Over 24 thousand euros. This is the “heart attack” water bill received by a 96-year-old young man from Sassuolo, Modena province, who recently received a painful surprise in his mailbox. The heroine of the story, Giuseppina Giavelli, is a widow accustomed to very different amounts when it comes to household items, a few tens of […]
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Not just water and fuel: There is no bread either in Gaza
The situation in the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly desperate for Palestinians. The people are exhausted from spending sleepless nights under bombings and being deprived of water, food and fuel. Fights and scuffles between civilians at water distribution points are becoming increasingly frequent. Just yesterday, on October 29, three weeks after the Hamas attack on […]
Humanitarian disaster This is how the water war is waged: Only salt water remains in Gaza. Lack of electricity in the Strip has closed water utilities and desalination plants, one of which is financed by Italy. Oxfam tells Today.it that disaster is approaching: “The first outbreaks are already being reported: there is a risk of cholera”.
There is only salt water left to drink in Gaza. Conflict has broken out in recent days: the Israeli government has launched hundreds of military airstrikes on the Strip in retaliation for Hamas’ attacks on October 7, and humanitarian aid has been halted. The UN has since reported that the entire population has been left […]
Il Tempo-Acea Conference: “Water is the driving force of economic development”
Water and water networks as a strategic and fundamental tool for the destiny of the country. The government believes this. Confirmation comes from the conference “Water = development” held yesterday at Palazzo Wedekind and promoted by Acea and Il Tempo, which addresses the issue of water, its use, the fight against waste and how the […]
Radioactive water release to Pacific begins in Fukushima
Operations began to release treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. In a video broadcast live from a factory control room, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings showed an employee operating the seawater pump, marking the beginning of the controversial project expected to take decades. Japan’s plan received the green […]
Accounts, a nightmare for Italians: an increase of 1,625 euros in ten years
Mind-blowing numbers, which represent a nightmare for Italian families. In 10 years, the average annual expenditure of Italians on electricity, gas, water and waste tariffs increased globally by +68.7%, an increase in expenditure equal to 1,625 euros per family, with electricity prices that, compared to 2012, recorded a record +240% increase. The study is from […]
The drought that has dried Europe for 5 years
Europe is building. After one of the warmest winters ever, a new summer is approaching, and the end of 2022 is the driest year since the mid-nineteenth century. The sharp drop in precipitation has lowered the level of rivers and lakes in Europe, but above all it has reduced groundwater reserves from Spain to Italy, […]
Dams, reservoirs and sewage, the government fights drought
The Council of Ministers approves the decree to combat drought. A control room is set up in Palazzo Chigi, which will meet within a month and will have management, coordination and monitoring functions to deal with the water crisis. It will be chaired by Minister of Infrastructure Matteo Salvini on behalf of Prime Minister Giorgia […]
Water crisis, Luca Zaia’s proposal: a Marshall plan against drought
A Marshall Plan to Combat Drought. In an interview with La Stampa, the governor of Veneto, Luca Zaia, intervenes in the debate on the water crisis that affects our country. According to Zaia, it is necessary to intervene in the cultural aspect and in the improvement and efficiency of infrastructures. The water crisis, in fact, […]
Brain-eating amoeba in tap water: 1 dead
Occurs in Charlotte County on Florida’s southwest coast: A man has died from possible consumption of tap water containing scientifically “brain-eating” microscopic amoeba. Naegleria fowleri. State Department of Health reported. The identity of the victim has not been released. Health officials said in a statement that the deceased was infected with the parasite “probably as […]