France’s Areva Buys 100% Stake in Solar Thermal Startup Ausra
Photo: Ausra
Playing with the Big Boys
The solar thermal startup Ausra, which we’ve written about in the past, has just been bought by the French public mega-conglomerate Areva for an unknown amount. Ausra’s solar technology is particularly desirable because they are storing part of the heat generated by the sun during the day so that they can keep producing electricity even when the sun doesn’t shine….Read the full story on TreeHugger
French Using Sewage to Heat Their Swimming Pools
When water from the shower, dishwasher, or washing-machine is drained into the sewer-pipes, it’s not just a waste of water, but a waste of the energy used to heat that water. In fact, the water in city pipes averages a temperature of 68°F–energy-produced heat that is simply wasted. This unused energy pestered folks in one French town so much that they decided to put it to good use… and now it heats their swimming pools. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
100 Shipping Containers Become Student Housing in France
Yet another proposal for putting students in boxes, this time in Le Havre by olgga Architects, “a multidisciplinary agency federated around 3 different personalities with different yet complimentary backgrounds and studies.” …Read the full story on TreeHugger
100 Shipping Containers Become Student Housing in France
Yet another proposal for putting students in boxes, this time in Le Havre by olgga Architects, “a multidisciplinary agency federated around 3 different personalities with different yet complimentary backgrounds and studies.” …Read the full story on TreeHugger
100 Shipping Containers Become Student Housing in France
Yet another proposal for putting students in boxes, this time in Le Havre by olgga Architects, “a multidisciplinary agency federated around 3 different personalities with different yet complimentary backgrounds and studies.” …Read the full story on TreeHugger
100 Shipping Containers Become Student Housing in France
Yet another proposal for putting students in boxes, this time in Le Havre by olgga Architects, “a multidisciplinary agency federated around 3 different personalities with different yet complimentary backgrounds and studies.” …Read the full story on TreeHugger
100 Shipping Containers Become Student Housing in France
Yet another proposal for putting students in boxes, this time in Le Havre by olgga Architects, “a multidisciplinary agency federated around 3 different personalities with different yet complimentary backgrounds and studies.” …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Bees Equiped With Microchips Help Explain Hive Declines
Photos: Philippe Psaïla / DoubleVue.fr
In hopes of better understanding why bee populations are in decline, scientists are attaching microchips to bees to monitor their movements. The tiny device is glued to the back of the bees works with equipment installed at the entrance of their hives to record different data. Researchers say that the insight provided by this unprecedented observational technique will help them better understand the behavior of the insects throughout their entire lifecycles–and may shed light onto the reasons why bee populations have been steadily declining …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Carbon Tax Struck Down in France for Being Too Easy on Big Polluters
Photo via the Telegraph
When French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed a nationwide carbon tax to curb greenhouse gas emissions in his nation, it quickly became one of the most-watched climate measures of the year. Set to become law in merely a matter days, surprising news arrived today that the measure had been struck down by a high court for being too lax on the biggest polluters. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Obama & Sarkozy Pressure Ethiopia to Betray Africa’s Future at COP15
The following is a guest post by Jamie Henn of 350.org — it originally ran on It’s Getting Hot In Here
NGOs and civil society groupings are reacting with anger and disappointment to a joint appeal by France and “Ethiopia, representing Africa” for a so-called ‘Copenhagen Accord’ to result from the current COP15 negotiations being held in the Danish capital. The French / Ethiopian …Read the full story on TreeHugger
