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Italian court allows construction of the Tuscan LNG facility to proceed

23/12/2022 07:16 PM | Click to read full article

An Italian administrative court denied a request to prevent construction of a new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility in the Tuscan port city of Piombino, stating that it did not represent an imminent threat to public safety. The local administration, led by Mayor Francesco Ferrari, filed a legal challenge to the government-backed project last month, which Rome regards as critical to weaning Italy off Russian gas. 

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