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Written by rjs, MarketWatch 666This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times).
At a time when dictators and aircraft are making news, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s third-favourite plane is up for auction
Lost village emerges after 70 years underwater AccuWeather 2 hrs ago Chaffin Mitchell After more than 70 years underwater, one of Italy's submerged cities has resurfaced. The lost Italian village of Curon, in northern Italy near the borders with Switzerland and Liechtenstein, recently emerged from under Lake Resia. A lone church tower rising from the middle of a lake was the only indication that a small city, once home to 900 people who lived in 160 homes, ever existed. The historic steeple inspired a novel titled Curon. The 14th-century church has also piqued interest amo...
The Watchlist: December 2020 From Tilted Axis Press | Strange Beasts of Chinaby Yan Ge, translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang | Fiction | 320 pages | ISBN 9781911284444 | UK£9.99 What the publisher says: “In the city of Yong’an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled beasts. These creatures—with their greenish stomachs or gills or strange birthmarks—live alongside humans in near-inconspicuousness, some with ancient forbears, others engineered as artificial breeds.” What The Skinny says: “The narrator’s stories begin as seriali...
Caught between the fascism frying pan and the Nazi fire Marco Balzano’s new novel, I’m Staying Here, now translated into English by Jill Foulston, vividly illustrates that competing ideologies and nationalisms may be all very well on a global stage, but it’s often the people on the ground who have to pay the price. December 13, 2020 / 07:39 AM IST An obelisk to Benito Mussolini, also known as Dux, a controversial figure in the history of Italy, stands in Rome, Italy. Among the most haunting views of Alpine landscapes in Italy’s South Tyrol are those of a half-submerged bell tower r...