environment
Video: Parisians join global fight against plastic
Plastic waste is one of the ocean's main polluants. In Paris, some people have begun to fight against unnecessary plastic packaging of groceries, taking part in so-called…
Mediawatch
'G6 plus one': World leaders gang up on Trump
Cartoonists interpret Donald Trump’s isolation among fellow G7 members, while the US president’s bromance with French President Emmanuel Macron appears to be on the rocks. An…
Mediterranean could become a 'sea of plastic', says WWF
The Mediterranean could become a "sea of plastic", the WWF warned on Friday in a report calling for measures to clean up one of the world's worst affected bodies of water.
Perspective
Deep-sea trawling: 'We got the worst form of fishing banned in Europe'
Be it plastics, pollutants or pernicious fishing practices, we're increasingly told that our oceans are at risk. The UN warns that fish could disappear from our seas altogether…
Focus
French logging company goes bankrupt: Good news for Cameroon's Baka Pygmies?
The forests of southern Cameroon were once home to the indigenous Baka Pygmies. For the past 60 years, the exploitation of the forest by logging companies has pushed the Pygmies…
France In Focus
Drinking water: What goes down the drain?
This week we’re talking about a mundane yet vital issue: drinking water! Each year, France loses 1.3 trillion liters of water, which is the equivalent of 430,000 Olympic swimming…
Down To Earth
France’s disappearing birds
Across France, fields have gone quiet… In 20 years, one-third of the country’s birds have disappeared. Meadow Pipits and Partridges have nearly been wiped out. It’s a…
In The Papers
'Goodbye Rajoy!' Catalan papers rejoice in Spanish PM's ouster
Friday, June 1, 2018 Part I: Papers in Catalonia happily bid farewell to Mariano Rajoy in the Basque language - a nod to the Basque party that tipped the scales in favour of the…
Down To Earth
Could thawing permafrost unleash long-gone deadly viruses?
In the remote town of Longyearbyen, in Norway’s Arctic region, the ground is permanently frozen. As temperatures rise, the thawing permafrost could open a Pandora's box, with…
EU takes six member states to court over air pollution
The European Union is taking six member states to court for exposing their citizens to too much air pollution.
Inside The Americas
Hawaii volcano: Fresh eruptions spew toxic gas as residents flee
On Hawaii's Big Island, further evacuations have been ordered as two more deadly cracks emerge around the Kilauea volcano, releasing toxic gasses. Kilauea started spewing…
France in 'ecological debt' for the rest of the year
France will enter an "ecological deficit" on Saturday that will persist for the rest of the year, according to a report released Friday by the World Wide Fund for Nature (also…