Archive for ‘france’
India, France finalize nuke deal, inkpacts to boost ties
January 25th, 2008
India and France on Friday announced they had finalized negotiations for a bilateral agreement on cooperation in civilian nuclear energy and signed five pacts in the areas of defence, science and nuclear research to give a “fresh impetus” to their strategic partnership.
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French oil giant Total fined in Erika oil spill disaster
January 16th, 2008
A Paris court Wednesday fined France’s largest company, the oil giant Total, 375,000 euros (556,000 dollars) for negligence in the country’s worst-ever ecological disaster, the 1999 sinking of the tanker Erika, French radio reported.
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Sarkozy proposes carbon tax for EU
January 15th, 2008
In a letter to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, made public Tuesday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed the establishment of a so-called carbon import tax to punish countries who do not conform to greenhouse gas emission limits.
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Eiffel Tower switches lights off
October 23rd, 2007
As part of the operation “Five minutes respite for the Planet” the lights of the Eiffel Tower in Paris were switched off at 19h55 (1755 GMT) to draw attention to energy consumption and its impact on global warming.
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France introduces new hybrid train
October 9th, 2007
France’s state rail company the SNCF has put into service a new regional train called the “Bibi hybrid” built by the Canadian firm Bombardier. It’s a world first and designed to run both on conventional track and on electrified sections as well as rails receiving different electrical currents.
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Total in the Dock for French Oil Spill
February 12th, 2007
France’s first trial over a major environmental disaster opened on Monday to decide whether oil giant Total and other parties bear responsibility for the massive oil spill from the Erika shipwreck in 1999. A 25-year-old rusting tanker, Erika was carrying 30,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil when it
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