Plastic pellets discovered after the collision in the North Sea

Plastic pellets discovered after the collision in the North Sea

A week after the violent collision between a container carrier and an oil tanker off the coast of Yorkshire, plastic pellets were discovered in the water and on the British coast. These microbeads, used in the manufacture of plastic, were identified on Sunday by the emergency services near a bay located about 70 kilometers south … Read more

Environment: five of the ten most polluted countries are in Africa

Environment: five of the ten most polluted countries are in Africa

This Tuesday, the Swiss company Iqair, warned that Africa continued to face in 2024 a “serious public health crisis” due to air pollution, with five of the ten most polluted countries in the world In the continent. Chad is the country that led the classification again. In a report, Iqair stressed that 34% of African … Read more

Green algae: the state to strengthen its action against nitrate pollution

Green algae: the state to strengthen its action against nitrate pollution

Measures “Insufficient” Against green algae, which proliferate for decades on the Breton coast: the administrative court of Rennes, seized by the Eau et Rivières de Bretagne association, A “Injoil” Thursday at the Prefect of Brittany to strengthen its action against nitrate pollution. Seized of two appeals filed by the association, the court “Injoil the prefect … Read more

The Trump administration gives industrial polluters carte white

The Trump administration gives industrial polluters carte white

The administration of Donald Trump struck a big blow by announcing a massive dismantling of the environmental regulations put in place under the chairmanship of Joe Biden on Wednesday. Lee Zeldin, boss of the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), described this day as “larger and most substantial in the history of the United States” in … Read more

How a pesticide has screwed up for centuries and the West Indian land

How a pesticide has screwed up for centuries and the West Indian land

They were 1,286 to request compensation. They will ultimately be only ten to be compensated for “prejudice to anxiety”. Guadeloupeans and Martiniquais all exposed to pollution at Chlordecone, a highly toxic pesticide used between the years 1972 and 1993 in banana groves, in the Antilles. After years of combat, part of them was finally heard. … Read more

What risks for the environment after the collision in the North Sea?

What risks for the environment after the collision in the North Sea?

The toxic risks are very real. Since the collision between an oil tanker and a container ship on Monday in the North Sea, environmental associations are very worried about the impact of this accident on fauna and flora. The two ships are approximately 16 kilometers from the English coast. The NGO Greenpeace said it was … Read more

What happens if you do not respect today: Fine or corral?

What happens if you do not respect today: Fine or corral?

Today, Thursday, February 27, the program today does not circulate, It should be noted that this program focuses on stopping the mobility of some vehicles in order to minimize the emission of polluting gases. If you are not aware of this regulation and you get to circulate the day that does not correspond to you, … Read more