Last month I was saying that environment was little talked about by the candidates. March was even worse in that aspect. Almost nothing in the past weeks was said on the environmental issues.
Environment in the French Presidential elections of May 2007 – Part 3 Read More »
During my previous cultural break I was writing about a European “bandes dessinées”. This month, I would like to write on my favorite comics series, Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. As I bought last week The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, I would like to drop a few lines to show you how GREAT this
A cultural break – March 2007 Read More »
A very short note just to state that the European Union is fifty today. Indeed, 50 years ago, on March 25th 1957, the Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community (or EEC), the ancestor of the EU as we know it today.
Happy birthday EU ! Read More »
After a week of work on the new design of this blog, I can say that most things I wanted to implement are already there. Off course, details like the navigation bar’s colours or the sidebar’s look itself need to be improved. There are still some minor bugs and corrections to bring, but to me
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These are the terms used yesterday to describe climate change by Al Gore in front of the US Congress. Mr. Gore is a former vice-president of the USA and is an environmentalist with huge conviction. He released last year “An inconvenient truth“, a film that contributes to mass awareness of the threat represented by climate
A “planetary emergency” Read More »
Yesterday, an explosion occurred in a coal mine in Siberia, a region of Russia, and the latest tolls speak about 100 deaths. It is the deadliest mining accident in Russia since the fall of communism.
Explosion in a coal mine in Russia, at least 100 dead Read More »
Well, it has been a while I wanted to talk on water, scarcity and related topics. Water is a resource that we simply can’t live without. However, we use it more and more and not always in a good way. This article is due to give the main facts and figures for France.
Water ressources, uses and prices in France Read More »
On a less personal note that the other post, I am currently working on a new design for this website. So if you come and visit this page and it has a different look, have no fear, only the layout is changing.
Working on a new layout, part 1 Read More »
Yes, another post on Saturday. It is just to wish here a happy birthday to my dad. You will probably think that I plan to do a personal blog without any news any more or anything. It is not the case, this website has a professional purpose. But as my dad truly and undoubtedly helped
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A US meteorological agency released this week a study stating that the winter we had this year was the hottest since data exists. Indeed, according to the study done by NOAA : “December 2006 – February 2007 temperatures were above average in Europe, Asia, western Africa, southeastern Brazil, and the northeast half of the United
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