A fancy restaurant on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower may not be the obvious setting for environmental activism, but Michelin-starred chef Thierry Marx wants to make it a showcase for climate-friendly cuisine. Offering seasonal and local ingredients, cooked with minimal use of energy, his "Madame Brasserie" restaurant gives diners a spectacular view over Paris and an inkling of how the restaurant industry can dress a greener table. French chef Thierry Marx poses at the Eiffel Tower restaurant 'Madame Brasserie' with a dish that he says is more environmentally-friendly in Paris, France, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Yiming Woo. Putting the finishing touches on a starter of leeks as his team gets ready for the evening service, Marx said his menu is designed to minimise the restaura...
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Lights on the Eiffel Tower will soon be turned off more than an hour earlier at night to save electricity, the Paris mayor announced Tuesday, as Russia’s war in Ukraine deepens an energy crisis in Europe. Mayor Anne Hidalgo said the iconic tower that is normally illuminated until 1 a.m. is only one of the city’s monuments and municipal buildings that will be plunged into darkness earlier in the evening as the French capital — like the rest of France and Europe — faces risks of power shortages, rationing and blackouts when energy demand surges this winter. FILE PHOTO: People walk on a bridge next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Wednesday Feb. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh, File) Russia has reduced natural gas supplies to several European countries as they support Ukraine, se...
Read MoreThe Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne. The wrought-iron 324-metre (1,063 ft) high tower, built by Gustave Eiffel in the late 19th century, is among the most visited tourist sites in the world, welcoming about six million visitors each year. FILE PHOTO: A woman, wearing a mask, rides her bicycle near the Eiffel tower at Trocadero square in Paris during the nationwide curfew, from 7 p.m to 6 a.m, due to tighter measures against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes However confidential reports by experts cited by Marianne ...
Read MoreIt’s an exciting news amidst all the recent concerns about depleting coral population on the Great Barrier Reef, one of the wonders of our earth. Researchers have recently found a large, detached coral reef, measuring more than 500 meters (1,640 feet) in height, in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia.This is the eighth known detached coral reef in the area, and the first to be discovered in the past 120 years.While little is known about these reefs, scientists have observed that they host an array of marine life.This particular reef doesn’t appear to have been affected by the recent bleaching events at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, according to the lead researcher. A view of the surface of a 500-metre-tall coral reef discovered by Australian scientists, off Austral...
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