Elisabetta Tola

What is the hidden price of PFAS pollution? This cross-border investigation reveals that PFAS remediation across Europe could cost up to €2 trillion over a 20-year period. We exposed the real cost of the “forever chemicals” pollution on the environment, science, and politics. Here, we focus on the cost of PFAS pollution in Southern Veneto, […]

PFAS pollution is an “invisible violence” with enormous damage to the environment and health. And cleaning up a site contaminated by PFAS is not easy at all.

The data Massimo Carmagnani shared with us is not secret—on the contrary, it is public and filed with the court. And it is very clear..

In 2023, a violent flood hit Emilia-Romagna. The damage was extensive, but the Cervia salt pan mitigated some of the consequences.

The relationship between productive activities, environmental protection, and conservation is always somewhat problematic.

We now constantly oscillate between two extremes: very intense, short-lived events that bring a large amount of water, followed by increasingly longer periods of historic drought.

Water is not a commercial product like any other, but a heritage that must be protected, defended, and treated as such.

In this story, we focus on the wetlands in Sardinia, Italy, showing how a proper wetland protection is impossible without detailed scientific knowledge and an integrated management of these vital ecosystems.

What are wetlands, and why do they matter? Presenting FACTA’s new investigation on the Mediterranean wetlands.

Wetlands – such as lagoons, swamps, and peat bog – are a distinct ecosystem saturated by water and are vital CO2 emissions sponges, capable of locking up carbon for thousands of years. This investigation looked into human activities are decimating Europe’s remaining wetlands, as national authorities ignore this ongoing exploitation.