French court convicts TotalEnergies of greenwashing over climate claims

TotalEnergies signs at a petrol station in Nice, France, October 10, 2022. ERIC GAILLARD / REUTERS A French court on Thursday, October 23, ruled oil and gas giant TotalEnergies had engaged in "misleading commercial practices" by overstating its...

Iraq–France Deal to Empower Film Industry Development

Dr Arif Al-Saadi, the Cultural Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image, in a bid to boost creative cooperation between the two nations. The...

DeBriefed 24 October 2025:  EU 2040 climate goal progress; Shipping industry carbon price delayed; Europe’s indigenous people take Finland to court

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. EU leaders agreed climate goal ‘truce’ ‘BREAKTHROUGH’: EU leaders have reached a “breakthrough” on climate issues that “increases...

Tracy woman heads to France for World Forum

The World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg, France, has invited Tracy resident Barbara McVeigh to speak at their upcoming conference. The conference is fully sponsored by The Council of Europe, under the patronage of the French President Emmanuel...

France, Tirop Angels to empower athletes in tackling GBV through sports

Elite Marathoner Joan Chelimo/ HANDOUT The athletics-rich town of Iten in Elgeyo Marakwet County will host a landmark Sports Awareness Event aimed at tackling gender-based violence (GBV) and promoting equality in sport on Friday. The programme...

SFT France protests Pompidou Centre for celebrating Chinese artist responsible for fireworks stunt in Tibet

Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 24: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) France staged a protest at the Pompidou Centre in Paris on Thursday, condemning the French contemporary art institution for celebrating Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, whose recent...

Can hybrid grapes solve the climate change dilemma for wine makers?

Ben and Tim Jordan, at their vineyard on the family farm in Fort Defiance in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., May 14, 2025. They are slowly converting the vineyard to hybrid vines in an effort to farm more naturally. (Jennifer Chase/The New York Times)...

France ‘may not intervene to reverse small boats in the Channel’ in blow to Starmer’s migration plan

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

SMX Has Delivered What the Recycling Industry's Been Promising for Decades (NASDAQ: SMX)

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 24, 2025 / People have heard of SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), but most still don't fully understand what we do or why it matters. That's understandable. Our work doesn't live on a screen. It lives inside the materials...

What REALLY killed Napoleon's army as they fled from Russia: Study of soldiers' teeth finds two deadly pathogens that 'ravaged French troops amid doomed invasion'

It was the defeat that spelled the beginning of the end for Napoleon. The French emperor's failed invasion of Russia in 1812 left more than 500,000 troops dead, with many long believed to have died from a mixture of the cold, starvation and...

How recycled plastics are driving beverage multipacking innovation

In this article, Gary Panknin, Sustainability Officer and Supply Chain Manager at PakTech, gives his opinions on how new packaging materials could start changing old sustainability assumptions. The packaging industry faces a paradox. While 85% of...

Polish PM Tusk rejoices after word ‘revision’ is added to EU climate law

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said the European Union is ready to slow down the implementation of the second instalment of the EU Trading Emissions System (ETS2). ETS2 is a new carbon pricing initiative set to launch in 2027, targeting...

Report finds discrimination and abuse within French public TV

An independent expert report conducted at France Télévisions has painted a grim picture of a toxic work environment. France Télévisions, the flagship of the nation’s public broadcasting service, has long prided itself on promoting diversity and...

MHES announces National Resilience Scorecard Project Kick-off on International Day of Climate Action

24 October 2025, Grand Cayman The Ministry of Health, Environment and Sustainability, in partnership with Expertise France and Integrated Risk Management Associates LLC (IRMA), has officially kicked off its project to develop a National Resilience...

Historic French ruling faults oil company for deceptive climate claims

A French oil major must pay up for misleading consumers about its environmental commitments and climate strategy, a civil court in Paris has said in a first-of-its-kind ruling. The decision Wednesday requires TotalEnergies to remove from its...

Favourable weather boosts winter grain sowing in Europe

PARIS (Reuters) -Sowing of winter grains has advanced rapidly in much of Europe, helped by drier weather than in the rain-hit starts to the past two campaigns and raising the prospect of a steady planted area despite low market prices, analysts...

‘I let ChatGPT decide:’ This American woman moved to a French town after asking AI for advice

Strolling from her apartment in Southern France’s Occitanie region to Place aux Herbes — the historic main square in the tiny town of Uzès — for coffee has become a daily ritual for Julie Neis. She loves the simple routine of sitting, cup in hand,...

Horus Pharma inks agreement to commercialize Formycon's aflibercept biosimilar FYB203 under the brand name Baiama across Key European Markets including its home market France

Horus Pharma, the second largest independent ophthalmological laboratory in France and a leading player in Europe, announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Klinge Biopharma GmbH and Formycon AG for the semi-exclusive...

NORMA utilizes recyclable Koehler Paper packaging for private label products

NORMA grocery stores in Germany, France, the Czech Republic and Austria are due to package select private label products in Koehler Paper’s recyclable heat-sealable packaging, said to conform with Cepi’s recyclability standards. Koehler’s NexPlus...

marie claire Presents The 2025 Women Of The Year – Celebrating The Changemakers Of Our Time

Each year, marie claire’s Women of the Year Awards shine a light on the visionaries, the rule-breakers, the women rewriting the rules. The ones who don’t wait for permission. Who lead with purpose. Who move the needle for equality, courage and...