Not only is this the story of a regasifier to be anchored in the small port of Piombino; where nearby homes and hundreds of existing ferry rides, to pass just a few meters away, will be at heightened risk of collision to cause super explosions and massive fires.
Not only is this the story of Italy’s new fish farming industry to be seriously undermined and, possibly destroyed, by the regasifier. Fish and shellfish are raised just a stone’s throw from where the petrochemical vessel will dump hectoliters of bleach and cold water into the sea every day.
Not only is this the story of a regasifier to compromise the rebirth of territory devastated under the banner of "take it and run away!” when mass layoffs ensued from the closing of steel mills and blast furnaces.
Not only is this the story of a regasifier that could not have stayed in Piombino had the government not excluded the Environmental Impact Assessment that, no doubt, would have given a negative evaluation.
Not only is this the story of a regasifier in Piombino…
But, rather, this is the story of how the rights of citizens are grossly infringed by an authoritarian Italian government; all in the name of an unspecified "national emergency.”
Thanks to an article (the number 32) of the bis-Aid Decree of last August, if Operation Piombino passes tomorrow, with the same method, then anything can be achieved anywhere, and citizens will not be able to oppose it.
This is not a Nimby movement. In Piombino, the struggle is to defend a fundamental principle: The rule of law and the rights of citizens.
The documentary provides an opportunity to present this issue to an international, national, and local audience.
