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More than half of electricity will be low-carbon by 2030, says International Energy Agency

News October 22, 2024

The world is indeed in an energy shift. "With nuclear energy, which is the subject of renewed interest in many countries, low-emission sources", such as wind and solar(New window), "are expected to produce...

Climate crisis: where is the energy transition in the world, less than a month before COP29 in Azerbaijan?

News October 21, 2024

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"We have witnessed the age of coal and the age of oil, and we are now moving at full speed towards the age of electricity." For the executive director of the International Energy...

Intrusion at Le Bourget Airport: Trial of 13 Environmental Activists Postponed to May 23

News October 19, 2024

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The trial of 13 activists from Attac and Extinction Rebellion, who entered the tarmac of Le Bourget Airport (Seine-Saint-Denis) in September 2023, has been postponed, Attac announced on Friday, October 18. The trial was due to be...

Environment: according to WWF, animal populations have declined by three-quarters in 50 years

News October 15, 2024

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The major international conference on the preservation of biodiversity, COP16, opens in ten days in Cali, Colombia. Objective: to consolidate the agreement reached at the previous meeting, to protect 30% of the planet's land and sea areas...

Norway announces new restrictions on wild salmon fishing

News October 7, 2024

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Norway has announced new restrictions on wild salmon fishing, at least at the start of the season. The population of these migratory fish has fallen to its lowest level in recent years. The number of returns to...

Marie Lecocq: against insecurity, let’s strengthen the community police!

News September 26, 2024

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Marie Lecocq was Martin Buxant's guest on RTL TVI. The co-president of Ecolo notably addressed the topic of security. Resources for community policing Marie Lecocq began by recalling that security is...

Marine Tondelier shows her support for the “Vert Ardent” list in Liège

News September 25, 2024

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Marine Tondelier, leader of “Europe Ecologie Les Verts”, a real star of politics since the last elections in France, came to support the candidate-mayor Caroline Saal and the figures who make up her list, in view of...

Fight against deforestation: Germany asks the EU to postpone its law

News September 24, 2024

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Germany joins the criticism of the new European anti-deforestation regulation. The Minister of Agriculture, Cem Ozdemir, asked the European Commission to postpone the entry into force of the text, scheduled for the end of the year. "Companies...

In the Netherlands, environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion closed the highway to The Hague to protest against fossil fuel subsidies

News September 16, 2024

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A massive mobilization. Activists from the environmental organization Extinction Rebellion spectacularly blocked a major highway crossing The Hague (Netherlands) on Saturday, September 14, to protest against billions of euros in Dutch subsidies for...

Climate crisis: Summer 2024 was the hottest ever recorded globally, according to the Copernicus observatory

News September 9, 2024

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The year is not over, but the temperatures recorded across the globe this summer make it "increasingly likely that 2024 will be the hottest year on record". In its latest monthly report published on Friday 6 September,...

Global warming: a “global SOS” launched by the UN

News September 7, 2024

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A “global SOS” was launched at the Pacific Islands Forum Summit on Tuesday, August 27. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is relying on new research that confirms a faster rise in sea levels in this region compared to...

Michel Barnier appointed Prime Minister: environmental NGOs concerned about his ecological ambitions

News September 6, 2024

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In the wake of many politicians, several environmental associations reacted to the appointment of Michel Barnier to Matignon, Thursday, September 5. Greenpeace France expresses "its concern" in a press release entitled: "The ecological...

Switzerland: Large majority of Greens against BVG reform

News August 20, 2024

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At their meeting in Basel, the Greens clearly said No to the BVG reform, because for many women it means paying more contributions to receive less. The delegates also adopted a resolution for...

Global warming poses ‘unique threat’ to children’s health, UNICEF warns

News August 19, 2024

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Global warming is worsening the living conditions of hundreds of millions of children around the world, warns a UNICEF report published Wednesday, August 14, a "unique threat" to their health. The risk of infant mortality is increased,...

Forest fires in Greece: Experts explain why extreme weather is battering the Mediterranean country

News August 14, 2024

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In southern Albania, firefighters are currently battling fires in and around the village of Mesopotam. In Algeria, the Civil Protection announced this morning that all the violent fires that have ravaged several regions of the country over...

Global warming: July was the second hottest month on record, just behind July 2023

News August 10, 2024

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Since June 2023, each month has broken its global temperature record since records began. With a global average temperature of 16.91°C, the month of July was only 0.04°C cooler than the previous year, the European laboratory Copernicus...

Climate crisis: the NGO Letzte Generation, known for its highway blockades, ends its actions in Austria

News August 8, 2024

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After having acknowledged the "failure of society" to do without fossil fuels, the group of climate activists Letzte Generation (Last Generation) declared on its website on Tuesday that it was ending its demonstrations. "We no longer see...

Western Sahara: the Greens believe that Emmanuel Macron betrayed France’s historic position

News August 7, 2024

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It was in a letter addressed on July 29, 2024, to the King of Morocco, on the occasion of his 25 years of reign, that the President of the Republic chose to distance himself from the framework...

