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Thanks to a Greenpeace report, last week we focused on the influence of the chemical industry on lobbies working against the vote of the REACH project in Brussels. This week, we will highlight the influence of the chemical industry on governmental organizations,...

Car usage, that’s a fact, triggers CO2 emissions. Ford chose to run away from its responsibilities concerning greenhouse gas emissions by its cars. This is what comes out from a page on their institutional website (there) dedicated to « eco-driving »...

The REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals) regulation was adopted by the council of Environment Ministers following the vote in second reading of the European Parliament on 13 December 2006. This regulation comes after the given...

For those who have not had the opportunity to hear about the « 5 minutes to save the planet » operation (and who could not grasp my subtle wordplay), here is a summary. The first of February, the French association “Alliance pour la planète” launched...

The intergovernmental Group of the experts on Climate Change (IPCC) has just here in Paris given its conclusions on the Climate. These conclusions will help the world powers to better focus their policy on sustainable development, on energy saving, on...

I found some interesting data in a recent study published by the European Federation for Transport and Environnement. This study, “How clean is your car brand?”, presents the efforts made by manufacturers to reduce CO2 emissions. But that’s not the most...

Friday, the prince Charles, Camilla and twelve of their staff members went to the East cost for some visit and will be going to New York where the « never king » will be sacred with the « Global Environmental Citizen Award ». Why him? When English environmental...

A seism of 3.2 on the scale of Richter occured in the area of Bâle on the 16th of January. It may have been provoked by the building of a geothermal energy central! In 1996 began a project called Deep Heat Mining led by the federal office of the energy....

A report from the "Union of Concerned Scientists" points out the techniques used by ExxonMobil in its campaigns of communication. The report mentions that these techniques are similar to the ones used by the boacco industry in the past and have common...

The petroleum company Shell has been sponsoring an exhibition of photographers for 3 months which should last until spring ’07 in Great-Britain. This exhibition’s title, which is actually a contest for the best picture, is « Shell Wild Life Photographer...