Enbridge’s Great Lakes Tunnel Project: A Setback in Environmentalism

Canada’s Enbridge Energy is notorious for the disruption of natural ecosystems and the dismissal of tribal rights.  The oil company has been most widely known in recent years for Pipeline 3, a project which has been largely protested by indigenous communities and grassroots activists and has received relatively large media coverage.  They are also responsible

Coca-Cola to Release 100% Plant-based Bottle

The worlds worst corporate plastic polluter is making their bottles 100% plant based in North America. After being named the world’s worst plastic polluter for the fourth year in a row by Break Free From Plastic Campaign, Coca-Cola unveiled its first ever 100% plant-based plastic bottle. The only thing that is not made from it

Do You Know What You Breathe?

Air pollution from energy and heating, traffic, and industrial sources, contaminated inland waters, acid rain, and insufficient industrial waste treatment and disposal programs are among the major environmental that Italy is confronting. Although there are exceedances of the EU daily air pollution limit value throughout the EU, the largest concentrations were detected in central and eastern

How to Reduce Your Internet Footprint With Your Smartphone

by Erika Macrina Do you know what your smartphone truly costs? Apple recently declared the company is committed to be one hundred percent carbon neutral for all its products by 2030. The tech corporation has already invested in new ways to lower energy use and help switch its supply chain to clean energy. However, as

5 Most Endangered Marine Species

I bet that you have never thought about how your environmental choices affect the endangerment of marine species, or any animal species for that matter. Living in a big city such as Rome can make us feel very detached from this issue. The most common reason we give ourselves for the dying out of animals

SOS – We’re Drowning in Trash

I remember when I first started studying in Rome. I was falling in love with the Eternal City, hungry for adventure and eager to discover its various quirks, but what started as a romance, quickly became a toxic relationship. The discontent with the cities overflowing trash under my feet was growing stronger and stronger –

Hundreds of Dead Fish Found in the Tiber River

One of the first topics Italian children study in history is the Ancient Roman Civilization. They get to know right away Roman’s skills as builders and engineers. Indeed, if you ever walk around the city you can see how every building, road, street, monument, fountain is masterfully constructed. Ancient Romans believed that every citizen must

Fuel with Less Emissions?

A mustard plant might be a new form of fuel Lately I have been reading Bill Gates book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and The Breakthroughs We Need, and he always mentions how we have to get to 0 emissions. While I have not finished the book yet, what I

Less Pollution Will Really Make Rome an Eternal City

E-scooters are often promoted as an enviromentally friendly form of transport, but a study from Arcadis reveals that they are not good for climate change. Rome — Many European cities, including Rome, have already committed to limiting air pollution and CO2 emissions through e-scooters and other forms of soft mobilities, but are they as green