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French citizens have been asked by Europe’s largest electric transmission system operator, RTE (Electric Transmission Network), to reduce consumption to avoid a blackout due to cold weather. ...
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Two friends walk from Marseille to Paris to collect used masks
From Marseille to Paris on foot with a single goal, to collect the masks thrown on the ground: the story of Ed and Fred
Masks have become a threat to nature. Used to prevent the spread of covid-19,...
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Ecologists take control of water management in Lyon
France’s green party makes waves in Lyon, the second- largest metropolis behind Paris, with its decision to take water management public.
95 percent of the drinking water consumed by the inhabitan...
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The French ministry of transport is to encourage schemes to promote greater use of bicycles for short trips. It has proposed the introduction of employee incentive schemes for those who bicycle to get...
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Parisians generating less rubbish
Parisians are throwing out 30 kg less rubbish per household than in the year 2000, according to the Observatoire regional des d
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Autolib to go live autumn 2011
Paris is to launch the largest electric car hire scheme in the world this autumn. Details have been released of the Autolib scheme, available by subscription only, which will have 3,000 vehicles avail...
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Paris mayor urges caution in water use
Paris mayor has called for everyone to ration their use of water in the capital because of dangerously low levels of two rivers that supply Paris drinking water. The Lunain Seine-et-Marne has fallen b...
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Vegetable allotments in Paris parks
If a proposed move by city authorities goes ahead, Parisians will shortly be able to grow fruit and vegetables in the historic royal hunting grounds of the Bois du Vincennes and the Bois du Boulogne....
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In typically Parisian style, the prestigious museum and gallery that is the Grand Palais on Paris
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Afghan stabbings in central Paris.
An Afghan refugee was fatally stabbed in the throat in central Paris and another seriously wounded after a fight broke out in early April.
Villemin Square, in the city
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Recycling Christmas trees in Paris.
Paris city council has set up 95 collection points in parks and gardens across the city for its annual Christmas tree recycling drive. Trees must be delivered
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Large salmon caught at Seine barrage.
An Atlantic salmon measuring nearly one metre in length and weighing seven kilos has been caught at the Suresnes barrage on the Seine, just west of Paris. Being particularly sensitive to pollution, th...
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Teachers at nursery and primary schools in the French capital can now apply for a kit from the Mairie de Paris which brings recycling into the classroom. The teaching aid helps pupils to learn about t...
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Nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) greenhouse gas emissions in Paris dropped over the period 2002-2007 according to a recent report on the air quality in the capital. NOx emissions (a major...
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The Ville de Paris is urging Parisians not to heat their apartments above a maximum temperature of 19
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Water conservation measures in Paris.
Continuing low levels in the Seine Normandie basin, which supplies Paris with water, have led the city council to confirm its summer water saving drive. Measures include limiting street washing to ear...
