Marco Boscolo

Over the last 20 years, global textile production has doubled. Along with this ballooning industry, its environmental impacts are facing increasing attention. The European Parliament Research Service estimates, based on data from the European Environment Agency (EEA), that producing just one cotton t-shirt consumes 2700 litres of freshwater and that clothing production is responsible for […]

From luxury to fast fashion, Europe's clothing giants have spent the past decade filling their sustainability reports with pledges: recycled fibres, "green" materials, reduced emissions, sustainable cotton. But our joint investigation shows that behind these promises lies a fragmented, inconsistent, and often unverifiable reality. In collaboration with other EDJNet partners, Facta analysed 468 environmental commitments […]

At our café table, we ask Viola: “If Lake Garda gains legal personhood, does that mean it can take someone to court? Or take to court those who fail to protect it?

The data as a whole are alarming, and they cast a very different light on all those commitments that, on paper, were made to steer at least Europe toward a model of development that is more respectful of the environment, and of our relationship with nature, which we continue to think of as something we are not part of.

There is only one connection between Largo Goethe and Piazza Castello: the drawbridge built at the end of the 13th century by the Della Scala family of Verona, who also built the fortress. We are in Sirmione, on the Lombardia shore of the lake Garda, and when tourist flows reach their peak, as in high […]

Europe is moving from green to grey at a fast pace. It is constantly losing fragments of nature, destroying entire ecosystems, and reducing its biodiversity. Every year, 1,500 square kilometres of natural or agricultural land are converted into built-up areas.

Faced with the threat of rising sea levels and extreme weather events, Rimini is rethinking its waterfront: green infrastructure, new sewage strategies and nature-based solutions to protect the territory and community

"With the mud it’s a losing battle. It wins. It always wins. It becomes like cement and it’s impossible to remove it". This is Francesca Placci, a young woman from Faenza, speaking about the floods that devastated the Romagna region. The same words could come from the mouth of any other flood victim, because most […]

The floods have left deep marks not only on the territory but also on people. In addition to material damage, the psychological and emotional consequences have been significant.

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, […]