What a sad study The Lancet issued on January 19, 2021. According to the British scientific magazine, Paris is the 4th European city with the deadliest air pollution. Every year, the French capital reports 2,500 nitrogen dioxide-related deaths.
Unlike the first lockdown during which the air pollution decreased by 70% in Paris and Ile-de-France, Airparif notices a much smaller decrease due to the road traffic during the new lockdown.
This is an ecologic scandal making a splash. Paris public prosecutor has opened an investigation in late August against the LafargeHolcim cement manufacturer suspected of discharging into the Seine a mix of “particles of cement, process liquids and plastic microfibers”. Paris authorities have decided to file a complaint against Lafarge.
The Council of State handed its verdict on Friday July 10 as for the measures of the government to reduce air pollution: if the situation has not complied with a directive from 2008 within six months, the State will have to pay a 10 million euros penalty by semester of delay.
A study by the Research Center on the Energy and the Air Quality reveals the increase of the pollution in Paris is the harshest among the European metropolises.
After closing for over 13 months and following the countless cleaning processes, the Parvis and the rue du Parvis de Notre-Dame de Paris are finally reopening. Following the positive statement from the Regional Health Agency (ARS) in Île-de-France, the Police Prefect has ordered a decree allowing the reopening.
Are we living transition towards a different lifestyle? Mobility, consummation, tourism, here are how our habits could be changed over the coronavirus crisis.
Since facemasks have been advised – and even made compulsory in some places – it is not rare to see many of them thrown out on the ground in the streets. To fight against this new form of pollution, a MP from Alpes-Maritimes proposes to penalize people for doing so.
As France is exiting containment, it is not rare to see protective face masks thrown on the ground. A new form of pollution leading to wonder about recycling barrier masks as they are being more and more common amid the coronavirus epidemic.
