{"id":3556,"date":"2023-06-01T08:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T05:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/foresteconomics\/?p=3556"},"modified":"2023-06-01T08:48:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T05:48:02","slug":"greenpeace-climbers-hang-8-metre-end-fossilcrimes-banner-on-european-gas-conference-venue-to-protest-industry-plans-to-greenwash-fossil-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/foresteconomics\/greenpeace-climbers-hang-8-metre-end-fossilcrimes-banner-on-european-gas-conference-venue-to-protest-industry-plans-to-greenwash-fossil-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace climbers hang 8-metre \u2018End FossilCrimes\u2019 banner on European Gas Conference venue to protest industry plans to greenwash fossil gas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo and video of the action is available in the\u00a0Greenpeace Media Library.<\/a><\/article>\n
Vienna \u2013 Greenpeace activists hung a huge banner on the European Gas Conference venue in protest against the fossil fuel industry\u2019s plans to \u201cfuture-proof gas\u201d in the face of climate disaster.<\/p>\n

Climbers from Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe hoisted the six-by-eight-metre banner reading \u201cEnd Fossil Crimes\u201d on the facade of the Vienna Marriott Hotel on Tuesday morning, calling for fossil fuel companies to stop their climate-wrecking activities and be held accountable for their crimes.<\/p>\n

Attending the protest in Vienna, Lisa G\u00f6ldner, Lead Campaigner for Greenpeace\u2019s Fossil Free Revolution campaign, said:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe fossil fuel industry holds meetings behind closed doors to strike dirty deals and plot their continued trail of global climate destruction. What they won\u2019t brag about in these meetings is how often they have been convicted or accused of breaking the law, from corruption and bribery, to human rights violations and even complicity in war crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The direct action took place just after Greenpeace Netherlands released\u00a0The Fossil Fuel Crime File: Proven Crimes and Credible Allegations<\/strong><\/a>, a sample of criminal, civil,\u00a0 and administrative offences committed by the fossil fuel industry, as well as credible allegations against them, from 1989 to the present day. Of the offences listed, the most common in the fossil fuel industry was corruption.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)\u2019s action is part of a wider counter-protest against the conference by environmental activists and groups, including a demonstration on Tuesday 28 March at 17:30 CET.[1] It comes a week after the IPCC\u2019s latest report stated that the world\u2019s current fossil fuel infrastructure is enough on its own to exceed the 1.5\u00b0C warming limit, and that all new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and existing production rapidly phased out.[2] Greenpeace says the conference is attempting to greenwash gas, despite its high methane emissions. Methane is 84 times more potent than CO2<\/sub>\u00a0as a greenhouse gas in its first 20 years in the atmosphere.[3]<\/p>\n

Now in its sixteenth year, the European Gas Conference is a forum for representatives of major fossil fuel companies, investors and selected politicians to discuss industry expansion in secret. This year, the focus is on Europe\u2019s liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure and \u201cfuture-proof[ing] gas\u2019 role in the energy mix\u201d.[4]<\/p>\n

Representatives of large companies such as EDF, BP, Eni, Equinor, RWE and TotalEnergies are confirmed attendees, and Austrian multinational fossil fuel company OMV is this year\u2019s host. Tickets for the three-day event, from 27 to 29 March, started at 2,599 Euros + VAT.[5]<\/p>\n

Greenpeace Germany\u2019s G\u00f6ldner added:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cCriminality is baked into the DNA of the fossil fuel industry. We want this industry to stop new fossil fuel projects, to stop breaking the law and to pay for its crimes against people and the planet. But the fossil fuel industry isn\u2019t going to accelerate its own demise, so we are also calling on European governments to set dates for a rapid phase-out of all fossil fuels in line with 1.5\u00b0C, including fossil gas by 2035. Ending the fossil fuel era and making a just transition to renewable energy is the only way to stop the climate crisis and to serve justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n

Photo and video<\/strong>\u00a0of the action is available in the\u00a0Greenpeace Media Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For information on the Fossil Fuel Crime File and interviews in English with Lisa G\u00f6ldner, contact:\u00a0<\/strong>Jasmine Watkiss, International Media Coordinator, Greenpeace UK: +44 7796 947448,\u00a0jasmine.watkiss@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n

For information on Greenpeace CEE\u2019s protest and interviews in German, contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Annette Stolz, Press Officer, Greenpeace in Austria: + 43 664 612 6725,\u00a0annette.stolz@greenpeace.org<\/a>\u00a0or Jasmin Duregger, Climate & Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace in Austria: +43 664 840 3803,\u00a0jasmin.duregger@greenpeace.org
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About\u00a0<\/strong>The Fossil Fuel Crime File: Proven Crimes and Credible Allegations<\/strong><\/a>: Greenpeace Netherlands has compiled an inventory of real-life criminal convictions, civil offences and credible allegations against some of the world\u2019s most powerful fossil fuel majors over the past three decades, to show the extent to which unlawful activity is a part of the fossil fuel industry\u2019s DNA. The Crime File:<\/p>\n