CelloMom On CarsSep 10, 2023

More than 10,000 at #ExtinctionRebellionNL & #Greenpeace protest on A12 highway into #TheHague

"A report earlier this week detailed 37.5 billion euros ($40.5 billion) in [#FossilFuel] #subsidies in the #Netherlands, notably related to the shipping industry, prompting calls for a quick halt to the practice.

The report calls on lawmakers to begin phasing out the subsidies before the country’s Nov. 22 general election.

A new protest is planned for Sunday."

https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-protest-climate-fossil-fuels-f7e19f0f9745c851a470be4de0f9bb2f

Dutch police cleared out climate protesters blocking a highway over fossil fuel subsidies

Several thousand climate activists blocked a Dutch highway on Saturday in anger at billions of euros in government subsidies for industries that use oil, coal and gas. They broke through a police barrier and sat on a road in The Hague heading to the lower house of parliament on Saturday. They threatened to stay until the subsidies are lifted and to come back every day if the police remove them. Police later dispersed them with water cannons. A report published Monday said the Dutch government spends around $40.5 billion per year in subsidies to industries that use fossil fuels.

AP News
Show threadCelloMom On CarsSep 11, 2023

Protesters were back on the #A12 highway into #TheHague today - but fewer of them. Five hundred were arrested.

https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/6280279/ruim-500-klimaatdemonstranten-aangehouden-bij-blokkade-van-a12-in-den-haag.html

Ruim 500 klimaatdemonstranten aangehouden bij blokkade van A12 in Den Haag

Klimaatactivisten hebben zondag voor de tweede dag op rij enkele uren de A12 in Den Haag geblokkeerd. De politie heeft een waterkanon ingezet en ruim vijfhonderd demonstranten aangehouden. Inmiddels is de snelweg weer helemaal vrij.

NU
Show threadCelloMom On CarsSep 19, 2023

"Dutch actor and #climate activist #SiegerSloot was convicted for social media appeals to block a major motorway to protest against billions in #subsidies for #FossilFuel companies."

“Nowadays everything we take for granted – like having a weekend, being able to vote, equal rights for women – none of these things existed 200 years ago. The only way we got there was because of #CivilDdisobedience,” he noted.

#A12 #TheHague
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/19/highway-to-hell-dutch-climate-activist-fights-sedition-charge

‘Highway to hell’: Dutch climate activist fights sedition charge

Sieger Sloot convicted for social media appeals to block motorway to protest huge subsidies for fossil fuel companies.

Al Jazeera
Show threadCelloMom On Cars

In case you're wondering what happens when #climate protesters sit down on a Dutch highway. This is not anything like the #DAPL protests.

Extinction Rebellion NL is highly organised, from sticking to the one demand - end #FossilFuelSubsidies - to designated police liaisons. The #WaterCannon is rented from Germany. It gets turned up a little harder every day. Every day, people show up on the #A12 highway into The Hague. Signups go into October.

(Use google translate)
https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/ik-ging-met-een-tegenstander-naar-de-a12-blokkade

Ik ging met een tegenstander naar de A12-blokkade - Joop - BNNVARA

Na discussie op Facebook wilde hij de actie met eigen ogen zien.

BNNVARA
Sep 23, 2023 at 9:45pmWeb
Show threadCelloMom On CarsSep 29, 2023

Okay this is the Dutchest of developments:
On Wednesday, XR NL protesters occupied the A12 highway for several hours without interference from the police, whose presence was required at -- wait for it -- a football (soccer) match, Feyenoord - Ajax.

Apparently there was a riot when the two archrivals played each other last week. Riot police was deployed then as well.

So, um, tell me again how climate activists sitting down on the road are "terrorists"?

https://nos.nl/collectie/13955/artikel/2492018-politie-laat-xr-blokkade-a12-paar-uur-ongemoeid-door-inzet-bij-ajax-feyenoord

Politie laat XR-blokkade A12 paar uur ongemoeid door inzet bij Ajax-Feyenoord

Burgemeester Van Zanen van Den Haag zegt dat "het einde bereikt" is van wat de politie aankan.

NOS Nieuws
Show threadCelloMom On CarsOct 10, 2023

UPDATE:

#ExtinctionRebellionNL has said there will be no highway blockades until at least Christmas, as the lower house of the Dutch Parliament has requested the cabinet to set a course for the elimination of #FossilFuelSubsidies.

"The actions have also had a huge effect on people living in the #Netherlands. Three years ago most of them did not know that fossil subsidies existed, now 73% say they are in favor of abolition."

#A12 #A12Blokkade
https://extinctionrebellion.nl/a12-blockades-netherlands-effective-lower-house-asks-cabinet-for-phase-out-plan-for-fossil-fuel-subsidies/

A12 blockades Netherlands effective: Lower House asks cabinet for phase-out plan for fossil fuel subsidies · Extinction Rebellion Nederland

Extinction Rebellion Netherlands will closely monitor implementation of motion and stands ready to resume actions After 27 days of A12 blockades and more than 9,000 arrests, the Lower House is asking the cabinet to come up with a phase-out path for fossil subsidies. Extinction Rebellion welcomes the adopted motion[1], and concludes: civil disobedience works. In […]

Extinction Rebellion Nederland
Show threadCelloMom On CarsOct 22, 2023

March For Climate Justice
12 November 2023
Amsterdam

The ask: stop government #subsidies for large companies without a credible #climate plan. Timed to happen ten days before the general election on November 22.

If you're in the area: please join the march. (Then sample the pre-St. Nicholas Day goodies, like your initial in chocolate).

#klimaatmars
https://milieudefensie.nl/doe-mee/klimaatmars

Kom naar de Mars voor Klimaat en Rechtvaardigheid

De wereld staat in brand door klimaatverandering. En grote vervuilende bedrijven maken het alleen maar erger. Sterker nog: de overheid helpt ze met óns belastinggeld. Wil jij ook dat dit verandert? Je staat niet alleen! Samen laten we van ons horen tijdens de Mars voor Klimaat en Rechtvaardigheid.

Milieudefensie
Show threadCelloMom On CarsDec 30, 2023

"Climate activists blocked a major highway in #Amsterdam to demand an immediate end to the financing of fossil fuel projects by the country's largest bank, #ING.

ING said it would stop financing oil and gas exploration and production by 2040 and triple new lending to renewable energy over the next two years as part of an updated climate strategy.

But the protesters said this was not enough, calling on the bank to immediately ditch all fossil projects."

#A10
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/climate-activists-block-amsterdam-highway-protest-against-ing-2023-12-30/