A good news for the environment: renewable electricity generation exceeded fossil fuel generation, for the first time ever. In the first half of 2020, renewables – wind, solar, hydro and bioenergy – generated 40% of the EU-27’s electricity, whereas...
The Joe Biden era has begun. A radical change for the United States and its climate policy, which his predecessor Trump had boycotted in favor of not-so-green initiatives, such as the withdrawal of states from the Paris Agreement.
One of...
The Minister for Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolani, and the Minister for Youth Policy, Fabiana Dadone, have signed a memorandum of understanding for the promotion of the "Environmental and Sustainable Development Civil Service", which provides for programmes and projects aimed...
University of Cincinnati geography researchers have identified a tipping point for deforestation that leads to rapid forest loss. Geography professor Tomasz Stepinski used high-resolution satellite images from the European Space Agency to study landscapes in 9-kilometer-wide blocks across every...
There is a type of pollution that is little known and barely visible that affects a massive amount of children, almost 800 million globally. This is lead poisoning which "with few initial symptoms, silently destroys the health and development...
The list of Italian sites where the National Radioactive Waste Repository will be built has been published.
Developed by Sogin, the CNAPI proposal was validated by ISIN (formerly ISPRA), and subsequently by the Ministries of Economic Development and the Environment....
In order to contribute to the knowledge and protection of pollinating insects, which are now more threatened than ever, a group of young researchers, led by Prof. Andrea Di Giulio, and composed of PhD students, scholarship holders and students...
Global warming is the evil of this century. Human beings are
responsible for climate change and for what is happening to the environment.
Scientists are all in agreement in blaming human activities and the intensive
exploitation of natural resources for global warming,...
“We still have a chance to restore our marine ecosystems if we act decisively and coherently and strike a sustainable balance between the way we use of seas and our impact on the marine environment”, Hans Bruyninckx, European Environment...
Yesterday, 30th September, the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition published the decrees with the selection criteria for projects relating to investments in infrastructure to support separate collection and recycling plants. The measure aims to achieve the recycling targets set...
