Even as the world gears up for the New Year, air pollution will play a dampener on celebrations in certain global metropolitan cities.

Naples on Thursday became the latest Italian city to ban road traffic within certain hours, in a bid to limit air pollution which is causing growing alarm about health risks.

A meeting held on Wednesday between Italy's Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti and local government heads agreed a three-year plan to cut high levels of smog in the country's largest cities.

Careless smokers who drop their unwanted cigarette butts on the ground could face fines under new laws in Italy.

Wealthy nations spend 40 times as much money subsidizing fossil fuel production as they contribute to the Green Climate Fund to help poor countries adapt to global warming, a research group said in

Piacenza was once of the areas hit by flash floods and landslides on Monday

Italian energy group Eni said two people had been killed in an accident at a Sicilian plant operated by its Versalis chemical unit, prompting trade union calls for a strike to protest over working

About 25 million birds are being unlawfully shot, trapped and glued in a Mediterranean crime wave that is even affecting birds vulnerable to extinction, according to the first report of its kind.

Rome's waste management Agency (AMA) is due to receive soon an exclusive Italian patent to turn garbage into eco-asphalt, with a new procedure that may allow the municipality to both save money and