https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed One year after coming to power in Lyon, the green party has wasted no time in reshaping France's third largest city, often in controversial fashion. Here are some of the main ways the city is changing. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210707/veggie-meals-to-cable-cars-changing-the-face-of-lyon Wed, 07 Jul 2021 19:11:40 +0200 veggie-meals-to-cable-cars-changing-the-face-of-lyon Environmental protesters spilled fake blood on Sunday on the steps of the Trocadero, a Paris tourist landmark, in a stunt to highlight the accelerated loss of biodiversity on Earth, AFP journalists reported. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190512/green-activists-spill-fake-blood-on-pariss-trocadero-landmark Sun, 12 May 2019 17:07:07 +0200 green-activists-spill-fake-blood-on-pariss-trocadero-landmark The Invalides district in the heart of Paris is about to become a playground for Formula E drivers and their fast-growing fanbase. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170519/central-paris-gets-set-to-become-giant-race-track Fri, 19 May 2017 14:30:15 +0200 central-paris-gets-set-to-become-giant-race-track The city of Paris on Monday took a historic decision to ban cars along a stretch of the River Seine as part of an anti-pollution drive. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160926/paris-bans-cars-along-part-of-river-seine Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:13:50 +0200 paris-bans-cars-along-part-of-river-seine French hotel giants Accor are going green and tackling food waste by planting vegetable gardens in many of their 3,900 hotels. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160413/french-hotel-giants-accor-to-plant-veg-to-cut-food-waste Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:48:26 +0200 french-hotel-giants-accor-to-plant-veg-to-cut-food-waste France is desperate to push through a deal to stem climate change and save the global environment. But while Paris talks the talk, does it have a sound environmental record to back it up? https://www.thelocal.fr/20151209/so-how-green-really-is-france Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:00:05 +0100 so-how-green-really-is-france The Eiffel Tower in Paris is making an effort to conserve its energy with two new state of the art wind turbines installed on the second floor, 127 metres off the ground. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150226/eiffel-tower-goes-green-with-new-wind-turbines Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:02:00 +0100 eiffel-tower-goes-green-with-new-wind-turbines Green Party politician Florence Lamblin, questioned by police in relation to an international money laundering scandal, has resigned from politics and paid an outstanding €31,000 tax bill. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121023/lamblin-laundering-scandal Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:50:00 +0200 lamblin-laundering-scandal