The most disturbing thing about this is the fact that when I saw this image, I couldn’t immediately figure out which of our current hellscapes was being protested.
I shouldn’t have to wonder WHICH disaster a display of coffins is supposed to represent.
One of Milan’s iconic squares, was filled with symbolic coffins by Italy’s second-largest union to highlight the issue of workplace fatalities.
The protest in Piazza La Scala put 172 cardboard coffins on the ground to remember all of the workers who lost their lives last year in the northern Lombardy region.
Enrico Vezza, the leader of the UIL union, described the day as one of anger and anguish, highlighting that behind each coffin lay the identities of individual people.
A sign at the heart of the square displayed the escalating number of workplace fatalities since 2018, reaching a peak of 1,709 in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday’s protest unfolds amid a disputed discourse on workplace safety in Italy, prompted by a string of fatalities across the country.
In April, seven workers died in an explosion that engulfed several levels of an underground hydroelectric plant in northern Italy.
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I am pretty sure the EU will soon reach the final phase of the electricity transition. Soon it will be more about balancing the grid with storage and upgrading the electricity network and no longer about build out rates of solar and Wind.
The drop in fossil fuel generation was driven by wind and solar growth as well as the recovery of hydropower.
Wind and solar growth as well as the recovery of hydropower drove the fall in fossil fuel generation and increased the share of renewables in the electricity mix to a record 54 per cent.
Solar and wind have stepped up as the main players, proving they are ready to take on their role as the backbone of the modern clean electricity system.”
Seven coal fired power stations closed in the country at the end of March 2024 after their shut down was postponed due to the energy crisis.
Despite rising demand, fossil fuel electricity generation still fell as renewables displaced them from the mix.
“From 2016 to 2023, coal fell by over 300 terawatt hours and there was a similar rise in wind and solar over that period,” she explains.
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Destroy land downtown and put in higher density and more public transport. Put in LVT. Rents and houses will decrease in price. Discretionary income will increase which means taxes can go up but people can actually buy more goods and services. That will grow the job market and the economy and further raise taxes revenue. Then you can also fund things like childcare and paid work leave which will solve the declining birth rate (but I think it should still be below 2 ideally and countries need to deal with that)
There are easy solutions to these problems within the system we have. Nothing extreme needs to be done but they involve governments flexing their muscles and pissing off a few people with money and power (including the people in government making money off this system)
What will actually happen is governments will rather let the whole system collapse in on itself and will increase immigration which will keep house prices high and wages low.
You make it sound like only one issue will fix it. Other countries that tried to increase birth rate, needless to say mostly for nationalistic/racist reasons have so far failed. Look e.g. at Hungary. They try everything but the birth rate is still declining.
There needs to be much more affordable housing and public transportation, but immigration is also inevitable in helping mitigate the effects of the aging population. And I think migration is a good, normal thing to happen. Humans have been moving around all the time, otherwise we wouldn’t be spread all over the globe.
But there also needs to be an environment where people feel comfortable getting children when thinking about climate change and the future world that they’d bring the children into.
So there are many things that go hand in hand and what I read from your comment is more like migration problem must stop, build housing solution done.
Lowering population is an overblown issue. House prices will collapse and everyone will have a lot more money to spend on things like kids.
Humans have been moving around all the time, otherwise we wouldn’t be spread all over the globe
That comment is not about immigration that’s about expansion. Humans mostly fight other humans that come onto their land, if anything that’s the norm. So I don’t think that’s conveys the point you want.
Russia targets the border city of Vovchansk with intense airstrikes and rocket attacks as part of its major new assault on eastern Ukraine.
Russian forces, bolstered by earlier attacks on energy infrastructure and settlements since March, have intensified their efforts in preparation for this ground offensive.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urgently called on Western allies to expedite the delivery of promised weaponry to support Ukraine’s defense efforts.
Meanwhile, in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk, Moscow-appointed authorities reported casualties resulting from Ukrainian strikes, further exacerbating tensions in the region.
The conflict’s broader implications are becoming increasingly apparent, with Russia’s ambitions possibly extending to carving out a “buffer zone” along its border.
As the conflict intensifies, the toll on civilians and infrastructure continues to mount, emphasizing the urgent need for diplomatic intervention and decisive action to de-escalate the crisis.
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Without knowing of the Roman Empire, you’d be confused as hell on how Christianity ended up in Italy’s hands. Abrahamic religions are one of our sloppiest punchlines.
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