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| France to ban heated terraces in cafes and bars | France to ban heated terraces in cafes and bars |
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| France's government has announced new environmental measures, including a ban on heated terraces for cafes and bars. | France's government has announced new environmental measures, including a ban on heated terraces for cafes and bars. |
| Ecology Minister Barbara Pompili said outside heating or air conditioning was an "ecological aberration". | Ecology Minister Barbara Pompili said outside heating or air conditioning was an "ecological aberration". |
| The ban would not come into force until after the winter as restaurants have been hard hit by Covid-19, she added. | |
| All heated or air-conditioned buildings open to the public will also have to keep their doors closed to avoid wasting energy. | All heated or air-conditioned buildings open to the public will also have to keep their doors closed to avoid wasting energy. |
| Ms Pompili told reporters it was wrong for shops to "air-condition the streets" in summer by keeping their doors open just to spare customers from having to open them. | Ms Pompili told reporters it was wrong for shops to "air-condition the streets" in summer by keeping their doors open just to spare customers from having to open them. |
| "Neither should terraces be heated in winter so people can feel warm as they drink coffee," she said. | "Neither should terraces be heated in winter so people can feel warm as they drink coffee," she said. |
| Trade groups say more than 75% of restaurants and cafes in the Paris area have a heated terrace. | Trade groups say more than 75% of restaurants and cafes in the Paris area have a heated terrace. |
| A few French cities have already banned them but Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo refused to do so, saying it would be too much of a blow to businesses. | A few French cities have already banned them but Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo refused to do so, saying it would be too much of a blow to businesses. |
| Citizens' Convention | Citizens' Convention |
| Ms Pompili said officials would talk to owners about ways of implementing the measure after the winter. | |
| She was appointed by new Prime Minister Jean Castex, who has pledged €20m ($23m; £18.2m) for climate-related investment as part of a €100m stimulus plan aimed at helping the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic. | |
| The measures announced by Ms Pompili were proposed by the 150-member Citizens' Convention on Climate, set up by President Emmanuel Macron last year and randomly selected from members of the public. | The measures announced by Ms Pompili were proposed by the 150-member Citizens' Convention on Climate, set up by President Emmanuel Macron last year and randomly selected from members of the public. |
| They also include the creation of two natural parks and a national nature reserve. | They also include the creation of two natural parks and a national nature reserve. |
| Owners of buildings will be encouraged to improve insulation and banned from installing new coal- or oil-burning furnaces, while limits will be imposed on developments in rural areas. | Owners of buildings will be encouraged to improve insulation and banned from installing new coal- or oil-burning furnaces, while limits will be imposed on developments in rural areas. |