Under the slogan "Just Stop Oil", hundreds of British environmentalists have joined this week in actions to
block a dozen refineries and oil terminals
in
Birmingham
,
Southampton
,
Essex
and other locations in the United Kingdom.
At least
13 protesters were arrested
at the start of a campaign against fossil fuels sponsored by the group Extinction Rebellion (XR), which has anticipated
a day of "civil resistance" in London on April 9
.
Most of the arrests occurred in Essex, outside the Purfleet Fuels facility.
Local commissioner Rachel Nolan justified the police action on the grounds that the protesters' blockade created an "extremely dangerous" situation and threatened to have "a potential impact on petrol supplies in the south-east of England".
Other actions targeted
BP and Esso facilities in Tamworth and around
Portsmouth
Harbour
.
The demonstrators demanded the end of the concession of new gas and oil exploitations in the North Sea, one of the main demands of the environmental groups during the COP26 in Glasgow last November.
The energy crisis and the situation created by the war in Ukraine have not altered the plans for the launch of "Just Stop Oil", which is
a turn from "civil disobedience" to "civil resistance"
.
A member of the group defined the change in strategy as follows: "We are going to stop telling the government what it should or should not do, and instead we are going to stop on our own what the government should stop."
impact actions
The group plans to raise its visibility with impact actions to denounce the power of oil in the world of football.
Louis McKecknie
, a 21-year-old activist, led the way a few weeks ago by
chaining himself to a goal at Goodison Park ,
Everton
's training ground
, in protest at the interests in the club of Russian oligarch
Alisher Usmanov
(sanctioned by the British government along with
Roman Abramovich
, owner of Chelsea).
"This genocidal government has left us no choice," McKecknie argued.
"They know that
oil is fueling Putin's war
and is driving millions of people into energy poverty, while energy companies make millions in profits. And they also know that more gas and oil exploitation will serve to accelerate global warming. global".
The ecological protests take place in the prelude to the
new energy strategy that
Boris Johnson
is expected to present
next
week
.
The 'premier' will announce a new boost to gas and oil prospecting in the North Sea and is receiving great pressure from the hard wing of the Conservative Party to lift the moratorium on 'fracking'.
Johnson has reiterated his intention to
maintain the goal of "zero emissions" by 2050
, championed by the United Kingdom at COP26 and already signed by 130 countries.
The 'Brexitera' faction of the 'Tories' -with the complicity of the conservative press- is however paving the way for the holding of a referendum on the 'net zero' objective (cut greenhouse gas emissions to the point of leaving them as close to zero emissions as possible).
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