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Mille grazie!
Should we take Italian nuclear waste? |
Joseph Romm |
07 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, insanity, Italy, nuclear power, recycling, waste (all these topics) |
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Under My Mozzarella (Ella, Ella, Eh, Eh, Eh)
Trash likely the source of dioxin tainting Italy's mozzarella |
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28 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:11 PM on 28 Mar 2008 Some batches of Italy's famous buffalo mozzarella cheese have been tainted with dioxin, leading to alarm in the nation's $500 million mozzarella industry. The source of the contamination? Buffalo near Naples are likely grazing in soil tainted with dioxin from piles of toxic garbage that the mafia-controlled trash business can't, or won't, get under control. ... |
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| Topics: food, Italy, news, toxics, waste (all these topics) |
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Waste Not, Want Waste Not
U.S. may import 20,000 tons of nuclear waste |
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28 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:08 PM on 28 Feb 2008 Know how the U.S. hasn't even figured out a long-term solution for its own nuclear waste? Perhaps importing 20,000 tons of radioactive material from Italy might not be the best idea. Not to mention that we don't want to do the Italians any favors until they decriminalize crotch-grabbing. From the Archives Ducking Donald. U.S. forest official will not be jailed over f ... |
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| Topics: energy, Italy, news, nuclear power, United States, waste (all these topics) |
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'Groin turns into no-go zone for luckless Italians'
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David Roberts |
28 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Italy (all these topics) |
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When the Trash Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie
Streets of Naples fill with garbage, Italian army called in |
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07 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:41 PM on 07 Jan 2008 The ongoing trash problem in Naples, Italy, has become so bad that the Italian army has been called in to bulldoze piles of rubbish that were blocking entry to city schools. Garbage collection stopped more than two weeks ago, for the simple reason that all of the area dumps are full to overflowing. The city of 2 million creates some 8,000 metric tons of ... |
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| Topics: insanity, Italy, news, waste (all these topics) |
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The Italian Job
Milan, Italy, institutes congestion charge |
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03 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:39 PM on 03 Jan 2008 In Milan, congestion pricing is the new black. (Oh, like you have a better fashion pun?) Under Milan's new plan, which kicks off as a one-year trial, vehicles driving into the urban center on weekdays between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. must pay up to $14 per day; low-polluting cars are exempt from the charge. Milan has the third-highest number of cars per capita in Europe, and some 89,000 cars enter the cit ... |
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| Topics: Italy, news, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Mamma Mia!
Italian village first host to outbreak of spreading tropical disease |
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27 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 10:19 AM on 27 Dec 2007 Congratulations to Castiglione di Cervia, Italy, the first place in modern Europe to feel one dismal effect of a warming world: a tropical disease out of its natural habitat. This summer, more than 100 people in the village of 2,000 came down with fever, exhaustion, and terrible bone pain later found to be caused by chikungunya, a disease spread by warm-climate-lovin' tiger mosquitoe ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, health, Italy, news (all these topics) |
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Sweet XVI
Pope lauds Montreal Protocol, Vatican aims for carbon neutrality |
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17 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 5:18 PM on 17 Sep 2007 The Montreal Protocol turned 20 this weekend -- and you forgot to get it a gift, didn't you. As nearly 200 nations convene this week to discuss the protocol, which has been successful in spurring an international phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals, it has been lauded by no less a person than Pope Benedict XVI, who declared on Sunday, "In the last two decades, thanks to an exemplar ... |
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| Topics: international treaties, Italy, news, ozone, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Critical Mass
Pope urges youth to care for the planet |
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04 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 7:37 AM on 04 Sep 2007 Pope Benedict XVI preached the gospel of green to hundreds of thousands of young Catholics in Loreto, Italy, on Sunday, one day after the Italian church's designated Save Creation Day. While the church gave out recycled-material backpacks filled with biodegradable plates, hand-cranked cell-phone chargers, and prayer books printed on recycled paper, the pontiff implored young people to care for the earth. &quo ... |
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| Topics: Italy, news, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Cheap biofuels, or dear pasta?
