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PARIS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - A heatwave curbing the availability of cooling water has prompted a production warning from operator EDF for the Saint Alban nuclear power plant on the Rhone river in eastern France for Aug. 26-27. Similar warnings have been issued this summer at plants including those at Bugey and Tricastin, which are…

Lyon’s food culture was further spurred by its location, with the Alps to the east and farmland to the west.

Lake Geneva, nestled at the foot of the Alps, has long been considered as a near-pristine body of water, but new research has found that its plastic pollution levels are as high as those in the oceans. Oceaneye, a Geneva-based non-profit that has for more than a decade been scouring the seas to collect plastic fragments, has turned its attention closer to home to landlocked Switzerland. "We compared the levels with the ocean data and reached the conclusion that the microplastic pollution on...

FOUNEX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Lake Geneva, nestled at the foot of the Alps, has long been considered as a near-pristine body of water, but new resea...

FOUNEX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Lake Geneva, nestled at the foot of the Alps, has long been considered as a near-pristine body of water, but new resea...

Our weekly wrap of transport news in France

FOUNEX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Lake Geneva, nestled at the foot of the Alps, has long been considered as a near-pristine body of water, but new resea...

, Nestled At The Foot Of The Alps, Has Long Been Considered As A Near-Pristine Body Of Water, But New Research Has Found…

FOUNEX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Lake Geneva, nestled at the foot of the Alps, has long been considered as a near-pristine body of water, but new resea...

Scorching temperatures have hurt vines in southern France so much that output will fall but the hot weather could produce a vintage of "exceptional" quality, wi...