Les choses ne sont pas aussi terribles qu’elles en ont l’air.

Glass Half Full, fondée par Franziska Trautmann à Chalmette près de la Nouvelle-Orléans, collecte chaque semaine des dizaines de milliers de kilos de verre en Louisiane, Mississippi et Alabama, qu'elle broie en sable pour reconstruire les marais côtiers érodés. La Louisiane perd l'équivalent d'un terrain

Les bouteilles de fête de la Nouvelle-Orléans deviennent du sable pour la côte louisianaise

Les bouteilles de fête de la Nouvelle-Orléans deviennent du sable pour la côte louisianaise

20 juillet 2026

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Les bouteilles de fête de la Nouvelle-Orléans deviennent du sable pour la côte louisianaise

24 juin 2026

Un négociant en vins du nord-est de l’Angleterre chauffe 33 000 m² grâce à d’anciennes mines de charbon

Lanchester Wines in Gateshead, northeast England, became the first private business in Britain to draw heat from disused underground coal mines. Two open-loop water source heat pumps with a combined 4-megawatt capacity now heat more than 33,000 square metres of warehouse space. Britain has around 23,000 flooded coal mines, a quarter of which sit beneath homes and businesses.

24 juin 2026

La Colombie devient le premier pays d’Amérique latine à interdire les mutilations génitales féminines

On June 10, 2026, Colombia's Senate passed Bill 440, making it the first country in Latin America to legislate specifically against FGM. Between 2020 and 2025, 204 cases were recorded nationally, 177 involving Indigenous girls. Indigenous women drove the campaign that shaped the law's intercultural approach.

24 juin 2026

La psilocybine laisse des traces épigénétiques mesurables chez des patients souffrant d’alcoolisme

A randomized controlled trial gave 37 patients with alcohol use disorder either psilocybin or a placebo and then examined their DNA methylation — chemical changes that regulate gene activity without altering DNA itself. Psilocybin produced significant changes in genes linked to serotonin signaling, immune response, and inflammation, pointing toward biological mechanisms behind its therapeutic effects.

24 juin 2026

Dix semaines de marche nordique ont mené plus de la moitié des participants dépressifs en rémission

64 adults with moderate to severe depression enrolled in a supervised Nordic walking program — two one-hour sessions a week for 10 weeks. By week five, about half the participants had reduced their symptoms by 50% or more; by week ten, between 35% and 53.6% had reached full remission. Those with the most severe depression improved fastest. No injuries were reported.

24 juin 2026

112 entreprises appellent à accélérer la transition vers l’électrification

Nestle, Ikea, Volvo Cars, and 109 other companies with combined annual revenues of $1.5 trillion have signed an open statement urging governments to make electrification central to economic strategy. The coalition argues that fossil fuel dependence drives price shocks and supply chain instability — and that electrification technology already exists.

17 juin 2026

Le pissenlit russe ouvre une nouvelle voie pour le caoutchouc

As climate-driven weather extremes, disease, and rising demand strain global rubber supplies, researchers are revisiting a plant first used during World War II. Russian dandelions grow in temperate regions, need little water or pesticides, and can be cultivated without deforestation. A project in Norwich aims to produce 3,000 tonnes of rubber annually.

17 juin 2026

Un minuscule gecko bleu retrouve sa place dans les forets tanzaniennes

Once driven toward collapse by the pet trade, Tanzania’s turquoise dwarf gecko is recovering after international trade was banned and local conservation efforts expanded. Communities around Kimboza Forest Reserve have removed nearly 100,000 invasive trees, cut forest fires by about 80%, and restored habitat critical to the species’ survival.

17 juin 2026

WasteBar echange des dechets contre des poffertjes aux festivals

A food truck in the Netherlands is turning cigarette butts into currency, offering poffertjes, drinks and fruit in exchange for collected litter. Since launching in 2022, WasteBar has appeared at more than 50 events and gathered over 500,000 cigarette butts while encouraging people to see waste as something that can be removed, valued and discussed.

