by Serenea Giannico - published Manifesto.it 10 november 2015
Italy. Even as other nations turn against dirty energy, an Italian economic minister green lighted an offshore drilling rig in the Adriatic Sea.
It was the blackest day — black as oil — for the Italian coastal region of Abruzzo. In a resounding slap that wasn’t altogether unexpected, the Ministry of Economic Development on Monday granted a definitive pathway for drilling just a few miles from the bright beaches of Chieti Province.