Geologists can not predict earthquakes, but they can describe the geological cycles that regulate the CO2 balance of the Planet, from its origins to today and they can predict and account the excess of CO2 that suffocates the Planet. Many companies have shown significant commitments on the problem of excess CO2 and invested in climate…
Surface water runoff: crime in absence of law As it flows over the land surface, stormwater picks up potential pollutants that may include sediment, nutrients (from lawn fertilizers), bacteria (from animal and human waste), pesticides (from lawn and garden chemicals), metals (from rooftops and roadways), and petroleum by-products (from leaking vehicles): the Decree 152/2006 estabilish with…
The cost of water in Italy is among the lowest in Europe, supports CENSIS in Issue 4 of the Diary of the Transition. It is also known that the quality of public water, despite national regulations, is very variable and locally very poor for high content of Calcium, Manganese, Iron, Vanadium, Magnesium, Selenium, Sulfates, Boron,…
SmartStripping® in 100 seconds summarizes the main features of this green & sustainable remediation technique to cleanup the soil and groundwater from volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including organic halogen compounds and hydrocarbons. The remediation process removes the contaminants from the subsoil by a single carrier that operates in a closed cycle: the air. There are non consumption-extraction…
After 12 months of the publication of our article about the Tin paradox, it happened what not happened in 13 years: the Italian Government corrected the error ! The Italian Paradox on Tin soil contamination is known among professionals who deal with problems of soil contamination: engineers, geologists, chemists, public administrators, but also lawyers, accountants, real estate…
Declares that, by not adopting the measures necessary to ensure the full and correct implementation of all the requirements imposed on it by Article 5(4) of Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources, read together with Annex II.A, points 1 to 3 and…
Abandoned waste sites on public area, judgment against Campania Region for Frattamaggiore Town, to decide who should pay for the removal of abandoned waste and the remediation of the polluted area. The story begins from the small Town of Frattamaggiore, arrives in the Campania Region, also in the Regional Administrative Court and finally reaches the…
Simplified procedures for reclamation of contaminated sites and safety as per art. 13 of Legislative Decree 91 of 24.06.14 are added, with art. 242 bis, as foreseen by art. 242 of Legislative Decree 152 of 3.04.2006 and s., As outlined in the six paragraphs of art. 13. The operator involved in carrying out, at his…
Tuesday May 20, 2014, Palazzo Grassi, Via Marsala 12, Bologna SmartStripping® is a green remediation technique for groundwater reclamation: avoids atmospheric emissions, natural resource consumption, and wastewater sewage drainage. The significant reduction in environmental impacts and the technological innovation of Smartstripping® enabled the European Commission to co-finance the most important ground & groundwater pilot project…
The CO2 and greenhouse gas reduction program, according to the Kyoto Protocol, has been transposed through the EC/2003/87 Directive (Emission Trading Scheme or EU ETS), in Italy by the ex-Legislative Decree 216/2006 and subsequently, the key principles for the calculation of CO2 emissions were set out in EU Decision 2007/589/EC as follows: Completeness: Complete and comprehensive…
