Photo 1: Fake oil is poured over Mother Earth outside Equinor's offices. Photo: Sunniva Haugene.![]()
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Photo 2: Rebels stage an opening performance in front of Oslo District Court. Banner: ‘Equinor - criminal oil exploration’![]()
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"XR Norway staged a day of dramatic actions involving over 100 rebels across 5 different cities and the target was the state-owned oil company Equinor.![]()
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Rebel groups put on spectacular roadblocking performances themed around drowning in Equinor’s oil, with rebels being force-fed fake oil and submerged in glass tanks full of it.![]()
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At Equinor’s offices in Bergen a professor from the nearby university poured several buckets of fake oil over a rebel representing Mother Earth and called for the Bergen University to cut its ties with the oil and gas industry.![]()
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Rebels also unfurled a banner that read “Equinor is heading for disaster” while a special protest ship sailed in called the ‘Equitanic’. Equinor operates in 36 countries and continues to explore for oil in Norway without regard for the climate crisis.![]()
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As is so often the case, it was the activists who were penalised rather than the criminals. 18 rebels were arrested in Oslo and each fined around €2000. ![]()
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On a positive note, and possibly thanks to earlier international criticism, police showed more restraint with the rebel roadblockers, and their actions got mainstream media coverage. Norwegian rebels are dreaming up longer roadblock actions for the future."![]()
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