environment

With a resolution approved last August 8, the centre-right council of the Abruzzo Region, led by President Marco Marsilio, officially authorized the killing of almost 500 deer starting next October 14th.Among the reasons given for the green light for the measure, the fact that the specimens would be numerically excessive, would cause too much damage to agriculture and would constitute a risk for road safety.If the associations of breeders and farmers claimed victory, the animal rights organizations reacted harshly.In particular, the WWF harshly criticized the decision, defining it as harmful to biodiversity, and underlining that, instead of opting to cull the deer, the Region could have implement preventative solutions, such as the use of fences and deterrents, through the use of PNRR funds. The plan predicts, specifically, a "selective sampling" by authorized hunters in two areas of the Abruzzo area of ​​L'Aquila, called District 1 and District 2, with the aim of...

Out of 265 water samples collected this summer in 15 Italian coastal regions, 37% were found to exceed legal limits in terms of microbiological pollution.Overall, in the seas of the Bel Paese, more than one point in three is therefore polluted.The percentage, which is equivalent to one polluted point every 76 km of coast, is up compared to 36% in 2023 and 31% in 2022.This was made known by the environmentalist association Legambiente, through the Goletta verde and Goletta dei laghi 2024 campaigns.As regards lake basins, out of 129 samplings carried out in 39 lakes in 11 Regions, 33% were found to be above the legal limits, an increase compared to 23% last year.Looking at seas and lakes overall, on the almost 400 points sampled in 19 Regions, 36% was therefore “over limit". “Italian seas and lakes are not in excellent health”. As Legambiente is the title of the press release describing the latest campaigns Goletta Verde and Goletta dei Laghi.The studies were prese...

After a life spent at sea defending whales, Paul Watson he was arrested on July 21 in Greenland, with Danish authorities responding to an international warrant issued by Japan.A month later, the Nuuk court decided to extend the detention of the Sea Shepherd founder until September 5, waiting for the Ministry of Justice to express its opinion on the extradition request made by Tokyo.From Greenland, Captain Watson's lawyers reported irregularities in the process, such as the absence of a translator, and called for the activist's immediate release.According to the defense, in fact, the international arrest warrant is based on false evidence fabricated by the Japanese authorities.The latter – declared Paul Watson – seek «revenge for the international humiliation caused by the television series Whale Wars, which documented our actions against illegal whaling." Whale Wars has put the spotlight on this violent practice, banned internationally since 1986.Despite th...

The Italian government has decided to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the moratorium approved at the beginning of July by the Sardinia Region in which an 18-month suspension was foreseen for new projects linked to the production and storage of renewable energy.According to the government, this regional legislation in fact exceeds the competences attributed to Sardinia by the Statute, coming into conflict with national and European laws and violating articles of the Constitutional Charter.The governor of Sardinia Alessandra Todde immediately attacked the Meloni executive, later accused of "demagoguery" by the Brothers of Italy.The Sardinian parliamentarians of the 5 Star Movement have expressed their support in a note thrown the gauntlet at the government on the issue. The hypothesis that an appeal against Sardinian law no.5 of 3 July 2024, entitled "Urgent measures for the protection of the landscape and landscape and environmental assets", had already be...

The construction of wind turbines to be installed at sea would activate some key sectors of Made in Italy.Between 2020 and 2023 requests for over 100 GW, but the government remains cautious on the objectives