Globalization of the fuel vs. fuel debate |
Ron Steenblik |
10 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, Canada, energy, food, Italy (all these topics) |
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Shrinkage
Population, that is |
David Roberts |
27 Nov 2006 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: green living, Italy, Japan, population (all these topics) |
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What really happened to your missing sock
New ad brings laundry to life |
Andrew Sharpless |
26 Jun 2006 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: advertising, business, Italy (all these topics) |
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Win Some, Luge Some
WWF gives Turin Olympics mixed grade for eco-impacts |
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10 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Win Some, Luge Some WWF gives Turin Olympics mixed grade for eco-impacts For the next few weeks the world will be glued to its TVs for a spectacle of heartbreak and triumph called ... American Idol. But some folks might also watch the Olympic Winter Games. Are they green? WWF has given the Turin Games a mixed score, noting seven eco-positive outcomes including cleanly fueled public transport and recycl ... |
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| Topics: Italy, news, outdoor recreation, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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The Turin of the Screw
Italy Winter Olympics to be carbon-neutral, but enviros aren't mollified |
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15 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Turin of the Screw Italy Winter Olympics to be carbon-neutral, but enviros aren't mollified All right, who's ready for a "winning the green medal" joke? Us too! Organizers say the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, will have no net impact on global climate disruption, thanks to energy efficiency, clean-energy tech, and tree planting to offset carbon dioxide emissions. Italian enviros, thoug ... |
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| Topics: green living, Italy, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Chances With Wolves
Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, may mean trouble for rare Alpine wolves |
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04 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Chances With Wolves Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, may mean trouble for rare Alpine wolves Construction being done in the lead-up to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in and around Turin, Italy, may be driving off the region's rare wild wolves. Researcher Francesca Marucco has noticed a lack of lupine poop near the Alpine area hosting several Olympic venues, normally a favorite hunting ground for the pack of 15 to 18 wolves she and col ... |
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| Topics: Italy, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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They're Not Kidding
Anxious over declining population, Italy pays citizens to procreate |
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09 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| They're Not Kidding Anxious over declining population, Italy pays citizens to procreate While many environmentalists fret about overpopulation, Italians are fretting over the opposite. Despite the stereotype of its massive Catholic clans, Italy actually has one of the lowest birthrates in the world, a population set to shrink by a third by 2050, and the world's highest percentage of population aged 65 or older (18.6 percent in 2003). Th ... |
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| Topics: Italy, population (all these topics) |
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Italy jumps on the SUV-bashing bandwagon
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Lisa Hymas |
13 Oct 2004 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, Italy (all these topics) |
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A Green and Pleasant Continent
Europe's Green Parties Unite |
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23 Feb 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| A Green and Pleasant Continent Europe's Green Parties Unite Thirty-two national Green parties united on Saturday to become the European Green Party, predicting that a unified voice will gain them influence and votes in the coming elections. The Greens, now the first pan-European political party, will run under a common banner and with a common age ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, European Union, Germany, green living, Italy, political groups (all these topics) |
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The Reports of Kyoto's Death are Greatly Exaggerated
The Inside Scoop on Milan, Mercury, and More |
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03 Dec 2003 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: climate, Italy, Russia, United Nations, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Battery FAQ
On recycling batteries |
Umbra Fisk |
28 Oct 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I have to humbly admit that for years I've known that one can recycle batteries, but unfortunately, I've never known where or how to do this. I've been living in Seattle and northern Italy for the last year, and I have a pile of old batteries in each place. If you have any insight into how I might go about recycling them in both the U.S. and Europe, I'd so appreciate it! With gratitude, Meg Seattle, Wash., and Ivrea, It ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, Italy, recycling, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics, waste (all these topics) |
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Their Dumpsters Runneth Over
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16 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Their Dumpsters Runneth Over They're talking trash in Naples, Italy -- literally. For the past week, the city and its suburbs have been overwhelmed by garbage, which is oozing from dumpsters, blowing down sidewalks, causing school closures, blocking traffic, and dominating local conversation as residents and city officials alike wonder what to do about it. Although a solution is evasive, the p ... |
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| Topics: Italy, pollution and waste, solid waste treatment and disposal (all these topics) |
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Rome If You Want to
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22 Nov 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Rome If You Want to One-third of Italy's most important cultural sites are in a state of emergency, according to the Italian environmental group Legambiente, which studied 36 areas in the country that have been designated World Heritage sites by the United Nations. The group said water pollution was threatening Venice, while smog and sprawl were damaging Naples, Flore ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Italy, Mediterranean, placemaking, pollution and waste, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Vati-can Do
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11 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Vati-can Do Pope John Paul II and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leaders of Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity, signed a declaration yesterday stating that protecting the environment was the "moral and spiritual" duty of all believers. The document does not include any binding action plan, but is the first signed by the two religious leaders concerning the environment. ... |
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| Topics: health, Italy, religion and spirituality, Vatican City (all these topics) |
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Elephants: Never Forget
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26 Feb 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Elephants: Never Forget A shocking 80 percent of wild elephants in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam fell victim to the ivory trade between 1988 and 2000, according to a report issued yesterday by Save the Elephants. The report blamed French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, and Chinese tourists for driving ... |
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| Topics: Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, international government agencies, Italy, Japan, Laos, Nepal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, wildlife (all these topics) |
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A Mess In-a Messina
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16 Nov 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| A Mess In-a Messina Italy has declared states of environmental emergency in Venice, Milan, and Messina. Venice is beset with water pollution caused by boat traffic in its canals, while road traffic in the other two cities is producing too much air pollution. The country's parliament may now appoint local commissioners to impose tough new anti-pollution measures, su ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, international government agencies, Italy, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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