Just a couple of months ago, after years of delays and heaps of money, the MOSE floodgates in the Venice lagoon passed their first major test, protecting the city from the acqua alta flooding that had been causing ever more damage year after year. But this past Tuesday, as the tide rose ever higher, MOSE wasn’t raised and the city was inundated. Why not? The Venice authorities don’t yet have the decision power to raise it. – CNN