On Saturday morning, they stood ready outside the processing plant at Kårstø in Tysvær municipality. With boats and kayaks, they sailed into the safety zone of 200 meters at the same time. At the same time, Greta Thunberg, among others, blocked the entrance to the facility. – There is no plan whatsoever to phase out fossil fuels at anywhere near the rate required to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis, Thunberg told news. The aim was to paralyze the facility, which is operated by Equinor. Gas worth NOK 400 million passes through the plant every single day. However, operations continued as normal, and the police together with the Coast Guard quickly arrived at the scene. But according to Extinction Rebellion (XR), Saturday was just the foretaste. From Monday, a large part of the world’s oil and energy industry gathers in Stavanger at the ONS fair. Then XR will make itself felt. But while Greta Thunberg is a world-renowned and experienced activist, some of the members of the activist organization are relatively new. – I’m a little excited. Hildegunn Hitland-Valbø rummages through her wardrobe in search of suitable campaign clothes. On Monday, she will take part in her first civil disobedience action. Hildegunn Hitland-Valbø is excited before she will take part in her first climate action under ONS in Stavanger. Photo: Eirik Gjesdal / news – The series was a wake-up call for me, she says. After watching the documentary series “Oppsynsmannen” with Bård Tufte Johansen on news, she felt her commitment to the climate issue flare up again. In the news series “Oppsynsmannen”, Bård Tufte Johansen finds out whether he and everyone else should care if there is a natural crisis in Norway. Photo: news From 20 to 80 every month And she is not alone. According to spokesperson Jonas Kittelsen, the TV series has given Extinction Rebellion a boost in membership. Before, they used to get around 20 new members every month, according to their own figures. In the period after the TV series, they received close to 80 each month. Now they are notifying a record number of shareholders to the energy fair ONS in Stavanger. – We expect over 100 activists from Norway and abroad to come. Jonas Kittelsen in Extinction Rebellion has seen a marked increase in the number of members after “The Caretaker” aired on news. Photo: Nils F. Skumsvoll / news The ONS energy fair, formerly called the “oil fair”, is one of the world’s largest of its kind with over 60,000 visitors. They have had visits from climate activists before, but not in the number that has been announced this time. Leif Johan Sevland, director of ONS, says they have received signals from several quarters that there will be more actions this year than in the past. – We are not worried, but we are prepared. The energy fair ONS Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) is a Norwegian non-profit foundation which is one of the world’s largest meeting places for the international energy industry. The ONS event, which is organized by the ONS Foundation, is held in August every other year in Stavanger. The event consists of an exhibition, a conference and from 2022 a larger debate program and networking event in the center of Stavanger. ONS 2018 had 68,174 visitors from over 98 different countries. Source: Wikipedia ONS director Leif Johan Sevland says they have received information that there will be more actions during this year’s event. Photo: Eirik Gjesdal / news Promises actions in Stavanger Extinction Rebellion is an international movement that uses non-violent civil disobedience to draw attention to the climate crisis. In Norway, the movement has 3,140 members, according to themselves. Extinction Rebellion blocks the entrance to Rafne’s petroleum plant in Bamble. Photo: Nils Fridtjof Skumsvoll / news – In the past you have glued yourself, you have welded yourself and you have chained yourself. Are you planning to do it at ONS this year? – It is probably likely, yes. We are staring into a climate collapse that we must fight against, says Jonas Kittelsen in Extinction Rebellion. – We don’t want to spoil the party, but we want to disrupt it. First-time activist Hildegunn Hitland-Valbø says her stomach tingles a little extra before she may have to break the law for the first time in her life. – I am motivated, driven and nervous. But for me this is important. Hildegunn Hitland-Valbø is concerned about what oil extraction is doing to the planet. Photo: Eirik Gjesdal / news Published 24.08.2024, at 16.43
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Extinction Rebellion with record growth after news series. Will disrupt ONS, the world’s largest energy fair – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio
