Thunberg detained by police during Norway wind farm protest
Greta Thunberg detained by police during Norway wind farm protest
Amalyah Hart 2 March 2023
Since Monday Thunberg had been participating in demonstrations at the finance ministry and later the environment ministry, demanding the removal of 151 wind turbines from reindeer pastures used by Indigenous Sami herders in central Norway.
Over the last week, the demonstrators have blocked access to some government buildings, casting the centre-left minority government into crisis mode, and prompting Energy Minister Terje Aasland to call off an official visit to the UK.
While Thunberg’s protest may seem out of character, the two wind farms have already had their operating licenses removed in 2021 by Norway’s supreme court, which found that the cultural rights of the Sami had been contravened. Despite this, Reuters reports that the two farms remain in operation more than sixteen months later.
“Indigenous rights, human rights, must go hand-in-hand with climate protection and climate action. That can’t happen at the expense of some people. Then it is not climate justice,” Thunberg told Reuters.
The activist, holding aloft a red, blue, yellow and green Sami flag, was carried away by police officers from the finance ministry.
“We want to make it very clear that it is the Norwegian state that is committing the real crime here, for violating human rights,” she told Reuters minutes before she was removed.
Later, Thunberg and other demonstrates blocked the entrance to the climate and environment ministry and were subsequently removed by police.
Thunberg was later released along with other protestors who had been detained.
Reindeer herders say the sight and sound of the giant wind power machinery frighten their animals and disrupt ancient traditions. The president of Norway’s Sami parliament, Silje Karine Mutoka, will meet with the energy minister on Thursday and demand an apology before discussing a solution, she told Reuters.
“We need the government to clearly acknowledge that there is a violation of human rights, and then act accordingly and honour the matter with the seriousness it deserves,” she said.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/greta-thunb ... m-protest/
Climate justice is Greta's thing. This goes against her beliefs. As well it should.
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Climate justice is Greta's thing. This goes against her beliefs. As well it should.
Erm...
Greta is for "clean energy". She is against this because of her support of Indigenous rights. The rights of people should always be more important than the "clean energy" cause. So this isn't a contradiction of her beliefs.
Besides. They shouldn't even be in operation as their licenses were removed in 2021 as the cultural rights of the Sami had been contravened.
I can't explain it any better than that. If it doesn't clear up the confusion. I won't be able to help any further.
Take 'er easy.
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But, BILLIONS, repeat BILLIONS, will die, and there will be a MASS EXTINCTION EVENT if global warming isn't nullified.
Sacrifices need to be made, I would think.
What do YOU think is more important, here?
It is an "interesting" priority change for "The Greta", I would think.
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Gosh darn it. This is the same as those Canadians who blocked a hydro plant because it would have destroyed one valley. The threat of global warming is real. If we worry about saving one valley we could lose all the valleys.
I've noticed an increasingly anti technology attitude from environmentalists. The fact of the matter is, the only thing that can save us from the damage being done by 19th and 20th century technology is 21st century technology.
We now have and must continue to have a high energy civilization. The only way to sustain that is with renewables. We cannot go back to the low energy lifestyle of the pre-industrial age.
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