Tommaso Perrone
Editor in Chief
After days of verbal disputes, tensions, and psychological pressures, physical violence has arrived. Hungarian police decided to use violence to placate refugees, which are forced in a camp protected by barbed wire as if they were prisoners, near the city of Horgos, along the border with Serbia. Refugees tried to break the barriers to
One of the main countries, and one of the most debated, chosen by refugees to reach Northern Europe is Hungary. Among the measures taken by Viktor Orbán’s government there is the construction of a wall along the border with Serbia, aimed to contain the flow of people illegally entering the country that, according to local
National Geographic, one of the world’s most famous magazines for environment, nature, and science, enlivened by the activity of hundreds of explorers, photographers, and scientists, has been bought by 21st Century Fox, the US information giant founded by Rupert Murdoch. He who has always expressed his scepticism about global warming and its consequences.
20 million traditional light bulbs illuminating Indian streets and houses in a quite inefficient way will be soon replaced by LEDs. This is what the Minister for Energy Piyush Goyal on behalf of the Indian government has announced by renewing its pledge of improving the lighting industry through the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP). The estimated
Greenpeace is asking for the elimination of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), lab-made chemical substances widely used in the production of sports and outdoor apparel such as jackets, trousers,and shoes, in order to make them waterproof. The request by the environmental organisation derives from the persistent and hazardous traits of such substances. In June and July, volunteers and
The Planet’s trees drew particular attention on the occasion of the climate change conference held in Paris (COP21), which was aimed to reach a new binding deal against global warming. Trees, in fact, are our best allies in reducing CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. Particularly surprising news comes from a study led by Thomas Crowther at
After having restored the name Denali, coined by the Koyukon Athabascan ethnic group, to Mount McKinley, the US’ tallest mountain (20,237ft, i.e. 6,168m), Alaska, the US President Barack Obama is on a mission “into the wild” (quoting the famous book by Jon Krakauer) to discover, experience and tell the life of the Alaskans who are
Brazil has taken and is still taking big steps to contain illegal logging and save the Amazon, one of the Earth’s most important natural areas. Deforestation rates dropped by nearly 80% over 8 years, passing from an average of 27,000 square kilometres in 2004 to 5,000 in 2012. A significant result achieved thanks to laws
Seemingly positive news is going to shake the history of the country where women have the least rights in the world and that of the entire Islamic world. Saudi Arabia will allow women to vote and run in municipal elections. The news has been released by local media in conjunction with the start of the
The United Nations General Assembly has approved for the first time and unanimously a resolution against poaching and illegal wildlife trade. Promoted by Gabon and Germany, the proposal was supported by over 70 countries, including Italy. The resolution was defined as historic and aims to stop the increasing demand – on the black market – of animals that
