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According to the director of Domino, the UN conference underway in Dubai is just an occasion in which "the powers say they are committed to saving humanity"

Over a third of all Italian tomatoes are produced in the heel of the country

Last October 3rd the workers of Magneti Marelli's Crevalcore plant went on strike against the intention, declared by the managers, to close the plant.After the mobilization of both the unions and local and national politicians, the company decided to suspend the closure procedure. Although Magneti Marelli mainly deals with batteries, the Crevalcore plant still works on internal combustion engine components.For this reason, the managers claim, there has been a decline in turnover in recent years which has made the closure of the plant essential. The crisis of Crevalcore's Magneti Marelli, in fact, cannot be seen as an isolated case, but as a failure of our country's strategy in keeping up with electric mobility.This while the rest of the world has decided to take the challenge seriously, even if more for geopolitical rivalries and electoral opportunities. What we talk about in this article:China's leap and America's responseThe USA, Biden and the electric car as a symbol of re...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The greater intensity and frequency of extreme meteorological phenomena are now causing enormous damage at all latitudes and unfortunately the death of many people caught unprepared by events for which we were not prepared.We have also seen it in Italy, recently in Emilia-Romagna twice within a few weeks, and last September in the Marche.But early warning systems and better management of the devastating effects of these catastrophic events can save many human lives.At least according to what one reports study by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Floods in Emilia-Romagna:an announced disaster and because climate change is also involved According to the report, in the countries most exposed to the consequences of the climate crisis, floods, storms and fires have caused trillions of dollars in economic damage over the last half century, but the number of human victims has f...

“After years of tenacious efforts, the sky in our country is bluer, the land is greener, the water is clearer, the colors of our country's many mountains and rivers are more vivid.”Whether we're talking about the environment or the economy, China's narratives around its environmental efforts are not short of poetry.On Wednesday, July 18, Washington's climate envoy, John Kerry, prepared to leave Beijing after three days of meetings without concrete results.In those hours, in another room of the capital, Chinese President Xi Jinping he pronounced his closing speech at the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection.As many expected, 72 hours were not enough to mend a dialogue on the climate that both powers like to mention without however realizing their intentions. However, the reopening of dialogue between the two countries could in itself be good news, as underlined also from Kerry:“We had very frank conversations, we came here to break new ground.”It's clear w...