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Environmentenglish.rfi.fr © RSS LinkFRANCE - UNESCO: 25,000-year-old cave paintings and Burgundy wine bid for World Heritage status. !

A cave containing 25,000-year-old paintings and the climats of one the world’s most famous wine regions are France’s candidates to be added to the UN’s World Heritage status in 2013. France’s Culture Ministry this weekend decided to back bids by the grotte Chauvet (Cave of Chauvet) and Burgundy wine-growers for places on the list.


Werner Herzog supports the Chauvet Cave Unesco bid
grotte-chauvet.org

Jan 23, 2012 03:40:14 PM Monday
Environmentenglish.rfi.fr © RSS LinkFRANCE - EUROPEAN UNION: Europe threatens crackdown on French battery hen farmers. !

The European Commission is to crack down on French farmers found guilty of mistreating battery hens. Legal action will be launched against France and 13 other countries in the next few days, according to health commissioner John Dalli.


About 51 egg-laying chickens are kept in battery cages
Reuters

Jan 19, 2012 02:11:15 PM Thursday
Environmentenglish.rfi.fr © RSS LinkINTERNATIONAL REPORT: Is the US natural gas industry safe?. !



The hydraulic fracturing is a process in which sand, water, and chemicals are blasted underground to release natural gas
Reuters/Gleb Garanich

In the United States, the state of New York is considering allowing gas companies to supply natural gas to the area. Thursday, 12 January, 2012, is the last day for New Yorkers to weigh in with their comment on industry regulations.

Jan 12, 2012 02:00:00 AM Thursday
Environmentenglish.rfi.fr © RSS LinkWORLD NEWS EXPLAINED: How to cut carbon emissions fast. !



Carbon emissions from a factory in Port Kambla, Australia
Reuters/Tim Wimborne

Lester Brown is a household name in environmental issues. The American founder of the Earth Policy Institute is a renowned agro-economist and environmentalist. His latest book is called World on the Edge, and has been translated into French. He explains his views about climate change.

Jan 11, 2012 02:00:00 AM Wednesday
Environmentenglish.rfi.fr © RSS LinkNEW ZEALAND: New oil-spill threat after Rena container ship breaks off New Zealand. !

Oil-spill and salvage experts have been rushed to the cargo ship Rena off New Zealand’s coast after it broke in two in a storm on Sunday. The Rena caused the country’s worst maritime pollution disaster when it ran aground three months ago.


The stricken container ship Rena sits on a reef after splitting in two
Reuters/aritime New Zealand/Handout

Jan 08, 2012 10:18:09 AM Sunday
Environmentenglish.rfi.fr © RSS LinkON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: Eco-afterlife for Christmas trees. !



Christmas trees before the festive season
Whit Preston/Getty Images

For the fifth consecutive year, now that Christmas is over, a vast programme is underway in the French capital to recuperate Christmas trees abandoned in the street. The city runs a program to recycle them for use in its parks and gardens. And they offer great environmental benefits at almost zero cost.

Jan 05, 2012 02:00:00 AM Thursday
Environmentenglish.rfi.fr © RSS LinkFRANCE: Watchdog wants safer French nuclear plants. !

A French nuclear watchdog on Tuesday called for the country's plants to improve safety measures to cope with possible natural disasters but did not recommend any immediate shutdowns of plants.


Nuclear plant at Nogent-sur-Seine in France
AFP/François Nascimbeni

Jan 03, 2012 12:40:01 PM Tuesday
Environmentenglish.rfi.fr © RSS LinkFRANCE: Ryanair flirting with fraud, say French anti-airport campaigners. !

Activists in France’s eastern Jura region have accused Ryanair of “flirting with fraud” after the regional council agreed to subsidise the budget airline in the hope of creating 30 jobs.


A Ryanair plane at Limoges airport
AFP/Pascal Lachenaud

Dec 29, 2011 04:21:04 PM Thursday
Environmentenglish.rfi.fr © RSS LinkFRANCE: 2011 hottest year in France for over a century. !

This year was France’s hottest since the start of the 20th century. In further confirmation of global warming, Average temperatures were 1.5°C warmer than the norm and rainfall was lower, leading to water shortage in the summer.


A farmer feeds sheep on a parched field last May
AFP/Romain Perroceau

Dec 27, 2011 12:58:48 PM Tuesday
Environmentenglish.rfi.fr © RSS LinkAFRICAN NEWS EXPLAINED: Science to help farmers predict the future. !



Crops in Rwanda
Neil Palmer/CIAT

Studies have showed that global warming will reduce agricultural yields. But farmers can adapt. For example, sorghum farmers in Ethiopia could go to South Africa, which already enjoys a warmer climate, to see what their sorghum farms could like like 20 years from now. Andy Jarvis, is with the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Bogota, Colombia. RFI reached him in Addis Ababa.

Dec 19, 2011 02:00:00 AM Monday
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