Gran Sasso demonstration against third tunnel

Enrico Olivieri

February 2002

On Saturday 23 February 2002 the Committee for the Safeguarding of the Gran Sasso Water Resources will meet at Pescara, central Italy, to demonstrate against the planned third tunnel in the Gran Sasso. This mountain is the highest within central Italy and, thanks to its outstanding beauty, lies within National Park boundaries.

The aim of the demonstration is to raise awareness of the environmental impact this third tunnel will have. The construction of the CNR nuclear physics laboratory caused the water level to drop 600m and geologists consider this the worst case of irreversible hydrological damage caused by man in Western Europe.

Committee for the Safeguarding of the Gran Sasso Water Resources
Promoted by: WWF - Legambiente - Italia Nostra - Club Alpino Italiano - Mountain Wilderness Pro Natura - Lipu - Mare Vivo - Greenpeace - Amici della Terra - SocietÃ Italiana di Geologia Ambientale - Istituto Nazionale per la Forestazione Ambientale - Associazione Internazionale Medici per la Prevenzione della Guerra Nucleare, Nobel Peace Prize 1985 - Associazione Mediterranea Agricoltori Biologici

The Gran Sasso National Park

The Gran Sasso d'Italia

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