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Activists block 100.000 tons of Russian oil from being transported at sea | Greenpeace

FREDERIKSHAVN, Denmark — Greenpeace activists from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia have begun a blockade of a transshipment of Russian oil at sea in northern Denmark. Swimmers and activists in kayaks and Rhib boats have stood between two supertankers to stop them from offloading 100.000 tons of Russian oil from the tanker Seaoath to the huge 330-metre crude oil tanker Pertamina Prime in European waters. Every time Russian oil or gas is bought, Putin's war chest grows, and at least 299 fossil fuel supertankers have so far left Russia since the war in Ukraine began. Greenpeace is calling for global divestment and phasing out of fossil fuels and an embargo on Russian fossil fuels to stop war funding.

Sune Scheller, head of Greenpeace Denmark, said from a Rhib boat in the Kattegat:

“It is clear that fossil fuels and the money flowing into them are the root cause of the climate crisis, conflict and wars, causing immense suffering to people around the world. Governments should have no excuses for continuing to pour money into fossil fuels, which benefit some and fuel the war, now in Ukraine. If we want to work for peace, we have to end this and get out of oil and gas urgently.”

ON tracking service launched by Greenpeace UK has identified at least 299 supertankers whose Transportation of oil and gas from Russia since beginning their invasion of Ukraine on February 24, and 132 of them were en route to Europe. Although some countries have declared entry bans for Russian ships, Russian coal, oil and fossil gas are still delivered via ships registered in other countries.

So far, the EU countries have not been able to agree on an import ban for Russian oil. Greenpeace is urging governments to make long-term decisions that help bring peace and security and make decisions that create a stable future, such as responding to the war in Ukraine. B. A rapid transition to efficient and renewable energy. Renewable energy is now the cheapest form of new electricity, undercutting the cost of fossil fuels almost everywhere in the world.

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“We already have the solutions, and they're cheaper and more readily available than ever. All we need is the political will to quickly switch to peaceful, sustainable renewable energy and invest in energy efficiency. Not only will this create jobs, reduce energy costs and fight the climate crisis, it will also reduce our dependence on the imported fossil fuels that fuel conflict around the world.”

Russia is the largest supplier of fossil fuels to the European Union, and in 2021 European countries paid up to $285m a day for Russian oil. 2019, more than a quarter of EU crude oil imports and about two-fifths of its fossil gas imports came from Russia, as did almost half of its coal imports. EU energy imports from Russia paid off 60,1 billion euros in 2020.

In the past few weeks, Greenpeace has protested against the imports with protests and actions in several EU countries.

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