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Environmental campaigners warned of impending disaster as a massive oil slick flowed down Italy's Po River after saboteurs struck at a disused refinery. Oil moved downstream along the Lambro river, passing three barriers placed to block and absorb the slick, and flowed into the Po near the northern city of Piacenza, officials said. The spill involved at least 1,000 cubic metres (one million litres, 260,000 gallons) of oil, and probably much more. "We are facing a true environmental disaster. The problem does not concern only the Lambro river, but all of the Po throughout its length, until the delta" said Legambiente, Italy's largest environmental organisation. ...