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#France's Blatant Disregard for the Health of its People – How the Government and Lobby Groups have been Pushing Diesel Cars
▻http://multinationales.org/France-s-Blatant-Disregard-for-the-Health-of-its-People-How-the-Gov

The large majority of France’s car fleet runs on diesel, despite its lamentable health effects and the enormous costs involved for society. But who is to blame? Since the eighties, political authorities, industrial figures and transport professionals have persistently backed the diesel engine even though its emissions have always been recognized as extremely harmful – and even carcinogenic. And the evidence continues to mount against it. But the French government recently announced an (...)

#Investigations

/ #Automotive_Industry, France, #PSA_Peugeot_Citroën, #Renault, #Lobbying, #environmental_impact, #influence, #regulations_and_norms, Environmental (...)

#Environmental_Health
“►http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/ED81.pdf”
“►http://www.senat.fr/commission/enquete/cout_economique_et_financier_de_la_pollution_de_lair.html#c617158”
“►http://www.airparif.asso.fr/_pdf/fiches-polluants-2014.pdf”
“►http://www.liberation.fr/terre/2013/03/04/corinne-lepage-le-lobby-automobile-a-detricote-la-loi-sur-l-air_886185”
“►http://www.france5.fr/emission/5089153dbb94781404003039/50891541bb94781404003430”

Gérard Araud sur Twitter : “#Iran. The US press describes the negotiations how there was no other country involved. As usual, the rest of the world doesn’t exist.”
▻https://twitter.com/GerardAraud/status/584184822647672832

Laura Rozen sur Twitter : “@GerardAraud partly fair but partly not. for most part, the EU which should speak for 6 has entirely ceded that role for year or so”
▻https://twitter.com/lrozen/status/584185366657245184

Matt Lee sur Twitter : “@GerardAraud So tell us, M. #Ambassadeur, what was #France's contribution to this round of #IranTalks?”
▻https://twitter.com/APDiploWriter/status/584364973100531712

#France's #prison inmates 60-70% Muslim, though Muslims are 12% of France’s population:
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802560_pf.html #Islam

Intelligent debate about France’s failure to integrate everyone would be helpful but with coming #elections I know what to expect instead...

#France's highest court on Wednesday upheld several convictions for “organized fraud” against the Church of #Scientology:
▻http://www.thelocal.fr/20131016/french-court-upholds-fraud-verdict-against-scientologists