Appointment in Nora, on an August evening, to put down on paper the intention to fight together with all our strength to protect the landscape. A single assembly for five Municipalities that are trying to resist voracious interests, put in place in the name of the ecological transition: it is right to do it in an extraordinary archaeological site, among ruins overlooking a sea of poignant beauty for centuries, looking at a horizon threatened by shadow of gigantic wind towers. Because the stakes are very high and what is done or not done will have long, very long-term repercussions. And it achieved great participation success. Mission accomplished.
The assemblies
The idea comes from the mayor of Pula, Walter Cabasino: to convene all the municipal councils of the towns along the coast. It goes from Sarroch, with its refinery, to Teulada, with its military range. In the middle Pula, Villa San Pietro and Domus De Maria, an area capable of attracting tourists from all over the world. «We must share this critical issue together», explains Cabasino: «I have invited both the mayors of the Union of Nora-Bithia Municipalities and others who want to intervene. I wanted there to also be committees set up to oppose the assault: they developed ideas, activated debates, put forward proposals. Everything must now be brought back into an institutional framework to give greater power to the Region and the Municipalities."
Pula, continues the mayor, is fighting «to avoid the installation of 93 enormous 280 meter high wind towers 12 miles from our coast: they would be visible, they would disfigure the landscape, a non-negotiable asset for our territory, where they are an important site archaeological, areas of community interest, two parks (Geominerario and Gutturu Mannu, three stages of three paths (Francescano, Sant'Efisio and delle Cento torri). It would be a disaster. We people from Pula have received so much from nature and from our ancestors: we have the There is an obligation to protect these treasures and pass them on to future generations. And those who have made investments must also be protected. There are 35 hotels in our area, half of which are 4/5 stars, with 8,000 beds: a sector that cannot be damaged by which is mere speculation. The offshore parks “Nora 1” and “Nora 2” (the names themselves are an affront and a lack of respect for our history) would provide energy for one and a half million people".
