The Greening of France
From the article:
France is trying to clean up its act, readying measures this week aimed at reversing its image as environmental laggard and making it a pioneer in the fight against global warming and other threats to the Earth’s well-being.
Yet environmental groups fear the measures, to be finalized at a conference Wednesday and Thursday, will be too watered down to make a difference in France’s carbon emissions and have little impact on worldwide efforts to reduce the pollution that is warming the planet.
President Nicolas Sarkozy isn’t letting those fears slow his push to raise France’s eco-profile.