17 juin 2026

La première batterie de réseau 8 heures de Californie double la capacité de stockage propre

A 125-megawatt battery installation in Kern County, California, went live on June 1 as the first grid-scale storage facility in the US capable of discharging for eight hours straight — double the four-hour industry standard. Built with lithium-ion phosphate cells, it can absorb solar power during the day and supply the grid through most of the night.

17 juin 2026

Au Kenya, des frigos solaires font chuter les pertes alimentaires et augmenter les revenus de 50%

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that up to 40% of food produced in Africa is lost between harvest and market. Solar-powered cold rooms, rented on a pay-per-use basis, are changing that: provider Soko Fresh reports cutting spoilage rates from 50% to under 2%, while farmers earn up to 50% more per kilogram sold.

17 juin 2026

Des scientifiques cartographient 166 000 km² de récifs coralliens résistants au réchauffement

A new analysis of 45,000 coral surveys across decades of climate and ocean data has identified nearly 166,000 square kilometers of climate-resilient coral reefs spanning 71 countries and 100 territories — three times more than previously thought. More than half are concentrated in Australia, the Bahamas, Cuba, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Only 28% currently sit within protected areas.

15 juin 2026

Green Daddy, le chanteur ougandais qui transforme l’afropop en éducation climatique

Born in Nateete, a Kampala suburb damaged by illegal wetland construction, singer Green Daddy watched his neighborhood flood and responded with action. He opened a kindergarten three years ago where children learn to clean streets, drain stagnant water, and plant trees — then carries the same message onto Uganda's stages with upbeat tracks about plastic waste and tree planting.

15 juin 2026

Une toute autre Coupe du monde de football se joue en Afrique du Sud

Wakati Kombe la Dunia la wanaume linavyovutia umakini wa dunia nzima, mashindano tofauti lakini ya ushindani sawa yanakua katika mji mdogo wa Afrika Kusini: Grannies International Football Tournament, ambayo umri wa chini wa kucheza ni miaka 50. Yaliyoanza kama mpango wa afya wa ndani kwa wanawake, mwaka 2025 yaliwakusanya timu kutoka nchi saba — ikiwemo Marekani, Ufaransa, Togo, Kenya, Msumbiji, Zambia na Afrika Kusini.

15 juin 2026

Au Kenya, des dépistages gratuits du cancer pour les personnes atteintes d’albinisme

On International Albinism Awareness Day, Kenya organized free cancer screenings for people with the condition — a rare genetic disorder that leaves skin highly vulnerable to sunlight. Because regular screening is essential to catch early signs of cancer, access without cost makes a direct difference for a community that faces both medical and social discrimination.

15 juin 2026

La tangenziale di Napoli devient la première route intelligente certifiée d’Italie

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15 juin 2026

La France classe 157 000 hectares de forêt en réserves biologiques

France announced seven new biological reserves and two expansions, adding 157,000 hectares to its protected forest network. The vast majority lies in French Guiana, a territory of France in South America. The move advances the country's goal of placing 10% of its land under strong protection by 2030, targeting an additional 250,000 hectares total.

15 juin 2026

Un moteur à hydrogène pur de 13 000 chevaux alimente le réseau électrique espagnol

The Finnish energy company has run its Wärtsilä 31H2 — a bus-sized, 13,000-horsepower piston engine — on pure hydrogen at its test facility in Bermeo, on Spain's Basque coast, feeding the output directly into the national grid. It is the first time a large-scale combustion engine has run on 100% hydrogen at grid level, with no natural gas in the mix.

12 juin 2026

Barcelone etend son reseau d’abris climatiques contre la chaleur

As heat waves become more frequent, Barcelona has built a network of climate shelters in libraries, schools, parks, and civic centers where residents can cool down during extreme temperatures. The city now offers hundreds of shelters within a short walk of most homes, giving access to existing indoor and outdoor public spaces that offer shade and water and reduce heat-related health risks.