Are you climate change skeptics? Go to the Mont Blanc
Bloomberg reporter Helen Fouquet went back to the Mont Blanc 27 years after her last visit. In 1988, it took only 3 steps to reach the glacier, today it takes 370.
Andrea Barolini
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Don’t call them migrants, call them refugees
The refugee crisis triggered a semantic debate all over Europe, useful to understand who is approaching the continent.
How to switch to renewables, at no cost: the recipe by Greenpeace
According to the environmental NGO Greenpeace it is possible phasing out fossil fuels by 2050, without economic barriers.
Greece: a journey into the life of Athanasia. Like millions of citizens, she works to survive
A husband with a pension too low to live on, three children to sustain, and an insecure job: millions of Greeks living like Athanasia: oppressed by austerity.
Military coup in Burkina Faso overthrows the president
The military in Burkina Faso, which yesterday arrested President Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Isaac Zida, has announced the government destitution. The news has been released by the Lieutenant-Colonel Mamadou Bamba who appeared on the national television to declared that a new “National Democratic Council” had put an end “to the deviant regime of transition”. Moreover,
New disturbing footage emerges from Hungary, the country rejecting refugees
The country led by the conservative Viktor Orban builds a barrier to keep migrants out. A video shows how they are treated in camps.
Venezuela, harsh sentence for opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez
The Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been convicted of inciting violence during the 2014 anti-governmental protests.
COP21 is getting close: governments meet but they lack in results
Two preparatory meetings have been held in Bonn and Paris in view of the COP21: governments found common ground, but problems remain unsolved.
Flamanville reactor set to be ready by 2018. But it will cost three times the initial budget
The French company EDF announced that the costs of the new EPR reactor will reach 10.5 billion euros.
CO2, the Netherlands to appeal against the conviction to reduce emissions
The Dutch Government announced its will to appeal against the judgement that last June obliged it to cut CO2 emissions.