The negative impact of oil in the world. Wars, climate change and health
The consequences of oil extraction and use are devastating. From the environment to health, from human rights to armed conflicts.
Andrea Barolini
Contributor
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Renewables surged in 2015, with 8.3 per cent extra production capacity
La costruzione di nuovi impianti basati su fonti rinnovabili ha consentito di aumentare dell‘8,3 per cento la capacità produttiva in un solo anno.
Oil. France announces a moratorium on drilling in the Mediterranean
Il ministro dell’Ambiente Ségolène Royal ha annunciato una moratoria sulla ricerca di petrolio in mare: “Rischiamo conseguenze drammatiche”.
France, pipeline breaks spilling 550,000 litres of fuel oil
La rottura accidentale di un oleodotto sotterraneo tra Loira Atlantica e Bretagna ha comportato un’importante fuga di petrolio. Evacuate alcune case.
Panama Papers. Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigns
17:52 – Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has resigned according to the leadership of the Progressive Party. After the strong pressure put on him by the Icelandic people following the Panama Papers scandal, Gunnlaugsson decided to resign from the position of head of the Reykjavik government. The protest in front of the Icelandic Parliament
Why Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton argued over the fossil fuel lobby
In Purchase, US town just a few kilometres from New York City, Hillary Clinton carried out yet another electoral speech for the primaries. As she left the stage, a young Greenpeace activist asked her: “Thank you for tackling climate change. Will you act on your words and reject future fossil fuel money in your campaign?” The
What are the Panama Papers, which reveal tax havens’ secrets
A huge archive of documents, nicknamed the Panama Papers and leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, allowed discovering how the world uses tax havens. 107 international newspapers carried out a 9-month investigation on 11.5 million dossiers filed in the law firm founded in 1977 by German Jurgen Mossack and Panamanian Ramon Fonseca, specialists of offshore
France. What is the “Davos of oil” summit environmentalists are raging against
Si terrà nella città di Pau, in Francia, un summit mondiale della lobby del petrolio. A Parigi la protesta delle organizzazioni ambientaliste.
Vegetarian diet could save millions of lives
If the whole world decides from now on to cut out meat and dairy products from its diet, more than 8 million lives would be saved by 2050, according to a study carried out by the University of Oxford. Moreover, it shows that the massive adoption of vegetarian or vegan diets – on a global level –
Angelina Jolie visits Syrians in Lebanon: “We can’t help some refugees and not others”
“It is tragic and shameful that we are so far away from that point,” from the end of the Syrian civil war. American actress Angelina Jolie visited Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, at the border with Syria, as a special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Aid isn’t enough Her visit, on the