Louisiana, meet the United States’ first climate refugees
L’isola di Jean Charles, a causa dell’aumento dei livelli del mare, è ormai quasi completamente inghiottita dalle acque. La piccola comunità che ci vive è costretta ad abbandonarla.
Florida, state of emergency declared as algae blooms threaten local ecosystems
Over 560 billion litres (150 billion gallons) of water from Lake Okeechobee in the US state of Florida have flewn into the delicate ecosystems of the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon since January 2016. This has caused an explosion in the blooming of blue-green algae, also called cyanobacteria, which can be dangerous to human and
At least 66 million trees have died in California over the past 6 years
Siccità, incendi e parassiti stanno decimando le straordinarie foreste della Sierra Nevada ad un ritmo senza precedenti.
A near-total ban on ivory coming soon to the United States
In response to an alarming rise in the poaching of the African elephant population, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a near-total ban on the sale of ivory products in the country, even across state lines. It will take effect on the 6th of July. While ivory import bans and restrictions have been in
Love trumps hate. A weekend of Pride in New York
After a moment of silence for the victims of the Orlando shooting, the New York Pride Parade began at noon on the 26th of June. Thousands of people flooded the streets of Manhattan to celebrate the 46th annual LGBT pride march: 32,000 marchers, 425 groups and around 2.5 million spectators. This year the event came at an
California will close its last nuclear plant to invest in renewables
La centrale nucleare di Diablo Canyon chiuderà nel giro di dieci anni. Decisione presa grazie alla crescita delle rinnovabili e dell’efficienza energetica.
United States, no more grinding of new-born chicks by 2020
The lives of millions of little chickens will be spared every year thanks to new technology determining their gender before they hatch.
How the Arctic is becoming greener
Thanks to satellite data systems NASA has been monitoring 1,000 hectares of land across Canada and Alaska. The tundra has already changed because of global warming.
What happened in Orlando, stage to one of the USA’s deadliest mass shooting
Orlando, a city in Florida of over a quarter million inhabitants, was theatre to a shooting that killed 50 people in the early hours of Sunday the 12th of June. The attack took place in a gay nightclub, Pulse, and was perpetrated by 29-year-old Omar Mateen, who was shot and killed by Orlando police. At the
San Diego will run on 100 per cent renewable energy by 2035
San Diego is a US city in Southern California, the last you come across before the border with Mexico. However, it’s likely to become the first – and the largest – US city to meet its 100 per cent renewable energy goal. The city council has recently signed unanimously the Climate Action Plan. The