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The European authorities have announced proposals to relaunch the ecological transition in Europe with tangible measures aimed at simplifying the procedures necessary for a change of pace; in fact, it seems that Europe suffers from a lack of competitiveness due to high energy costs and this requires a diversification of energy sources, evidently with a greater so-called green share, in order to compensate for this deficit that penalizes entire sectors. It will also be necessary to create a common platform to implement green technologies such as solar and wind-based technologies as well as basic materials in order to support this ecological transition; then it will be necessary to reduce emissions in problematic sectors such as chemicals, steel and those connected to the supply chain for automotive production and transport in general.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Jan 30, 2025                  n°:   5861      
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Yet another wave of bad weather has affected some regions in Italy, Tuscany and Liguria are particularly affected with for example with cloudbursts and collapses in roads, then there is talk of high waves at sea, strong winds and storm surges with two ships in Marina Di Massa and Cesenatico in difficulty. Various landslides caused by heavy rainfall in the mountains have melted the snow and even where it has snowed temperatures are high and the snowpack is rather unstable in some places; the disturbance is moving to the South with alert in Sicily and Calabria. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic themes the low temperatures reported in northern Michigan in the United States and in other areas that have long been hit by arctic currents, while in the world in general several countries complain of great heat and excessive temperatures.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Jan 29, 2025                  n°:   5860      
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What has been defined, with a comparison regarding the early stages of the conquest of space, almost a kind of overtaking between global powers in terms of generative artificial intelligence (on percentages of calculation efficiency and with much lower resources) continues to open questions about how these questionable technologies are apparently developing even with open program codes available to all; therefore with people who in theory could easily use them for less than positive purposes. At the same time it is disturbing to see the progress made in the development of humanoid robots and how the use of quantum computers is becoming more and more widespread, some say that the arrival of artificial intelligence will be like a kind of tsunami that will wipe out entire categories of workers, activities, human creativity could become a simple accessory.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Jan 28, 2025                  n°:   5859      
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Record wind gusts of over one hundred and eighty kilometers per hour have lashed Ireland caused by the storm called "Eowyn", we are talking about one victim and tens of thousands of homes left without electricity supply (the electricity grid in some places cannot be repaired quickly for safety reasons) as well as uprooted trees and inconvenience. Both in Ireland and Scotland the authorities had closed schools and cancelled flights as a precaution and shelters had been set up, strong winds with gusts also affected Great Britain with a risk of flooding. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues that in Britain territory a huge iceberg detached from the Antarctic a few decades ago due to climate change is heading dangerously towards a remote uncontaminated island in the territory of South Georgia.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Jan 27, 2025                  n°:   5858      
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Last year an area covered by vegetation the size of Italy went up in smoke in Brazil, almost eighty percent more than in 2023, while there are currently still numerous fires in the Amazon largely due to ranchers and farmers who want to expand the land suitable for their activities with these illegal practices. These are discouraging data for the Brazilian authorities to present at the COP30 climate conference to be held in November in Belem since the 2024 data represent the largest area lost since 2019, a serious damage to the whole planet; in fact, there is a risk that the Amazon will emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than it absorbs. Once vegetation has burned it is difficult to restore an environment that can support an ecosystem in balance with the planet's new climatic characteristics.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Jan 25, 2025                  n°:   5857      
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The firefighters with the support of helicopters would have been able to contain the fires that are devouring the vegetation in mountainous areas north of Los Angeles, we are talking about tens of thousands of people authorized to return to their homes (evacuation orders had reached over fifty thousand and many remain with alert notices), while a fire in the southwest of Ventura County is worrying since the vegetation is quite dry due to eight months of absence or little rainfall and the so called Santa Ana winds could advance the flames quickly. In the meantime the death toll from previous fires is twenty-eight with fourteen thousand structures destroyed, then barriers are being prepared in hilly areas (near Palisades and Altadena) in the event of any rains that would drag a flow of debris downstream.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Jan 24, 2025                  n°:   5856      
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Sixteen people would be killed, five missing and several injured in a central area in the province of Java due to landslides caused by intense and prolonged rainfall especially in the Pekalongan, a thick layer of mud hinders the intervention of rescuers; then there is talk of floods, particularly affected the city of Bandar Lampung with fourteen thousand houses submerged affecting over eleven thousand two hundred residents, the global current "La Nina" tends to intensify rainfall in the archipelago (but with climate change hydrogeological risks are increasing). As for California new outbreaks are devouring vegetation forcing the evacuation of more than thirty thousand people in Los Angeles, north of the city, three thousand two hundred hectares of woodland have already gone up in smoke for what has long been considered a disaster of great proportions.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Jan 23, 2025                  n°:   5855      
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After China the United States is among the countries that emit the most climate-altering gases into the atmosphere, but in first place if we consider the historical total of these greenhouse gases emitted; so some protest about the exit of the U.S. from the Paris climate agreements, then this happens just when California has recorded the worst forest fires in its history (and currently Texas is affected by an anomalous cold wave at these latitudes). Countries quite affected by climate change such as Iran, Libya and Yemen have also not joined the agreements; so in part the same considerations can be made. It is estimated that the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions would have to be forty percent by 2030 and almost sixty percent by 2035 to be able to limit warming that would make the planet unlivable.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Jan 22, 2025                  n°:   5854      
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Climate change has caused coffee production to drop in many countries such as Brazil and Vietnam where fluctuating rainfall has favored the formation of mold, fungi and plant diseases, with a consequent rise in prices also because demand generally remains quite high (but declining in Europe), so to balance this reduction there would be proposals for new crops in countries less affected by climate change or where now there seem to be more favorable climatic conditions such as Togo, Ivory Coast and Kenya in Africa. There has been talk of records lately for the prices of Arabica quality beans (the most valuable and with the greatest healthy characteristics) and also partially for the prices of robusta, so action should be taken to improve productivity by preventing growers discouraged by climate change from neglecting plant care.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Jan 21, 2025                  n°:   5853      
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The abundant rainfall that affected Sardinia would have quickly filled the reservoirs that were empty due to a period of prolonged drought, it seems that in some cases they are full beyond the threshold of attention, relief for farmers struggling with water restrictions regarding uses in the fields. In Sicily region the water returns to come out of the taps, but due to a storm damage in Catania in a square on the seafront due to the erosion of the coast (landslide also in stretches of streets in east coast of Sicily). In Abruzzo region the rains have melted the snow and the reservoirs are sometimes so full that it was also necessary to pour water, needless to say that the snow mass would have guaranteed a more durable reserve helping to recharge the aquifers.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Jan 20, 2025                  n°:   5852      
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