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1. b9AcE (b9ace@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 21:45:40 JST b9AcE

   Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion (and presumably others) are currently fully blockading a petroleum terminal, the largest of its kind in Europe, at Kårstø (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A5rst%C3%B8) in southwesternmost Norway, using 8 kayaks and 3 motor boats according to major news media of Norway.

   • b9AcE (b9ace@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 21:45:33 JST b9AcE

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     On the current blockade against petroleum terminal in Norway, Public Service interviews Greta at front gate.

     NRK: Why are you activisting today?
     Greta: We are in an urgently escalating climate emergency and with everything we know, everything at stake, we can not justify that these [the petroleum terminal's] activities continues. This is the largest production facility in Europe and we know... it's crystal clear, science and everyone affected clearly said that the oil industry leads to people's deaths and suffering, and we are privileged enough to be able to act and sit down here and stop these [petroleum terminal's] activities and therefore we choose to do that, because we can not silently look on while this is allowed to continue happening.

     NRK: You activist against a lot of different things. How important is THIS vs other actions you're a part of?
     Greta: Everyone we do matters. Everyone able to act must do everything they can, to stop this violent business as usual from continuing on, soo, we can not compare various actions against each other, we must do EVERYthing we can, at the same time.

     NRK: How long are you prepared to sit here?
     Greta: Right now, we intend to keep sitting here. We'll have to see how long we remain here, but we have no plans to leave.

   • b9AcE (b9ace@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 21:45:35 JST b9AcE

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     • Extinction Rebellion Norge

     Here's the "Stop ONS 2024", to "Stop the Oily Power" with Extinction Rebellion Norway (@XR_Norge), August 22-29th:
     https://extinctionrebellion.no/en/campaigns/ons-2024/

     If you're too far away to join on location, there is also a https://www.spleis.no/project/376627 fundraiser, although it's unfortunately only in Norwegian.

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • b9AcE (b9ace@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 21:45:36 JST b9AcE

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     This is the kind of journalistic malpractice that really should just get the responsible person fired out of journalism.
     Plain republishing of PR-statement spins from one party in a conflict and entirely ignoring press releases and already published statements by the counterpart in other major news outlets, is not journalism, it's propagandizing and if that's the job you do, you should go do that while not getting to poison the trust in journalism by abusing your employment as a journalist and/or editor.
     Absolute disgrace, Reuters, again.

   • b9AcE (b9ace@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 21:45:38 JST b9AcE

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     Habitat heroes, Kårstø, southwesternmost Norway, now:

   • b9AcE (b9ace@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 21:45:39 JST b9AcE

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     The blockade of the major petroleum terminal at Kårstø by Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion and others including an employee at the petroleum terminal operations responsible corporation Equinor, is part of a special campaign against the "energy" industry's "ONS Conference" (August 26-29, https://www.ons.no/programme/ons-conference) and it's the first time Greta has been acting directly against the petroleum industry of Norway, reports Public Service of Norway the the activists' press release stated.