- After the holiday, we want to whip up the resistance again. We are investing for three weeks starting August 22, says Jessica Lovell, spokesperson for the Stoppa Preemraff network.

Preem's planned expansion of the refinery would greatly increase the plant's emissions. Stopping Preemraff, a network for a number of organizations, believes that it is completely unacceptable with an expanded fossil industry in the midst of a climate crisis.

Two courts have previously given the green light to the plans, and now the case has ended up on the government's table for a final decision.

In order to get the government to stop the plans, Stoppa encourages Preemraff to take a number of actions throughout Sweden. All protests from works of art to civil disobedience are encouraged.

You say yes to civil disobedience, ie illegal acts. Why?

- Yes, we see it as an effective method to bring about a change. We also see that we do not have so many other tools to add, says Jessica Lovell.

When you read about your network it says that the work to stop the expansion will be done through impact work, information dissemination and name gathering. There is nothing about civil disobedience?

- The network consists of a variety of organizations, from those who use civil disobedience sometimes to Friends of the Earth who absolutely do not engage in civil disobedience.

But do you, as a network, now support civil disobedience?

- Those who are part of the network must agree on a document that states that all organizations take responsibility for their own actions. If you are a member of the network you must accept that there are others who may use methods that you do not use yourself.

- We see civil disobedience as a necessary element of a democracy.

We have representative democracy, among other things, to prevent people from taking the law into their own hands.

- Yes, but we believe that the expansion of Preemraff is contrary to the Environmental Code, the Climate Act and the Paris Agreement.

But two courts have made a different assessment?

- Yes, but we make another assessment, and we want to highlight that - through, among other things, illegal actions.

In the clip below you hear an employee at Preem who has a different view on the matter:

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