Demonstration: Activists climb onto the facet of a particular LNG ship | EUROtoday

Environmental group activists Greenpeace protest towards the import of liquid fuel on the LNG terminal within the port of Brunsbüttel. According to the police, 4 of the environmental activists hung themselves from the facet of the “Hoegh Gannet,” an LNG conversion ship, in the course of the night time. According to Greenpeace, a complete of twenty-two individuals took half within the demonstration, together with on floating islands in entrance of the LNG terminal.

LNG terminals had been inbuilt a number of northern German port cities to cut back dependence on Russian fuel imports after the beginning of the struggle. According to Greenpeace power skilled Mira Jäger, it’s negligent to proceed investing in fossil tasks in view of the local weather disaster. “We have to get away from gas as quickly as possible. It is also the task of a new federal government to ensure this.” While a tanker loaded with liquefied pure fuel from the USA entered the port, a 100-meter-long banner with the inscription “Gas destroyed – Stop Fossil Gas” was hooked up to the floating LNG terminal.

police and water police had been on responsibility on the peaceable demonstration with a number of patrol automobiles and boats, as a spokeswoman for the German Press Agency stated at noon. Initially, round 20 individuals approached with three inflatable boats. Although the police operation was nonetheless ongoing, a lot of the activists had ended their protest in the course of the morning and had been met by the police on land.

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