By Jessica Corbett Climate activists from across the globe on Tuesday welcomed an ambitious new plan for Milan that will, according to the Guardian, transform 22 miles of street space currently reserved for cars “with a rapid, experimental citywide expansion of cycling and walking space to protect residents as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.” Greece-based author […]
Italy has stepped into the forefront of environmental education by adding the climate crisis and sustainable development as a mandatory part of the curriculum, the country’s education minister announced Tuesday, as The New York Times reported. Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti is the government’s most vociferous advocate for green policies and encouraged students to skip school […]
A river overran banks in Sicily Saturday night, flooding a villa and drowning nine members of two families who were staying inside, The New York Times reported. The tragedy brought the death toll from Italy’s week of punishing wind and rain to more than 30, The Guardian said, as the country endures what the civil […]
The worst flooding in at least a decade swamped Venice Monday as an exceptionally high tide covered around 70 percent of the iconic island city, the Huffington Post reported. Venice is the Mediterranean World Heritage Site currently most at risk from flooding due to sea level rise, according to a recent study, and the city […]
By Jessica Corbett Animal rights advocates are celebrating a move by the Italian parliament on Wednesday to, over the next year, phase out the use of all animals in circuses and traveling shows. “We applaud Italy and urge countries like the U.K. and the U.S. to follow this example and end this cruelty,” said Jan […]
The overwhelming global response to President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement was essentially, “Go jump in a lake”—or as one Germany tabloid succinctly phrased it in a widely circulated headline: Very much enjoying the German press at the moment. "Earth to Trump…" pic.twitter.com/sPqkUPYVlw — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) […]
A vital message has risen up from the Grand Canal in Venice. Two, 5,000 pound hands appear to be gripping the walls of the historic Ca’ Sagredo Hotel echoing the warning of experts that say “The Floating City” could sink in as little as 100 years. Internationally renowned Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn unveiled his new […]
A Italian member of parliament has proposed a controversial new bill that would put parents behind bars if they restrict their children to a vegan diet. The so-called “Savino law” would “stigmatize the reckless and dangerous eating behavior imposed by parents … to the detriment of minors.” Flickr Elvira Savino of the conservative Forza Italia […]
Worldwatch Institute Global use of solar and wind energy continued to grow significantly in 2012. Solar power consumption increased by 58 percent, to 93 terrawatt-hours (TWh), and the use of wind power increased by 18 percent, to 521 TWh. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock Although hydropower remains the world’s leading renewable energy, solar and wind continue […]
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