Positive news from France
Alternative Energy Grows in EuropeWind and solar technology made up over half of Europe’s new electricity generating capacity in 2009, as the number of new coal and nuclear facilities fell |
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France backs ban on bluefin tuna exportsFrance has added its voice to calls for a ban on the global trade in bluefin tuna, the numbers of which have dwindled through overfishing. |
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Renault Zoe, the electric car that’s good for your skinRenault sure does come up with some out-there concepts. |
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Cité du Design: Solar Powered International Design Center UnveiledSituated in an defunct arms manufacturing facility in Saint-Etienne, the recently unveiled Cité du Design is a stunning international center for design. |
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Smos begins climate change missionA mission to launch a new satellite which will monitor climate change has got off to a successful start. |
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‘Simple lifestyle tweaks’ key in climate change fightThe United States could cut greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of France's total annual emissions by getting Americans to make simple lifestyle changes, like regularly maintaining their cars or insulating their attics, a study showed. |
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Finger points to new da Vinci artA new Leonardo da Vinci portrait may have been discovered after a fingerprint found on it seemed similar to another discovered on his work. |
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France set to impose carbon taxFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced plans for a new carbon tax aimed at combating global warming. |
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Riders bare all for World Naked Bike RideThousands of saucy cyclists from all over the world have bared all on their bikes during the World Naked Bike Ride. |
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Europe unveils British astronautTimothy Peake, a 37-year-old test pilot in the Army Air Corps, has been accepted into the European Space Agency's (Esa) Astronaut Corps. |
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News from Europe
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- First liver cancer ‘chemo-bath’ in the UK
- Scientists uncover gene behind skin disease
- Europe Now Creates Enough Solar Power to Fuel Austria
- London’s Eco-Friendly Olympic Games
- Portugal commissions world’s first Nissan Leaf electric car police fleet
- Long hunt detects possible ‘God particle’
- After damning research, France proposes banning pesticide linked to bee collapse