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#13085503

11 December 2025

An opponent holds a sheet reading 'Anacronism69'. A final hearing on the legality of the environmental authorizations for the planned highway A69 between Toulouse and Castres takes place in the Administrative Court of Appeal of Toulouse, France, on December 11, 2025. Plaintiffs against the A69 ask the court to nullify all environmental authorizations given for the A69 project. Opponents gather in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. They argue that this highway is not legally sound, that NGE/Atosca (builders) do not respect even their own documents about ecological compensations, violence against opponents, non-compliance with regulations, etc. NGE/Atosca and the Minister of Ecology plead that this highway is 'necessary by nature' and that the first decision of the Administrative Court to scrap the authorizations is an 'anomaly'. The verdict will be given on December 30, 2025. The main association 'La Voie est Libre' (i.e., 'The Way is Free') wants the building of the highway to be stopped until all the justice decisions on the content are given. Opponents of this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be sufficient for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. The A69 highway will cost EUR512 million (in 2018 euros without inflation) for 54 kilometers.

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#13085504

11 December 2025

An opponent gestures near the entrance of the Court and near a false Environment Code before the beginning of the hearings. A final hearing on the legality of the environmental authorizations for the planned highway A69 between Toulouse and Castres takes place in the Administrative Court of Appeal of Toulouse. Plaintiffs against the A69 ask the court to nullify all environmental authorizations given for the A69 project. Opponents gather in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. They argue that this highway is not legally sound, that NGE/Atosca (builders) do not respect even their own documents about ecological compensations, violence against opponents, non-compliance with regulations, etc. NGE/Atosca and the Minister of Ecology plead that this highway is 'necessary by nature' and that the first decision of the Administrative Court to scrap the authorizations is an 'anomaly'. The verdict will be given on December 30, 2025. The main association 'La Voie est Libre' (i.e., 'The Way is Free') wants the building of the highway to be stopped until all the justice decisions on the content are given. Opponents of this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be sufficient for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. The A69 highway will cost EUR512 million (in 2018 euros without inflation) for 54 kilometers. This takes place in Toulouse, France, on December 11, 2025.

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#13085505

11 December 2025

Juli Rover, one of the main lawyers for the A69 opponents, speaks to them after the hearings. A final hearing on the legality of the environmental authorizations for the planned highway A69 between Toulouse and Castres takes place in the Administrative Court of Appeal of Toulouse. Plaintiffs against the A69 ask the court to nullify all environmental authorizations given for the A69 project. Opponents gather in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. They argue that this highway is not legally sound, that NGE/Atosca (the builders) do not respect even their own documents regarding ecological compensations, and that there are violations against opponents and non-compliance with regulations. NGE/Atosca and the Minister of Ecology plead that this highway is 'necessary by nature' and that the first decision of the Administrative Court to scrap the authorizations is an 'anomaly'. The verdict will be given on December 30, 2025. The main association, 'La Voie est Libre' (meaning 'The Way is Free'), wants the construction of the highway to be stopped until all judicial decisions on the matter are given. Opponents of this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be sufficient for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. The A69 highway will cost EUR512 million (in 2018 euros without inflation) for 54 kilometers. In Toulouse, France, on December 11, 2025.

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#13085506

11 December 2025

MP Anne Stambach-Terrenoir gestures during a discourse in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. A final hearing on the legality of the environmental authorizations for the planned highway A69 between Toulouse and Castres takes place in the Administrative Court of Appeal of Toulouse. Plaintiffs against the A69 ask the court to nullify all environmental authorizations given for the A69 project. Opponents gather in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. They argue that this highway is not legally sound and that NGE/Atosca (builders) do not respect their own documents regarding ecological compensations, violence against opponents, and non-compliance with regulations. NGE/Atosca and the Minister of Ecology plead that this highway is 'necessary by nature' and that the first decision of the Administrative Court to scrap the authorizations is an 'anomaly'. The verdict will be given on December 30, 2025. The main association 'La Voie est Libre' (i.e., 'The Way is Free') wants the building of the highway to be stopped until all judicial decisions on the content are given. Opponents of this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be sufficient for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. The A69 highway will cost EUR512 million (in 2018 euros without inflation) for 54 kilometers. This takes place in Toulouse, France, on December 11, 2025.

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#13077659

9 December 2025

Vehicles drive through a dusty road as a worker sprays water from a truck to control dust in a polluted area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 9, 2025.

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#13077660

9 December 2025

Vehicles drive through a dusty road as a worker sprays water from a truck to control dust in a polluted area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 9, 2025.

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#13074723

8 December 2025

Norfolk, Virginia, is hit with a snowstorm on December 8, 2025.

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#13074724

8 December 2025

A snowstorm hits Norfolk, Virginia, on December 8, 2025, Monday afternoon.

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8 December 2025

Norfolk, Virginia, experiences a snowstorm on December 8, 2025.

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#13061506

5 December 2025

A worker blows dust off a road section in Balaju, Nepal, that locals had earlier blocked. The area is now prepared for blacktopping after being cleaned.

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#13061507

5 December 2025

A worker blows dust off a road section in Balaju, Nepal, that locals had earlier blocked. The area is now prepared for blacktopping after being cleaned.

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#13061508

5 December 2025

A worker blows dust off a road section in Balaju, Nepal, that locals had earlier blocked. The area is now prepared for blacktopping after being cleaned.

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#13061509

5 December 2025

A worker blows dust off a road section in Balaju, Nepal, that locals had earlier blocked. The area is now prepared for blacktopping after being cleaned.

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#13061510

5 December 2025

A worker blows dust off a road section in Balaju, Nepal, that locals had earlier blocked. The area is now prepared for blacktopping after being cleaned.

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#13049328

2 December 2025

A sanitation worker guides a refuse collection truck operating in a narrow historic street in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, on November 22, 2025. The scene highlights the challenges of waste management and essential services operating within the Tuscan historic center, indicated by the ''ZTL CLOSED'' sign and pedestrian traffic.

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#13042162

30 November 2025

A white van belonging to Misericordia di Subbiano, marked with the words ''SERVIZI SOCIALI'' (Social Services) and blue and yellow stripes, parks on a dirt road next to a park and cypress trees in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, on November 21, 2025. A female staff member wearing a high-visibility yellow jacket and blue trousers enters the vehicle. A historic stone tower is visible in the background.

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