Over 80 activists from a dozen EU states have blocked entry to Shell’s oil refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to protest against the giant’s “greenwashing” advertisements and call for a new law that bans fossil fuel ads.
On Monday, Greenpeace EU climate and energy campaigner Silvia Pastorelli announced that the group’s activists were barricading Shell’s port to demonstrate against the practices of the oil industry.
“Fossil fuel companies, car companies and airlines have refused to change their polluting business, but use ads and sponsorships to present themselves as the solution to the climate crisis they caused. We’re asking the public to make their voices heard and demand an EU ban on fossil fuel ads,” Pastorelli said in a statement.
Greenpeace’s Beluga II ship anchored up at around 9:00am local time (07:00 GMT), while activists in kayaks, canoes, and inflatable boats blockaded the water.
Activists are putting themselves in the way to block access to @Shell‘s oil refinery in Rotterdam, the biggest in Europe
Companies responsible for the #ClimateCrisis should not be let use ads to pretend they want to solve it
The action comes as Greenpeace attempts to draw attention and signatures to the European Citizens’ Initiative’s petition to prohibit fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships across the bloc. This includes companies selling fossil fuels or vehicles, flights, and ferries running on them.
In a statement published by Greenpeace, the organization said that “the EU has already introduced a directive banning cross-border tobacco advertising and sponsorships,” adding that it is now “time for a similar law against fossil fuel industries for the health of the planet and our future.”
The European Commission is required to consider all petitions put forward under the Initiative that reach one million signatures.
In August, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a damning report on global warming. It was branded a “code red for humanity” by the organization’s Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who claimed that the findings “must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet.”
Împotriva articolelor redacției noastre, persoanele nemulțumite pot formula Contestație în termen de 10 zile de la publicarea articolului, la judecătoria Orășenească nr. 1 München Bayern Deutschland, in conformitate cu Legea federală Germană. Considerăm că nu se pot formula acțiuni la instanțele din România deoarece nici o persoană care activează în trustul nostru nu poate fi extrasă de sub jurisdicția federală germană. Considerăm că redacția noastră nu răspunde în fața autorităților din România ci doar celor federale sau civile germane. deoarece legea română nu are efecte de extraneitate asupra redacției chiar dacă subiectul știrilor face obiectul unor evenimente sau persoane din România și sunt scrise în limba română. Limba română nu este izvor de extraneitate a legii.
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