There were fresh protests in
Puglia Monday against the construction of a local part of the
Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) carrying Caspian natural gas into
Europe.
Some 500 protesters lined up at the construction site and
sought to prevent work continuing.
The anti-TAP demonstrators are protesting the uprooting of
olive trees to allow the pipeline to be laid - even though the
trees will later be replanted in their former sites.
In the nearby town of Melendugno, meanwhile, there was a
protest march at which demonstrators read poems on the
environment written by local children.
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