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09/28/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Spain bans the use of plastic wrap for fruits and vegetables
Spain is the latest country to zero in on the battle against plastic pollution. It is now banning the use of plastic wrap for fruits and vegetables being sold in supermarkets. Plastic-wrapped products will be banned in Spain beginning 2023, according to a decree being drafted by the Ministry for Ecological Transition. A ministry spokesperson said […]
10/15/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Top EU court upholds French ban on bee-killing pesticides
The European Court of Justice on Oct. 8 has dismissed a case filed against France for banning certain neonicotinoids. The Luxembourg-based court ruled that the country sufficiently demonstrated an urgent need to curb a “serious risk to human or animal health or to the environment.” France had been in a heated legal battle against the French Crop Protection Association, an […]
06/10/2020
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By Franz Walker
Coronavirus masks and gloves polluting oceans and beaches
Facemasks, gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE) used to fight the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) are adding to the garbage in the world’s oceans. Operation Mer Propre (Operation Clean Sea), a French nonprofit group that regularly picks up litter along the Cote d’Azur, sounded the alarm late last month after their divers found discarded gloves, […]
05/15/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Environmentalists concerned over how increased use of face masks and PPEs will contribute to worldwide problem of plastic pollution
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, many environmentalists are now sounding an alarm over another enemy this global outbreak is highlighting: plastic. Millions of people around the world are now living in a country where wearing masks has been deemed mandatory. From Vietnam, Israel to Cuba, Germany and France, people are required to wear masks […]
03/26/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Air pollution levels DROPPING all over the world as coronavirus causes cities and industries to shut down
As major cities all over Europe go into lockdown, levels of air pollution are dropping dramatically. Levels of particulate matter, which usually come from vehicles burning fuel, as well as nitrogen dioxide from vehicle exhausts, have been dropping in London, Paris, Rome, Milan and many other major cities in Europe. According to data retrieved from […]
01/31/2018
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By David Williams
France plans to shut down all coal-fired power stations by 2021 in new climate change directive
French President Emmanuel Macron wants France to be the leader in the march towards a “greener” Earth. In a recent World Economic Forum meeting that was held in Davos, he announced his plans to shut down all coal-fired power plants in France by the year 2021. This announcement was part of an energetic speech made […]
06/12/2017
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By Bridgette Wilcox
Woman sues France for failing to protect her from air pollution
A woman from Paris is suing the French state for neglecting to protect her from the effects of air pollution, claiming that she has seen her health decline in the past 30 years that she has lived in the French capital city. The plaintiff, 56-year old Clotilde Nonnez, said her health became worse than ever last […]
02/24/2017
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By Tracey Watson
Bird flu fears force France to slaughter all ducks in major poultry producing region
Avian influenza, or bird flu as its commonly known, is a viral infection that was restricted to birds, particularly chickens, until 1997, when the first human patients were diagnosed in Hong Kong with the H5N1 strain. Now the agriculture ministry in France has announced an outbreak of a different strain of bird flu, the H5N8 […]
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