Post Profile

An Italian official's war on prostitution has previously involved cameras, raids, patrols and fines. But now it's reached a new extreme: In order to better hunt down the sex workers in the Abruzzo region, Angelo Di Paolo proposes to chop down all vegetation along the banks of a river Environmental groups estimate the plan would destroy 69 acres of woodland vital to the local ecosystems and say that authorities had not even taken into account all of the carbon the trees absorb or pollution they prevent from reaching the river, according to The Guardian.
read more

L'Aquila is a small town in an italian region usually not familiar to foreigners, Abruzzo. The earthquake struck in the middle of the night (nine... Read Post

A 5.3 magnitude tremor hit central Italy's Abruzzo region, where 272 people died following Monday's powerful quake, early Thursday, causing concern among rescue workers involved in the clear up operation.... Read Post

They mght not look like it, but these trees are among the innocent victims of a global sex trade. (Photo: L. Casadei / Getty) Trees just can’t catch a break. As if rampant clear cutting and the ravages of global warming and invasive... Read Post