PULA, Aug 21 (Hina) - Three associations for environmental protection from Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, which make up the network Adriatic GreeNet, have urged the European Commission to launch procedure against Italy for disregarding
conventions on environmental protection, representatives of the three associations told a news conference in Pula on Monday.
PULA, Aug 21 (Hina) - Three associations for environmental
protection from Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, which make up the network Adriatic
GreeNet, have urged the European Commission to launch procedure against Italy
for disregarding conventions on environmental protection, representatives of
the three associations told a news conference in Pula on Monday. The
associations said that Italy was planning to build plants for the production
of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Trieste Bay and that studies on the
environmental effects of the project had been made without the knowledge and
participation of Slovenia and Croatia, which is why they urge annulling the
studies and starting the project anew.
The project envisages the construction of an LNG terminal 14 kilometres
from the Italian coast as the crow flies, 10 kilometres from the Slovene
coast, and some 15 kilometres from the Croatian coast.
Another LNG terminal would be built on the coast, some 2.5 kilometres
from the border with Slovenia.