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Pope condemns environmental harm in Italy's 'Land of Fires'

Fire and flames

Pope Leo XIV made a visit on Saturday to Italy's "Land of Fires", where for decades the mafia has illegally dumped and burned toxic rubbish, poisoning both people and their land.Hazardous waste -- often from Italy's wealthy north -- has long been set alight or buried in the area around Acerra, a city near Naples, in the southern region of Campania.

Climate change and emissions

Shell clashes with climate activists in Dutch Supreme Court

Volcano eruption and ash
Extreme weather and natural hazards

India warns of power use as demand peaks during heatwave

Tsunami wave and coast
Energy, industry and green tech

Giant wind turbine rises in Germany amid far-right headwinds

Wind turbines and energy
Oceans, ice and biodiversity

'Dread': coral scientists fear bleaching El Nino could bring

El Nino climate pattern
Earth systems and signals

Full steam ahead for Milei's Andean mining revolution

Advanced battery and energy storage
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