Green Party of Ireland presents strong Water Action Plan to Cabinet

News August 6, 2024

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The Greens presented a revamped Water Action Plan (WAP, formerly known as the River Basin Management Plan) to Cabinet last week, the third and most robust plan to protect and improve Ireland’s rivers, lakes and coasts. Ireland...

France: the Greens file an appeal before the Council of State on the incompatibility of the functions of minister and deputy

News August 5, 2024

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The law organizes political life "when deputies become ministers, but not when ministers become deputies", believes the ecologist deputy Léa Balage. Several on the left have been trying for several days to clarify the accumulation of functions...

United Kingdom: two activists found guilty of defacing Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”

News August 3, 2024

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Two environmental activists from the group Just Stop Oil were found guilty of vandalism on Thursday, last week, after throwing tomato soup on Van Gogh's masterpiece Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. Anna...

Climate change: on the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, WWF reminds us of “the records that should not be broken”

News August 2, 2024

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WWF, the World Wide Fund for Nature, is launching a new awareness campaign on the climate emergency on the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The nature protection association warns of climate "records", established all over...

England: Green Party calls Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal

News July 31, 2024

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a fiery and combative speech to US senators and the House of Representatives last week. The head of state of Israel called for a “total victory” in Gaza to the applause...

The French Greens will hold their traditional Summer Days this year in the ecological city of Tours at the Balzac Island Park

News July 29, 2024

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This 40th edition of the traditional Summer Days will be an opportunity for the Green Party of France to discover concretely how the ecological municipal teams are changing this ecological city of Tours at the Balzac Island...

On the sidelines of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Airparif launches a new forecasting tool to measure air quality street by street

News July 27, 2024

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Developed by Airparif and the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency, this new air quality measurement and forecast tool makes it possible to know pollution rates street by street. Users will therefore be able to obtain information in real...

In the European Parliament, Ecolo is preparing to lead a mandate of resistance against the far right and the conservative right.

News July 24, 2024

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Ursula von der Leyen, 65, was comfortably reappointed on Thursday for a second five-year term at the head of the European Commission. The outgoing president therefore once again obtained the green light from MEPs for which the...

In France, two NGOs ask the State to condition public aid on the real reduction of CO2 emissions

News July 22, 2024

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The Climate Action Network and France Nature Environnement are calling on the State to condition public aid granted to French industry on a real reduction in CO2 emissions. While French industry as a whole is responsible for...

Climate change: Oxfam denounces the lack of adaptation measures to deal with global warming in France

News July 20, 2024

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The NGO Oxfam France denounces in a report the lack of adaptation measures to global warming in France. In this report entitled "Climate change: we are not ready", which brings together dozens of studies on global warming,...

Meran mobility center and supervision: the two Green proposals accepted in the state parliament

News July 19, 2024

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The state parliament approved two motions from Green MPs Madeleine Rohrer, Zeno Oberkofler and Brigitte Foppa. “We are very happy that the importance of these two topics has been recognized and that both citizens...

Four migrants die in English Channel crossing attempt, Greens call for reinstatement of Dubs refugee program

News July 18, 2024

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Last week, off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer, a rescue ship came to the aid of around sixty migrants who were trying to reach UK. Four of them drowned. According to French authorities, one of the tubes of...

The UK’s new Labour government relaunches wind power stopped by the Conservatives

News July 17, 2024

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Less than a week after the elections which brought Labor back to power in the United Kingdom, the new government is lifting the measure which prevented the development of new onshore wind fields in the country. This...

Marie Lecocq and Samuel Cogolati win the co-presidency of Ecolo

News July 16, 2024

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More than 800 members of Ecolo gathered at a General Assembly in Louvain-la-Neuve to elect a new duo of co-presidents. Samuel Cogolati and Marie Lecocq were elected co-presidents of Ecolo. The duo won with 585 votes against...

Six deaths after bad weather in Switzerland: the Greens express their solidarity and sympathy to the relatives of the victims

News July 15, 2024

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At least six people died in Switzerland during violent storms and torrential rains that swept the country last week, local authorities announced. Faced with this tragedy, the Swiss Green Party raised its voice to denounce the slowness...

Sarah Schlitz appointed head of the Ecolo – Groen group in the Chamber

News July 13, 2024

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While the swearing-in of federal deputies took place last week in the Chamber, the different political groups must also appoint their respective leaders. For Greens, the choice fell on Sarah Schlitz, who will be co-head of the...

The Scottish Greens are determined to oppose any new nuclear power, including the expansion or renewal of Scotland’s last nuclear power station, at Torness

News July 11, 2024

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Nuclear power "will leave a legacy of debt and radioactive waste for generations to come. Every vote for the Scottish Greens is a vote against new nuclear power," said party co-leader Lorna Slater MSP.The party reiterated its...

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