Etna

Paroxysmal activity is underway from the South-East crater

The Sicilian councilor for energy and public utility services he signed a decree that will allow the volcanic ash emitted by Etna to be used in a circular perspective, or rather, using them in production cycles as a replacement for other raw materials.The measure, in particular, indicates the procedures that municipalities and companies will have to follow for the valorization of usable ashes deposited on roads, roofs and other open areas.«From a problem for municipalities, for cleaning and disposal, volcanic ash can become a resource for companies that will be able to use it in the production phases», explained the councilor underlining that, according to national legislation, volcanic ash are excluded from waste regulation."We will launch a communication campaign to raise awareness among private citizens of a collection of volcanic ash that encourages its reuse," he added. The guidelines for the sustainable reuse of volcanic ash were welcomed positively by the P...

After theEtna eruption, which occurred in recent days, an old hoax has started circulating again:Volcanoes emit more CO2 of human activities. Etna has just told the geniuses of the Last Generation who is in charge, says a profile on Twitter.Those who relaunch this hoax think, in this way, of giving a raspberry to the activists and of revealing to the world truths that we all had before our eyes, but which we did not see because we were blinded by propaganda gretina And green.Because the idea, of course, is always that everything that revolves around climate change originates from the heads of activists.Scientists didn't know that volcanoes emit CO2, nor that the Sun is larger than the Earth, as a collaborator of the newspaper informs us The Truth.Let's see how things are. In 2022, the energy sector, the one responsible for the majority of emissions, produced 36.8 billion tons of CO2.Volcanic activities generate every year 200-400 million tons of CO2.Two orders of magnitude difference,...