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French President Emmanuel Macron's Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio

posted by martyb on Sunday September 02 2018, @02:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the who-will-take-his-place? dept.

Public Resignation of French Environment Minister

hendrikboom writes:

It appears that the French environment minister has become so disgusted with his government's inaction that he has publicly resigned.

PARIS (Reuters) - French Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot resigned on Tuesday in frustration over sluggish progress on climate goals and nuclear energy policy, dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's already tarnished green credentials.

Macron Minister Nicolas Hulot Quits on Live Radio

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Global Engineering News reports:

Hulot said in the interview France is "persisting" in a nuclear industry that's a "useless madness, economically and technically".

"I don't want to lie to myself anymore", said Hulot.

The TV personality was lured into government past year as President Emmanuel Macron sought a high-profile figurehead for the environmental agenda.

In his radio interview, however, Hulot emphasized the inadequacy of "mini-steps" on climate change by France and other nations, voicing hope that his exit might "provoke deep introspection in our society about the reality of the world".

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by c0lo on Sunday September 02 2018, @03:07AM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday September 02 2018, @03:07AM (#729408) Journal

    They just need to cut away all that red tape.

    Easy said than done; most of it is old plastic and will need to be recycled or otherwise cleanly disposed of.
    For the future, they'll use biodegradable red tape; until then though, sustainable mini-steps need to be taken.

    Or try something like thorium, which India is doing

    Not even India is trying thorium red tape.

    (grin)

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by khallow on Sunday September 02 2018, @03:29AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday September 02 2018, @03:29AM (#729409) Journal

    Not even India is trying thorium red tape.

    At least, it'd be red tape with a half life.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday September 02 2018, @04:13AM (1 child)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday September 02 2018, @04:13AM (#729415) Journal

      Not even India is trying thorium red tape.

      At least, it'd be red tape with a half life of 1.405×1010 y [wikipedia.org]

      FTFY :)

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      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Sunday September 02 2018, @04:41AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday September 02 2018, @04:41AM (#729419) Journal
        Yea. Not impressive. Now, I'm in a catch 22. Shortly half-life means more radioactive red tape.