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In Sardinia, the collection of signatures has officially started to stop wind and photovoltaic park projects on the island in the absence of an adequate regional energy plan.It was launched by the "No Committee", which aims to obtain the vote soon 10 thousand signatures needed to bring citizens to a consultative referendum.The protagonists of the initiative are, specifically, the lawyer Michele Pala, responsible promoter, and the Arzachena doctor Pietro Satta, contact person for Gallura.«Do you want the Sardinian landscape, on land and sea, to be modified with the installation on the land and at sea of ​​industrial wind and/or photovoltaic systems for the production of electricity?» we read in question at the center of the signature collection, which the Committee aims to achieve submit to the vote of Sardinian citizens. “Meetings to promote the referendum and initiatives to collect signatures are underway throughout the island,” wrote...

In Thailand, a recent seizure of 48 lemurs and over 1,200 endemic Madagascar tortoises, in danger of extinction, has once again put the spotlight on the global reach of wildlife trafficking networks.The success of the operation was aided by information from a joint transnational investigation between Thai law enforcement and international anti-trafficking organizations working to dismantle networks in Asia, Africa and South America.Among the confiscated animals were ring-tailed lemurs, common brown lemurs, spider tortoises and radiated tortoises, all likely destined for the illegal animal trade in Asia.The story also shed light on limits of the institutions in containing the phenomenon.The government of Madagascar, for example, under the admission of the Madagascar Minister of the Environment herself, should guarantee greater enforcement of the law, fight systemic corruption and strengthen surveillance in the remote protected areas of the country. Authorities discovered the animals c...

Planting olive trees against the indiscriminate and coercive expropriation of land.Return to the earth the plants eradicated by corporate interests.The roots as an emblem of the struggle.This is the meaning behind it popular uprising that arose spontaneously within a few hours in the countryside of Selargius, in Sardinia, immediately renamed "the revolt of the olive trees".Here, last Saturday, a citizen was the victim of a forced expropriation.He had refused to sell his lands to Terna, the company in charge of carrying out the work for the commissioning of the Tyrrhenian Link, the long cable that will connect Sardinia to the peninsula to transport the electricity produced by wind power to the island .In response, the company began to uproot the olive trees forcibly planted on the land.The reaction from the area was immediate:about a hundred people were on site to prevent the company from continuing.He was born like this a permanent garrison, which intends to resist against th...

In the United States, for the second year in a row, the pressure from shareholders of large multinationals in favor of resolutions has weakened in defense of the environment and social rights.In particular, the support from large financial funds for the so-called ESG sustainability criteria is disappearing.These data are reported by the responsible investment association ShareAction, which he highlighted that corporate sustainability support averaged around 20% in 2022, well below 2021 levels.As of 2024, only two shareholder resolutions related to environmental policies have received support from the shareholders of major publicly traded U.S. companies.Both proposals have pushed companies to provide more public information about their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.In essence, except for a few sporadic cases, the large financial funds seem to do just that are throwing away their "green" mask, the same one worn when the environmental protests of a few years ago kep...

In the port of Oristano, where the permanent garrison against the transit of special vehicles transporting wind turbines was established in recent days, the first tensions with the police were recorded during the night.A group of people actually sat on the ground for prevent the transit of trucks which transport the components of the shovels to the areas of the island where they will then be installed, an initiative which led to the immediate intervention of the police, who immediately set up a cordon to protect the vehicles in riot gear.«The giant wind turbines are starting towards territories to be devastated despite the moratorium, all together we can stop them" was the appeal, in recent days, of the Group for the Protection of the Sardinian Territory (Gruttes), which started the initiative.In recent weeks, in fact, the Region had given the green light to one moratorium which blocks every new renewable energy project, wind and photovoltaic, in order to stop what has been...