Sustainable Travel

by ITALY | Tue, 02/12/2008 - 05:05

Venice's long 'pigeon war' could be heading for a solution, local officials say.The city has for years been trying to rid its historic squares of sellers of…

Animal activists free pheasants from 'concentration camp'

by ITALY | Mon, 02/11/2008 - 04:37

Animal rights activists freed 15,000 pheasants from a bird farm in Emilia-Romagna on Thursday, leaving a message comparing the farm to a Nazi concentration…

Adriatic Cargo Ship blaze still not under control

by ITALY | Fri, 02/08/2008 - 05:28

Fire-fighters have still been unable to bring totally under control a fire which has engulfed a Turkish cargo container ship in the Adriatic, sector sources…

Trash production up, recycling still stuttering

by ITALY | Thu, 02/07/2008 - 06:40

Italy's production of trash continues to grow and efforts to recycle are failing to take off in many regions, according to a new report by the government's…

Tsunami risk for southern Italy

by ITALY | Thu, 02/07/2008 - 05:20

Southern Italy, and in particular Sicily, could risk being hit by a tsunami in the event of an earthquake in the Mediterranean Sea, according to a new report.…

Italian lakes at risk, report says

by ITALY | Tue, 02/05/2008 - 03:21

Pollution and George Clooney fingered as culprits - Climate change, pollution, drought and even Hollywood are threatening Italy's lakes, a new report has…

Italy lost half its bees in 2007

by ITALY | Sun, 02/03/2008 - 03:41

The Italian bee population fell by almost half in 2007, spelling disaster for honey production and threatening farming as a whole, experts said on Tuesday.A…

European Commission to send Italy final warning on trash crisis

by ITALY | Fri, 02/01/2008 - 06:23

The European Commission is to send Italy a final warning on the trash crisis in Campania, urging it to resolve the emergency or face possible fines.''The…

Eco-Energy: public competition for renewable energy

by ITALY | Sat, 01/26/2008 - 07:01

700,000 euro for projects relating to geothermal energy - The Consortium for the Development of Geothermal Areas (COSVIG), which aids private entities and…

Lifestyle

Warm-up in the Alps

by ITALY | Fri, 01/25/2008 - 09:35

Climate change is hitting the Alps hard with major melting that is proceeding faster than expected, an environmental report warned on Monday.The report,…