Italy’s grasshoppers presage a bleak winter for water
- From: Vol 12, Issue 6 (June 2011)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
- Country: Italy
- Related Companies: Acea and European Union
The yes vote in Italy’s referendum was virtually inevitable. So are the consequences, writes Christopher Gasson.
The Catholic church in Italy stood firmly against allowing investors an economic return from water in June’s referendum, arguing, according to the Catholic News Service, that it “is the archetypical gift from God which should not be polluted by the profit motive”. This high moral stance on water has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that the Vatican ...
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