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Teenagers arrested as France fights wildfires
The huge wildfires that have forced mass evacuations in the south of France were not yet under control on Thursday, officials said. Two …
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12,000 evacuated as Europe sends help to fight French fires
About 12,000 people were evacuated as a massive new widlfire broke out in the south of France on Tuesday night. A first waterbomber …
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Farmers, retailers, ecologists set to clash at French food…
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe opened a five-month consultation on the nation's food on Thursday, pointing to the hardship faced …
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Tossed cigarettes could cause Portugal-style deadly wildfires in…
France could face a tragedy like Portugal's huge forest fires, which cost 64 lives, Interior Minister Christophe Collomb has warned while …
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France names pesticides with hormone disruptors after EU compromise
France has published two lists of pesticides containing endocrine disruptors, chemicals that have been blamed for the rise in cancers, …
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Firefighters battle blazes in Provence, Corsica
Firefighters had succeeded in stopping the progress of a wildfire that had threatened homes near Nice on Tuesday morning. Fires on the …
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Cigarette end suspected cause of French forest fires
A cigarette end is the suspected cause of a fire that has ravaged 800 hectares of land in the south of France, officials said on Monday.
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France to close up to 17 nuclear power stations
France is to close up to 17 nuclear power stations to reach the government's target of 50 percent nuclear power by 2015, Ecology Minister …
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Record rainfall in Paris as summer storms hit France
A record 49 millimetres of rain in an hour fell on Paris on Sunday evening as storms caused flooding in the metro and on roads in the …
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Turkey may not ratify Paris climate deal, Erdogan
Turkey may not ratify the Paris climate change accord, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced at the end of the G20 summit in Germany on …
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Macron hopes to convince Trump on climate, calls Paris conference
Paris will host a second climate change conference on 12 December with particular emphasis on finance , French President Emmanuel Macron …
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Heatwave poses health, pollution dangers to France
Temperatures in parts of France could reach 37°C Wednesday and Thursday, posing serious and health and safety risks.
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Trump has started 'climate Brexit', former French environment minister
Donald Trump has set off a "climate Brexit" in announcing the US would withdraw fro the Paris claimate accord, former French environment …
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US billionaire Bloomberg joins France's Macron to support Paris…
American billionaire Michael Bloomberg joined French President Emmanuel Macron for a surprise meeting to support the 2015 Paris climate …
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Will US withdrawal from Paris climate deal make a difference?
Global headlines were dominated on Friday by American President Donald Trump's move to pull the US out of the landmark Paris climate …