Activists across six countries have co-ordinated climate protests against new North Sea oil and gas extraction. Protesters in Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands are demonstrating as part of the North Sea Fossil Free campaign, according to a statement by Extinction Rebellion (XR) Scotland.
Activists across six countries have co-ordinated climate protests against new North Sea oil and gas extraction . Protesters in Scotland , Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands are demonstrating as part of the North Sea Fossil Free campaign, according to a statement by Extinction Rebellion (XR) Scotland .
In Aberdeen, protesters displayed banners outside the offices of oil and gas companies Equinor and Ithaca which read “North Sea Fossil Free”, “Stop Rosebank” and “Sea Knows No Borders”. Activists also unfurled banners at Lerwick Harbour in Shetland and, at a location on the Moray Firth inlet, XR Forres organised performances from the “oil slicks” performance troupe. XR Scotland said: “These countries are interconnected through the exploitation of their shared waters, while the effects of these harmful initiatives are affecting the climate far beyond this northern corner of the world
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