{"id":1434889,"date":"2022-04-13T09:15:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T13:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1434889"},"modified":"2022-04-13T09:15:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T13:15:30","slug":"climate-change-extremists-block-train-carrying-russian-coal-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-change-extremists-block-train-carrying-russian-coal-to-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change Extremists Block Train Carrying Russian Coal to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclimate-change-extremists-block-train-carrying-russian-coal-to-europe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1434889&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-677530794-e1649790962764-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Members of Greenpeace and the extremist climate change group Extinction Rebellion in Finland blocked a train they said was carrying Russian coal from reaching a port.<\/p>\n<p>The activists blocked the train from reaching the port access at\u00a0Koverhar in Hanko on Tuesday afternoon, with around 40 protestors occupying the railway tracks, some of which police say chained themselves to the tracks as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The protest began in the early afternoon and at around 2:15 pm according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elokapina\/status\/1513840713997430784?s=20&#038;t=k5z3KQuuQXOo1nUOM5M2Tg\">Twitter post<\/a> by Extinction Rebellion Finland had blocked a train from entering the port. the train remained blocked for several hours, with another Twitter user later <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TillSawala\/status\/1513937307719680002?s=20&#038;t=3EomQJanL305B-uPTTOmDA\">claiming<\/a> the conductor of the train and police who arrived on the scene had left as of around 8:50 pm local time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026 ja h\u00e4ik\u00e4ilem\u00e4tt\u00f6mi\u00e4 sotarikoksia muita kansoja vastaan, pit\u00e4isi olla vahvin mahdollinen lis\u00e4kannustin nopeuttaa kaikkia tarpeellisia p\u00e4\u00e4t\u00f6ksi\u00e4! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TyttiTup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TyttiTup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimoHarakka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TimoHarakka<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarinSanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarinSanna<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SlavaUkrayini?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SlavaUkrayini<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/StZSkJqxxt\">pic.twitter.com\/StZSkJqxxt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elokapina \u2013 Extinction Rebellion Finland (@elokapina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elokapina\/status\/1513857763922821120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Raili Nylund, an Extinction Rebellion activist, commented on the action, saying, \u201cIt is shocking that, in this situation, we have not already moderated our energy consumption, even if we can at the same time put an end to the financing of the Russian dictatorship and contain the looming climate crisis,\u201d Finnish broadcaster Yle <a href=\"https:\/\/yle.fi\/uutiset\/3-12401678\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere is a direct link between heating the climate and this war. We finance Russian wars by buying fossil energy from it, and transit traffic through Finland which makes it possible to sell it on. I had hoped that this absurdity would have already been put to an end,\u201d activist\u00a0Elijah Saulio, who took part in the blockade, said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, members of Extinction Rebellion in Ukraine linked European consumption of Russian fuels to the Russian invasion of their country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Left-Wing Labour Party Comes Out Against Eco-Warrior Oil Blockades Amid Fuel Shortages, Cost of Living Crisis<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p8AaI03DAv\">https:\/\/t.co\/p8AaI03DAv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1513894723135709191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEU dependence on Russian energy \u2013 gas, coal and oil \u2013 financed Putin\u2019s military ventures outside of Russia,\u201d a Ukrainian member of the group named Sergiy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2022\/02\/26\/fossil-fuels-are-financing-russia-s-invasion-says-xr-ukraine\">said<\/a> in late February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Europe is so dependent on these fossil fuels from Russia, it gives him a lot of money. And you see this money has now been spent on transporting troops from Russia to Ukraine\u2019s borders,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The UK branch of Extinction Rebellion has been launching blockades of roads and other infrastructure for many months prior to the Ukraine invasion and has <a href=\"https:\/\/extinctionrebellion.uk\/2022\/04\/01\/end-fossil-fuels-now-extinction-rebellion-and-just-stop-oil-block-oil-facilities-across-the-uk\/\">called<\/a> for European countries to not only decouple themselves from Russian gas and oil but to end using fossil fuels entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the UK branch of the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/07\/extinction-rebellion-oil-depots-held-hostage-by-climate-crazies-for-seventh-day\/\">disrupted the operations<\/a> of oil depots for several days straight as Britons are being forced to pay higher and higher prices for fuel and energy.<\/p>\n<p>The actions led even the left-wing Labour Party to denounce the actions of the group, with Labour leader sir Keir Starmer stating, \u201cThe government must stop standing idly by and immediately impose injunctions to put an end to this disruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or email at\u00a0ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Greenpeace and the extremist climate change group Extinction Rebellion in Finland blocked a train they said was carrying Russian coal from reaching a port. 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