Some 161 animals, 194 plants risk extinction in Italy
Source: Ansa
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-17 11:49:34 -0700 | green-news
Some 161 animal species and 194 plant specimens risk extinction in Italy, according to a new study released Friday...Amongst those are various species of lake and river fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and sea fish, as well as flora, the...
Pioneering Italian Town Leads Europe in Waste Recycling
Source: Inter Press Service
Capannori :: Italy | updated 2013-05-17 10:34:56 -0700 | green-news
Capannori, a rural town in the Italian province of Lucca, in Tuscany, boasts a proud history. Six years ago, it became a trendsetter and leader, not just in Italy but throughout all of Europe, as the continent's first Zero Waste...
Rain and floods continue to thrash northern Italy
Source: Ansa
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-17 08:59:31 -0700 | green-news
Unseasonably heavy rains continued to flood parts of northern Italy Friday, killing at least one person and causing hundreds of millions of euros in damage. In the Valsugana valley between the Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige regions, a landslide blocked the...
High water floods Venice
Source: Ansa
Venice :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 11:13:11 -0700 | green-news
Venice was inundated with 'high water' floods after a bout of unusually heavy rain Thursday. Low-lying areas such as St Mark's Square and the Rialto Bridge neighborhood barricaded storefronts as 110 centimeters of sea water crept over the banks of...
High winds and heavy rainfall in northern and central Italy
Source: Ansa
Vicenza :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 08:10:40 -0700 | green-news
Rome, May 16 A weather alert was issued on Thursday for residents of central and northern Italy as heavy rains and strong winds swept across the area over the past 24 hours, causing flooding and damage...The local population has been...
Up to 175 species, 10 habitats vanish from Italy says WWF
Source: Ansa
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-15 12:48:00 -0700 | green-news
As many as 175 species and 10 natural habitats have disappeared from Italy's landscape, according to a study released Wednesday by the World Wildlife Fund. The figures, drawn from studies by the international organization, come just days before Sunday's WWF...
9-km driftnet seized off Salerno
Source: Ansa
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-15 05:59:19 -0700 | green-news
Italian coastguards seized a nine-kilometre-long driftnet cast into the sea off Salerno Tuesday night. The owner of the boat was cited for using illegal nets and two sailors for threatening officers. Police said the net "could have caused serious damage...
Whip Snake found in ambulance engine
Source: Ansa
Bastia Umbra :: Italy | updated 2013-05-15 04:54:34 -0700 | green-news
A one-meter long snake found in the engine of an ambulance in the Umbrian town of Bastia Umbra has been safely returned to its natural habitat, Italian forest rangers said on Wednesday. The harmless Whip Snake (Coluber viridiflavus) was seen...
Mount Everest shedding frozen cloak
Source: Indian Express
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-14 09:26:02 -0700 | green-news
Mount Everest is shedding its frozen cloak as its glaciers have shrunk at an alarming rate of 13 per cent over the last 50 years due to global warming, a new study has warned. Glaciers smaller than one square kilometre...
Probe opened into ancient ruins crushed by Costa cruise ship
Source: Ansa
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-14 08:21:21 -0700 | green-news
Investigators have opened a probe into the archaeological damage caused by the Costa Concordia cruise liner that crashed off the coast of Tuscany and killed 32 people. The wrecked ship is resting on top of two ruins from 200 BC...
Energy efficiency could save 22 billion euros, says study
Source: Ansa
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-07 11:56:46 -0700 | green-news
Homes and businesses in Italy's Lazio region, home to capital city Rome, could save up to 22.1 billion euros through greater energy efficiency, says a study on sustainability released Tuesday. Over the decade from 2010 to 2020, more efficient energy...
L'Aquila mayor hands back sash in protest at State inaction
Source: Ansa
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-06 08:51:19 -0700 | green-news
The mayor of L'Aquila handed back his sash Monday to protest the government's failure to deliver on pledges to rebuild the Abruzzo capital after a 2009 earthquake that killed 309 people. Massimo Cialente said he would resign "if the funds...
Tornado Smashes Through Northern Italy
Source: Sky News
Bologna :: Italy | updated 2013-05-05 04:46:03 -0700 | green-news
Dramatic footage has emerged of a tornado that ripped through northern Italy, damaging hundreds of buildings and injuring at least 12 people. Amateur video showed the twister as it struck towns and villages close to Emilia Romagna's regional capital Bologna....
Northern Italy's Canavese inundated by rain
Source: Ansa
Turin :: Italy | updated 2013-04-29 08:59:52 -0700 | green-news
Torrential rains continued to drench the mountainous Canavese area north of Turin on Monday, where the downpour in recent days has caused millions of euros worth of damage. The mayors of seven towns made a joint appeal to have the...
As contractors draw back, RI likely to miss CBM target
Source: The Jakarta Post
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-04-28 20:27:29 -0700 | green-news
The Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Susilo Siswoutomo said on Friday that delays might happen given the current situation, where all of the country's CBM contractors had yet to submit their plan of development (PODs) to the regulator. A...
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