In “ Pandemopolitics », Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Caroline Izambert and Pierre-André Juven explains how the pandemic opens a political breach to think about another sorting, reinventing our health according to other priorities: social, ecological, democratic. – Presentation of the book by its publisher: « We didn’t have to do the terrible triage of the sick », … Read more
On Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 December 2020, the government presented the outline of the future bill on the proposals of the Citizen’s Climate Convention. Reporterre compiles in this article the various episodes of the soap opera, which saw the executive emptying the work of the Convention members of their substance. – The anger of … Read more
David Quammen, in “ The big jump », Leads us into a global investigation into zoonoses, these animal infections transmitted to humans and responsible for more or less virulent epidemics. The disruption of ecosystems is a major cause of their proliferation. – The opinion of “ Reporterre » — This book, the result of a … Read more
A trace of life on Venus? The study by Professor Jane Greaves of the British University of Cardiff, published in mid-September, had made the headlines, with the “apparent presence” of phosphine on Venus. This gas, which is not linked to living things in the giant planets of the solar system, comes exclusively from microbial or … Read more
Washington (United States), correspondence Bill de Blasio, the mayor of the largest city in the United States, announced Wednesday, January 10 that the city had filed a complaint with a federal court and asked for repairs to five oil giants: ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Shell and ConocoPhillips. She blames them for their responsibility in the climate … Read more
Hundreds of New Yorkers have been arrested in recent days during mass protests against the May 25 assassination of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. A New York State Supreme Court justice on Thursday, June 18, dismissed a petition calling for the immediate release of the hundreds of protesters held by the New York … Read more
In fifty years, the amount of CO2 that humanity disperses in the air each year has increased from 15 to 36.8 billion tonnes. In this total, France weighs a little over 1% and China almost 30%. The massive development of renewable energies and energy savings give hope for a decline, which has also started in … Read more
Dijon (Côte-d’Or), report « Sow so as not to suffocate » : these words are drawn on a banner, spread out at the entrance of an old wasteland. Onlookers see it on foot, by tram or by car, when they pass in front of 63, avenue de Langres, in Dijon. It was here that the … Read more
Presentation of the issue by its editor: Determined to support the cessation of all harmful economic activities but certainly not that of social criticism, eager to deliver the results of a hectic investigation in Rouen the day after the fire at the Lubrizol chemical plant , Z has released a new issue, a dive into … Read more