Trucks are parked near a grove of olive trees dating back centuries in the village of Melendugno, southern Italy March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer
BARI/MILAN (Reuters) - Italian police broke up a protest by environmentalists trying prevent the removal of a grove of olive trees dating back centuries standing in the way of a $40 billion pipeline to bring Asian gas to Europe.
The trees, including some more than 100 years old, are in the path of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), the final stage of the so-called southern gas corridor designed to reduce the European Union's dependence on Russian energy.
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