Overview

• Roughly 200 environmental activists, including Greta Thunberg and members of Extinction Rebellion, obstructed access to Norway’s largest refinery at Mongstad.
• Protesters sat on roadways and deployed kayaks and sailboats to seal off both land and sea entry points in Bergen.
• Thunberg asserted that fossil fuels “lead to death and destruction” and pressed Oslo for a formal exit strategy from oil and gas.
• Norwegian police have monitored the blockade since 9 a.m. local time without reporting major escalations.
• Organizers say this action launches a week of nationwide demonstrations even as the government and state-owned Equinor defend continued production for jobs and European energy security.