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ALL AFRICA NIGERIA- Arrangements are in top gear to bring back the water engineers from Israel that constructed the Owerri Water Scheme during the Sam Mbakwe administration. Disclosing this in an interview, the commissioner for public utilities and rural development, Mr. Ralph Nwosu, the best option left for the administration was to bring back the originators of the project to take a critical look at it, as well as remedy the nagging problem in the place. Read More

LA TRIBUNE FRANCE - Of the 71 clusters that make up the France since 2005, one in four is active in the cleantech through fields as diverse as clean energy, energy efficiency, eco-building, environmental technologies, sustainable mobility, green chemistry or the sustainable city. Read More

BCN SPAIN - The Catalans are becoming more aware of what behaviors are more respectful towards the environment. Apart from being applied in their homes, it also increases the number of times moving in sustainable modes of transport such as cycling or walking, as indicated by the survey of attitudes and values about the environment and sustainability. Six out of ten Barcelona claim they have good habits on the environment and sustainability with respect to the use of public transport, waste segregation, buying habits and energy saving. Read More

L'EXPRESS - "We must change our method of implementing environmental measures in agriculture", said this weekend Nicolas Sarkozy visited the Agriculture Fair. "We will introduce a new method of working together. I will not let sacrificing the interests of our agriculture from the behavior of others," he added. Statements that raise the ire of environmentalists who now feel betrayed by the head of state. Read More