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12 jailed for huge French carbon-trading fraud
A Paris court jailed 12 people for terms of up to nine years on Wednesday for their part in a gigantic carbon tax credit fraud that cost …
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Prosecution calls for hefty fines in animal rights activists'…
Prosecutors have called for hefty fines on two animal-rights activists who hid cameras in an abattoir in the Paris region to expose …
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Man to face trial for accidentally starting French wildfire
A man who accidentally set off one of this summer's most devastating wildfire in the south of France is to stand trial, prosecutors …
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Animal rights activists face trial over slaughterhouse video
Two animal rights activists were to face trial on Monday for concealing cameras in a slaughterhouse and broadcasting video od pigs being …
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Fighting urban air pollution with microalgae
There's a new way to fight urban air pollution using the process of photosynthesis. A display column installed in a busy part of Paris is …
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French town adopts free public transport in growing trend
The western French town of Niort was celebrating with jazz and rock concerts, street performers and a circus this weekend after declaring …
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Fires flare up again in southern France
French emergency services were battling a major forest fire in the south of France on Sunday, just weeks after several thousand hectares …
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France to vote against the use of controversial pesticide
France will vote against a proposal by the European Union (EU) Commission to renew the licence for glyphosate, the active ingredient in …
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Animal rights campaigner jumps into bullring in south of France
An animal-rights campaigner, his torso daubed with slogans, jumped into the ring during a bullfight in the south of France on Tuesday to …
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Police and protesters clash at planned nuclear waste site
Police in north-east France used water cannon, tear gas and stun grenades on Tuesday against demonstrators protesting plans to store …
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Man charged with arson in Corsica as French fires continue
Fires that raged in the south of France and Corsica this weekend were under control on Monday morning, officials said. A man has been …
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Contaminated eggs delivered to French foodprocessing companies
Dutch contaminated eggs were delivered to two French food-processing plants in July, France's agriculture ministry has revealed. But no …
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France feels the heat as experts warn of soaring climate change deaths
Much of the south of France was on heatwave alert this weekend as extreme weather caused at least five deaths in southern Europe. The …
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Four in French court accused of starting about 20 wildfires
Four youths were to face a court in Nîmes, southern France, on Friday after being detained on suspicion of starting about 20 fires in the …
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Man charged with starting French wildfire
A man has been charged with accidentally starting one of the fires that ravaged more than 7,000 hectares of vegetation in the south of …