Tagged with France 
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Merkel and Sarkozy want carbon tax on imports 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The leaders of Germany and France called Friday for the United Nations to support a carbon tax on imports from countries who fail to back international efforts to fight global warming.
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Conservative French Government again proposes higher solar PV tariffs 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks agoFor the second time within twelve months the French Government of conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed raising the feed-in tariff for solar PV in the coming year.
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You'll love the camel...
Mont St Michel—flushing the meadows 0
Posted 2 months ago
Mont St Michel is France's most popular tourist attraction outside Paris. Tourists flock to admire its ethereal beauty, shrouded in sea mist and cut off from the mainland by the sea. However, this Arthurian vision is threatened by the very industry that champions it.
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France imports UK electricity as summer heatwave puts a third of its nukes out of action 0
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Letter from Europe
The greening of Sarko 3
Posted 6 months ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has instituted the western world's most thoroughgoing green program in a country hitherto little known for taking environmental leadership.
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French Toast
Sarkozy spanks Obama on climate 0
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The power of water
French government interested in solar because it uses less water than nukes 1
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks agoA year or so ago, I spoke at a solar conference in France -- a country that produces 78 percent of its electricity with nukes. A couple of folks told me that the government's interest in solar stemmed from the fact that during the previous summer's heat wave, river levels dropped to the point that they didn't have enough water to cool the reactors.
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Foiled Rotten
E.U. foiled in bid to force France, Greece to allow GM crop 0
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago -
The City of Light and Heat
Paris digs deep to harness Earth’s green energy 2
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Bike-sharing in Minneapolis, and other cycling news 0
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Pop Stars
Ring in the new with a ‘natural’ bottle of bubbly 1
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Bus rapid transit in Paris 2
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So Fresh and So Clean
More than $6 billion pledged to boost clean-tech in developing countries 2
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A roundup of energy and climate news from the U.K. 1
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French independent nuclear commission reports four malfunctions in four plants in 15 days 43
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It's Elementary, My Dear ... Watts On!
French downplay years-old uranium leak at nuclear plant 3
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Eiffel and I Can Get Up
Greenpeacers climb Eiffel Tower in anti-nuclear protest 6
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Beep Beep, Beep Beep, Oui
French capital will implement electric-car-sharing program 1
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Ready to Chirac
Former French prez launches foundation to preserve biodiversity 4
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Brangelina drink to life on an organic vineyard 2
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago