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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

Climate activists across Europe block access to North Sea oil infrastructure

Protesters in Shetland demonstrate with banners reading Fossil Free North Sea and Stop Rosebank as part of coordinated action
Protesters in Shetland demonstrate as part of coordinated action against new North Sea oil and gas extraction. Photograph: Extinction Rebellion Scotland/PA

Climate activists in four countries are blocking access to North Sea oil infrastructure as part of a coordinated pan-European civil disobedience protest.

Blockades have been taking place at oil and gas terminals, refineries and ports in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, in protest at the continued exploitation of North Sea fossil fuel deposits.

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