Environment news from Italy: archives

EEA country report for Italy is not very positive

EEA: Italy failing on wages and energy

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has issued a stark appraisal of Italy. Its country profile for Europe’s Environment 2025 warns that social and environmental problems now overlap.

Swimming in the Tiber could soon be a reality says Rome Mayor. By Rabax63 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59186870

Rome Mayor: Swimming in Tiber ‘within reach’

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Swimming in the Tiber could be possible within five years, Rome’s mayor Roberto Gualtieri has said.

Rome to invest €9 million in Aurelian Walls project

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Rome will spend €9.245 million to redevelop a five-kilometre stretch of the ancient Aurelian Walls, the city announced this week.

Blue Crab in Adriatic Sea. By WitherSweat - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=167753329

Blue crab crisis devastates Italy’s clam farms

September 2, 2025September 2, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s blue crab emergency is worsening, hitting clam farms in central regions as well as the northern epicentre of the invasion.

Smoke from the Mount Vesuvius wildfire as seen from Pompeii

Mount Vesuvius wildfire – arson suspected

August 10, 2025August 11, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Mount Vesuvius remains closed to hikers as firefighters battle a wildfire that has spread across the volcano’s slopes for a third day. The blaze, which broke out on Friday, has destroyed more than 500 hectares of forest and agricultural land in the Vesuvius National Park, forcing the suspension of all trail access.

Heatwave to grip Italy ahead of Ferragosto

August 9, 2025August 9, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy is bracing for another heatwave from north to south in the days leading up to Ferragosto, the national summer holiday on Friday 15 August.

Vatican proposes solar farm on controversial radio site.

Vatican to build solar farm on controversial site

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A 430-hectare site north of Rome, once at the centre of a long-running health controversy, is set to become a solar farm powering the Vatican’s green transition.

Storms hit Lombardy region hard Storm warning

Storm warning issued for central and northern Italy

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s Civil Protection Department has issued an updated storm warning for central and northern regions, with adverse weather expected from the early hours of Saturday, July 26.

Ilva plant, 2007 Image by Alberto Vaccaro via flickr.com under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

EU Ombudsman probes long-standing Ilva pollution case

July 20, 2025July 20, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The European Ombudsman has launched an inquiry into the European Commission’s handling of a 12-year-long pollution case linked to the Ilva steel plant in Taranto, southern Italy, EuroNews first reported.

environmental crime by ecomafia on the rise. Image credit: ksmo111/ Shutterstock

Surge in environmental crimes as ‘ecomafia’ organisations expand

July 11, 2025July 11, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Environmental crime in Italy rose sharply in the past year, with over 40,000 offences recorded, according to Legambiente’s Ecomafia 2025 report released Thursday. The association said that criminal activity linked to environmental damage increased by 14.4% compared to 2023, with 40,590 crimes logged between May 2024 and April 2025, an average of 111 offences per […]