exploitation de leurs ressources par des entreprises françaises »
Ali Idrissa, membre du ROTAB, Association nigérienne partenaire de l’action.
Et saviez-vous qu’en France, une (...)

"No one should have to trade their right to clean air and clean water in exchange for cheap energy," said Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense Fund, on Oct 22. He was discussing natural gas development at Cornell University, in Ithaca, NY, as part of the “Outside Voices” speaker series established by the Cornell-Atkinson Center for a sustainable Future.
In his speech, “Climate Change and Natural Gas – Protecting People and the Planet,” Krupp talked about the most effective ways (...)

Finally ! There’s someone out there who is as excited about shipping as I am.
Recently, Rose George, a British journalist and author, released what I like to think of as the perfect read. Her book, Ninety Percent of Everything, examines the overlooked world of freight shipping, which Ms. George calls “the foundation of our civilization.”
Most of us don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how the clothes we wear, the food we eat and the TV’s we watch get to us from wherever they (...)

Author Naomi Klein is promoting her new book with the time-honored tactic of saying something so outrageous that media can’t help but report it — and those who come under attack feel pressed to respond. As Salon describes it, Klein’s best pitch is this : Green groups are more damaging than climate change deniers. It’s tempting to just let an assertion like that fall apart under its own weight, but Klein is high profile enough that it’s necessary to correct some of her more egregious (...)

L’objet du présent papier est d’envisager la situation des populations victimes de catastrophe écologique et d’esquisser une proposition de statut leur garantissant, au niveau international, protection et dignité. L’optique anthropique adoptée ici nous fera nous intéresser surtout aux personnes victimes de la catastrophe, et à l’environnement dans la mesure où sa dégradation emporte des conséquences pour la population. Qui sont les victimes de la catastrophe écologique ? Peut-on les (...)

Climate change will impact many facets of human health in the U.S. through worsened air quality, increased transmission of infectious diseases from insects, and increased impacts from extreme weather.
These climate impacts will affect our health, daily lives, and our pocketbook.
Numerous health organizations have recognized the impact climate change is having on human health, and the need for action to mitigate emissions and assist with adaptation.
Here’s a look at what some leading (...)

The European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia and the State of California have all set ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050. Given that a large share of global greenhouse gas emissions comes from transportation (including 29% of U.S. emissions), it will be very tough to meet this goal without “decarbonizing” our cars and trucks.
The most obvious solution is electric vehicles (EVs) charged by clean energy sources like solar or wind. While several startup EV (...)

These days, the future is often in the news. It’s not uncommon to come upon articles about cars that drive themselves, vacation trips to space, and automated smart houses a la the Jetsons.
I don’t know much about space tourism or self-driving cars, but I do know that smart homes and the associated technologies are already allowing for the possibility of environmental benefits and economic savings that are nothing short of futuristic.
Our utility grid is the largest machine in world. (...)

Every once in a while I come across a report or news article that makes me stop, take a step back and recognize the truly daunting nature of the challenges we environmentalists face in this world. For example, earlier this summer, a new report, by researchers from the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, concluded that crop yields around the world are not increasing fast enough to meet the needs of the population expected to inhabit our planet by 2050. And even more (...)