“The president said it, and it’s the truth. This woman is really ugly”, declared in 2019 Paulo Guedes against Brigitte Macron, during an event in Fortaleza (Ceara, north). The Minister of Economy added: “There are no ugly women, only women looked at from the wrong angle”. However, in a statement, he had “apologized” for it … Read more
Benoît Skinazi, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Sharethrough August 17, 2022 Any online activity has an energy and therefore environmental cost. Digital advertising is no exception. The Quebec firm of advertising technology Sharethrough has developed a solution to “measure” and “offset” the carbon footprint of online advertising. Interview with Benoît Skinazi, co-founder and chief … Read more
“Brazil lost 16,557 km2 of original vegetation cover in all its ecosystems last year”after 13,789 km2 in 2020, indicates the Mapbiomas collaborative platform, which compiles data from various satellite mapping systems. Most of this deforestation (59%) took place in Amazon. Next come the Cerrado, the Brazilian savannah (30.2%), the Caatinga, a semi-arid zone in the … Read more
Aerial view of a coca field in a deforestation area in the department of Guaviare, on November 4, 2021 in Colombia (AFP / Raul ARBOLEDA) Despite government praise, the military strategy to fight against deforestation is “a failure” in Colombia, say environmental experts who aspire to new methods from the future President Petro, open to … Read more
EU: RISING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, NOT REACHING PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS (Reuters) – Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU) rose in the first quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, but did not reach pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, a reported Tuesday to the Statistical Office of the bloc. Greenhouse gas emissions amounted to 1.029 … Read more
By Christophe Jaquet Published on Aug 1622 at 6:37 PM Freedom Caen See my news Follow this media In full energy renovation, the facades of the Polyclinique du Parc in Caen (Calvados) are equipped with innovative glass, produced by Saint-Gobain Glass with 70% recycled glass. ©Christophe Jacquet – Freedom It would be a first, at … Read more
Forest fires have been in the news since the beginning of the summer. How do you consider their treatment and more generally that of climatic phenomena on television channels? From my point of view, what is missing, with regard to the treatment of fires, is an analysis with hindsight and sidesteps. We would need a … Read more
EU: RISING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, NOT REACHING PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS (Reuters) – Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU) rose in the first quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, but did not reach pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, a reported Tuesday to the Statistical Office of the bloc. Greenhouse gas emissions amounted to 1.029 … Read more
Megafires, historic drought heat wave, melting ice, disappearance of species: this summer season will not have failed to remind us that the devastating consequences of climate change spare no region of the world. But while everyone is urged to adopt eco-responsible gestures and even invited to “pee in the shower” to limit their carbon footprint, … Read more
While waiting for Ethereum to make the big leap towards proof of stake and as an alternative to the very polluting bitcoin, here is a selection of crypto-assets with a reduced carbon footprint. The index established by the British University of Cambridge is clear: cryptocurrencies are particularly ecocide, and especially Bitcoin. Over the whole of … Read more