Archivi tag: ambiente

Pope Francis blasts global warming deniers in leaked draft of encyclical

By Michelle Boorstein, Anthony Faiola and Chris Mooney / Faiola reported from Berlin. Stefano Pitrelli in Rome and Sarah Pulliam Bailey in Washington contributed to this report.

A draft of a major environmental document by Pope Francis says “the bulk of global warming” is caused by human activity and calls on people — especially the world’s rich — to take steps to mitigate the damage by reducing consumption and reliance on fossil fuels.

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Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy

By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli in Rome and Eliza Mackintosh in London contributed to this report

PALERMO, Italy — Inside a midnight-blue BMW, a Sicilian entrepreneur delivered his pitch to the accused mafia boss. A new business was blowing into Italy that could spin wind and sunlight into gold, ensuring the future of the Earth as well as the Cosa Nostra: renewable energy.