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Ottawa’s police chief had threatened to arrest anyone who provides ‘material support’ to demonstrating truckers Hundreds of protesters appeared to mock Ottawa Police’s threat to arrest anyone caught providing fuel to demonstrating truckers by marching through the city carrying red fuel cans this week. The police warned on Sunday that anyone caught providing “material support,” […]
Authorities want to deprive protesters of any ‘material support’ Anyone who attempts to provide “material support” to the Freedom Convoy truckers and other anti-Covid mandate protesters could be subject to arrest, Ottawa police announced, as mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency in the city. Police issued the warning on Twitter on Sunday afternoon. […]
A thieving scheme that resulted in $2 million in fuel stolen from a US base in Romania might have been facilitated by the “negligence” of the Americans unaware of “local culture,” the country’s defense minister has suggested. The fuel theft scandal centered around the Mihail Kogălniceanu air base, which serves as the main hub for […]
More than 40 people have been killed and many houses destroyed after a truck carrying fuel overturned in Cap Haitien, Haiti. There was an attempt to siphon fuel from the stricken tanker, at which point it exploded. On Tuesday, authorities in Haiti said that at least 40 bodies had been found and many more people […]
A tanker truck explosion at night in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown caused massive loss of life, with dozens reportedly dead. Many of the victims were allegedly trying to collect fuel after an accident on the road. Images shared online and purportedly taken after the blast show a massive fire in the street, with a column […]
The majority of Swiss are reluctant to fund climate change goals from their own pocket, a new survey has shown. Younger people, and those living in rural areas, are especially unwilling to pay more for gas, heating and air travel. The 2050 carbon neutrality goals, outlined by the Switzerland authorities, are out of step with […]
Gas stations across Iran were out of service on Tuesday after an alleged cyberattack brought down the smart fuel system, which allows citizens in the sanction-hit country to buy gasoline at a reduced price. Long queues of cars have been reported at gas stations across Iran after the electronic cards suddenly stopped working shortly before […]
A group of activists called Les Amis de la Terre (Friends of the Earth) has disrupted a speech by the French finance minister, accusing the country’s government of championing “fossil fuel finance” ahead of the COP26 meeting. Minister Bruno Le Maire was speaking at a green finance summit in Paris when activists from the climate […]
Several fossil fuel-reliant nations, including Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan, are reportedly lobbying to add “policy neutral” language to a UN report that calls for “urgent and accelerated” efforts to tackle climate change. More than 32,000 comments have been made by governments, corporations and other interested parties to scientists compiling the International Panel on Climate […]