France
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Climate activists may have a surprising ally: France’s Yellow Vests
Sure, the Yellow Vests protested a fuel tax. But they're still calling for a fair shift to a low-carbon economy.
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Trump shared his thoughts on climate change, and surprise, they’re dumb
“I mean, look, it used to not be climate change, it used to be global warming. That wasn’t working too well because it was getting too cold all over the place.”
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Dear climate visionaries: Resist France’s allure
France's president is trying to lure away our best and brightest. Don't go.
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Half of Paris just took a mandatory day off of driving
What's a city to do when smog reaches toxic levels? Cue the car bans, of course.
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Eiffel Tower’s wind turbines prove even historic landmarks can go green
One of the world's most iconic monuments is raising awareness about green technology.
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French catfish jump onto dry land to eat pigeons
We're quite certain those fish are going around telling all the other fish not only that pigeons are a delicacy one must taste to appreciate the tender richness of the meat but that you're really meant to call them squab.
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Why are French bees making blue and green honey?
French bees don't have much better taste than American bees, it turns out.
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Disney’s building France an eco-retreat and we’re jealous
America and Europe may both be full of privileged white people, but nobody would mistake them for being culturally interchangeable. Case in point: In America, Disney makes amusement parks that are better than real life and that allow us to stuff ourselves silly while hanging out with plush versions of our imaginary cartoon friends. In […]
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The coolest church you’ve ever seen is inside an 800-year-old tree
This oak tree in Allouville-Bellefosse, France, up near the country’s north coast, has been alive for at least 800 years. In the late 1600s, a bolt of lightening hollowed out the center, but the tree survived and kept putting out leaves and acorns. And when they see something like that, 17th-century Frenchmen think about the […]