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Water reserves are running dry in parts of Italy, leading some politicians to demand urgent action on the climate emergency. “The climate crisis is not ideological, it is a dramatic reality in Sicily,” Angelo Bonelli, spokesperson for the Europa Verde (Green Europe) political party, said while rallying outside government headquarters in Rome on Thursday. “Farmers are uprooting vineyards, citrus groves, they are slaughtering animals because there is no water. This is a disastrous situation.” Condemning the silence of PM Giorgia Meloni on the issue, he said the government is “leaving an entire r...
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If you’re a regular visitor to Italy, you might have noticed the nations’ apparent reluctance to drink tap water. As we all try to cut down our waste, the statistic that each Italian consumes an average of 208 litres of bottled water every year is fairly stark. That finding, from market research firm CSA Research, also revealed that only 29.2 per cent of people in Italy drink tap water every day - and that nearly half (43.3 per cent) drink exclusively bottled water. It shows that Italy is the biggest consumer of bottled water in Europe and the second-biggest worldwide after Mexico, where tap w...
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Villagers in at least six Romanian counties, Constanța, Alba, Dolj, Iași, Prahova, and Gorj are receiving water rations. Specialists report that water consumption triples during the hot period, overwhelming the capacity of the tanks. Cotnari village in Iasi is struggling with a severe water crisis, leaving thousands of residents with rationed water supply due to prolonged drought and low rainfall. Gheorghe Savin, a local resident, highlighted the dire situation: "We don't have water. It was promised that it would be restricted between 6 am and 9 am. It doesn't flow, not a single drop of water....
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A state of emergency has been declared in Messara, on the Greek island of Crete, as the region grapples with a severe water shortage. The Faneromeni dam, the lifeline of the area for water and irrigation, has seen its levels fall to alarming lows. This crisis was caused by illegal water pumping which resulted in a loss of 3 million cubic meters of water, as well as low rainfall and intense heat. Farmers in Messara are in a desperate situation, facing peak irrigation needs in the middle of the water crisis. One resident said, “There’s a big problem. The heat is relentless and we don’t know if w...
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Just weeks after Greece was hit with its earliest ever heatwave in June, parts of the country are facing a new crisis: severe water shortages. A state of emergency has been declared in Sifnos in the Cyclades, Leros in the Dodecanese Islands, Sami in Kefalonia and in parts of Crete. Islanders are demanding urgent intervention as water supplies dry up. Water levels are also low in the peninsula of Attica, which encompasses Athens. On the island of Naxos in the South Aegean, the largest reservoir has dried up due to low rainfall and hot weather, news agency Reuters reports. What’s behind the wate...
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Endurance swimmer Joan Fennelly is undaunted by frigid water and long distances, swimming year-round in the wild. But she takes extra precautions in her own backyard. The River Thames is one of Britain's many waterways contaminated with sewage and agricultural pollution. “If it looks right, if its smells right, I’ll go in," Fennelly said. Britain has become notorious as a place where a casual swim could lead to an extended visit to the toilet, if not the hospital. A torrent of news on dirty water has spilled into next month's election to determine which party controls government for the next f...
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A list of chemical substances affecting water pollution agreed by ambassadors from the member states as an opening salvo in negotiations over an update to Water Farmework Directive has been slammed by green campaigners who see it as evidence of backtracking on the Green Deal. Member states will be asked to take measures to meet the quality standards for the additional pollutants — including some so-called “forever chemicals” (PFAS), pharmaceuticals and pesticides — and to make their monitoring data available more often, according to the agreed text recently sealed by the EU Belgian Presidency....
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The Scheldt Estuary in Flanders has long been on the flooding frontline. Its low-lying landscape and open connection to the sea make it highly vulnerable to storm surges. When the sea level rises abnormally due to strong winds and low atmospheric pressure, this weather phenomenon can lead to significant flooding during high tide. “When there is a high tide in combination with a storm on the sea, and if the storm and the wind are blowing from the northwest, then it's actually pushing the water into the estuary, so we need protection,” says Elias Verbanck, a Project Manager at the LIFE SPARC pro...
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We now wash our clothes more than ever before thanks to technological advances making it easier and cheaper to do laundry. The average household in Europe does up to five loads of laundry a week and bigger machines mean more energy and water are being consumed. Access to washing machines has also increased, rising from 30 per cent of the world’s households in 2010 to 80 per cent in 2024. The ease of throwing something in the laundry bin and concern about being seen as clean have us washing our clothes even when they aren’t really dirty. But, from the microplastics shed by our garments to the e...
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It's decision time for Europe. European elections start officially today with the first country, The Netherlands, opening the polling stations. 500 million Europeans are set to vote in this election between today and Sunday (9 June) to elect 720 members of the European Parliament from the 27 EU member states. What is the mood in the European capitals amid the elections? Are EU citizens engaged in the European political debate? What are the main polarising issues? Radio Schuman criss-crossed European capitals with our correspondents in Amsterdam, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, and Paris, who gave us a f...
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