Greta Thunberg Leads Road and Watercraft Blockade of Norway's Mongstad Refinery
- About 200 climate activists, including Greta Thunberg, blocked Norway's largest oil refinery to protest against the oil industry, according to organizers and police.
- Activists from Extinction Rebellion obstructed the entrance to the Mongstad refinery and used kayaks and sailboats to block its port entrance.
- Thunberg stated, 'Fossil fuels lead to death and destruction,' and emphasized that oil producers like Norway 'have blood on their hands.'
- The activists called for Norwegian politicians to present 'a plan to phase out oil and gas.
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Greta Thunberg and other climate activists, about 200 people including Carola Rackete, have blocked the largest oil refinery in Norway on the morning of August 18 to ask for the end of the country's oil industry. The peaceful protest was carried out by the Extinction Rebellion movement. Some have set out on the road to prevent access to the Mongstad refinery in Bergen, on the south-western coast of Norway, others have used kayaks and sailboats t…
Sitting on the road, kayaks and sailboats, environmentalists prevent access to the Mongstad refinery in Bergen. They demand the end of the Norwegian oil and gas industry.
About 200 environmental activists, including Sweden's Greta Thunberg, blocked the most important refinery in Norway, asking them to end their oil and natural gas industries, an organizer's announcement, Extinction Rebellion, and the police, reports AFP.
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Some 200 climate activists including Greta Thunberg of Sweden blocked Norway's largest oil refinery on Monday in a protest demanding an end to the country's oil industry, organisers and police said.
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