Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was briefly carried off by Norwegian police Wednesday after she and other activists blocked the entrance to Oslo's ...

Oslo police said: “Today, 10 protesters have been moved from the entrance to the Ministry of Finance. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/thunberg-other-protesters-block-norway-energy-ministry-over-wind-farms-2023-02-27/). “The Norwegian state is violating human rights and that is completely unacceptable and we need to stand in solidarity in this struggle,” Thunberg said earlier this week, according to [Statkraft](https://www.statkraft.com/about-statkraft/organisation/#:~:text=Statkraft%20AS%20is%20the%20parent,of%20Trade%2C%20Industry%20and%20Fisheries.), an electricity firm owned by the Norwegian state, is the project’s majority owner. Sami and climate activists also occupied the entrance of the Norwegian energy ministry Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was briefly carried off by Norwegian police Wednesday after she and other activists blocked the entrance to Oslo's finance ministry during an anti-wind farm protest.

The campaigners are demanding the removal of wind turbines from reindeer pastures on Sami Indigenous land in central Norway.

Activists on Tuesday said they had raised close to $100,000 in recent days to help individual demonstrators pay police fines. She joined the protests in Oslo on Monday. Thunberg, for many a global standard-bearer of the campaign to end the world’s reliance on carbon-based energy, was later released along with other activists who had also been detained.

Greta Thunberg was briefly detained by Oslo police on 1 March during a protest against wind farms built on Indigenous land in Norway.

Their 151 [turbines](https://www.euronews.com/green/tag/wind-turbine) can power some 100,000 Norwegian homes. [Indigenous](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/08/09/ecuador-leading-the-way-in-working-alongside-indigenous-groups-to-protect-sacred-rainfores) rights, human rights, must go hand-in-hand with climate protection and [climate action](https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/02/14/activists-block-private-jet-terminals-around-the-world-to-protest-super-rich-mega-polluter). Then it is not [climate justice](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/01/26/rihanna-s-foundation-donates-over-13-million-to-climate-justice)," she said in an interview with news agency Reuters. [wind turbines](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/11/06/protected-species-trump-new-turbines-how-a-renewables-designer-works-around-wildlife) to remain in place, with compensatory measures to ensure that the rights of the Sami reindeer herders are guaranteed. [turbines](https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/02/03/this-french-village-enjoys-no-bills-after-building-wind-turbines-and-solar-panels) or the dozens of kilometres of roads built to facilitate the construction. [renewable energy](https://www.euronews.com/green/tag/renewable-energies) while maintaining the rights of the reindeer owners," Roan Vind said in a statement. [wind farms](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/11/28/uk-could-allow-onshore-wind-farms-to-be-built-reversing-2015-ban), their ultimate fate is a complex [legal](https://www.euronews.com/green/tag/lawsuit) quandary according to the energy ministry, which is hoping to find a compromise. She is once again removed after attempting to join protestors at another entrance. As protestors chant, she is set down on the ground nearby. [human rights](https://www.euronews.com/green/tag/human-rights) and that is completely unacceptable." [Campaigners](https://www.euronews.com/green/tag/activism) from Nature and Youth and the Norwegian Samirs Riksforbund Nuorat joined her in blocking the entrances to the Ministry of Oil and Energy in protest. [police](https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/17/greta-thunberg-detained-by-police-while-taking-part-in-german-coal-mine-protest) carrying Thunberg away from the entrance to the Ministry of Finance carrying a Sami flag.

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg recently took part in a five-day protest against wind turbines by blocking the entrance to the energy ministry.

[situated themselves in the reception area](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/02/27/greta-thunberg-blocks-door-norway-energy-ministry-refusal-take/) of the ministry last Thursday. The ministry stated that it is seeking compromise. The Sami demonstrators were dressed in their traditional regalia, frequently referred to as gakti, though they wore it inside out, a symbol of protest. Thunberg is not demonstrating against the use of wind energy, but the way in which it was installed in a location that infringed on indigenous rights. Then it is not climate justice,” said Thunberg while seated outside the main entrance of the energy ministry with other demonstrators. That can’t happen at the expense of some people.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested Wednesday with dozens of other activists during a protest in front of several Norwegian government ...

[organized](https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/norway-wind-farm-protesters-block-finance-ministry-2023-02-28/) by Indigenous activists and environmental groups, who are demanding that the government shut down the wind farm; a simultaneous protest was also organized outside of the country’s energy ministry. [told Earth Island Journal in 2021](https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/indigenous-sami-win-landmark-case-against-wind-power). In past decades, combatting climate change has often been seen as a zero-sum game: either you were for a transition off fossil fuels or you were on the side of the oil companies. But the government went ahead and let the farm be built anyway, and it started operating in 2019. But the wind farm has been a center of conflict between Indigenous people and the Norwegian government for more than a decade, and it perfectly illustrates the perils of letting the renewable energy revolution steamroll forward without considering environmental justice. The Sámi contested the project, alleging that the farm would impede their herding practices and violate their rights under international law.

Norwegian authorities are cracking down on activists who have entered a second week of demonstrations against 150 wind turbines illegally occupying ...

The windmills must be demolished and the area reclaimed,” Sámi Parliament President Silje Karine Muotka wrote in the letter addressed to José Francisco Calí Tzay, special rapporteur for the rights of indigenous peoples at the U.N. It is very important for the government to arrive at a solution that safeguards the indigenous rights of the reindeer herding owners at Fosen. There I will give information about the government's work on this issue,” he said on Wednesday. According to NRK, the demonstrators only want direct talks with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, a demand the Norwegian leader indicated he is Reindeer herding continues to serve as a primary income source for many Sámi today. “We have said we are shutting down the state of Norway, department by department.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by police in Oslo during a protest on Wednesday. The 20-year-old, who became famous for challenging world ...

She swifty returned rejoined the protest as activists chanted her name. Footage has surfaced which captures the moment she was arrested and escorted away by a group of policemen. Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by police in Oslo during a protest on Wednesday.

Why is Greta Thunberg protesting a wind farm? Although the Swedish activist generally encourages clean energy projects, this one violated human rights.

[chained to other environmental and Indigenous activists](https://www.politico.eu/article/greta-thunberg-detained-in-norway-during-protest/). Once the police dropped her on a bench, she reportedly attempted to block a different entrance on the other side of the building with her fellow protestors. But nonetheless, native folks are disproportionately affected by climate change, as the people and their animals heavily rely on the land. But when it comes [at the expense of vulnerable communities](https://www.greenmatters.com/p/indigeous-climate-change), it isn't attaining the main goal of making life on Earth better and safer. Reindeer and the Sámi people are already suffering as a result of colonizers causing climate change, as arid conditions scorch Scandinavia. The court invalidated their permits, but both farms are still in operation. According to Politico, she could be found on Wednesday "But you cannot have a green shift that violates human rights or Indigenous rights. “It disturbs [the reindeer] a lot," she said. This comes two years after another wind farm was brought to Norweigan court for violating human rights. Needless to say, it's a truly emotional time for those impacted. "Indigenous rights, human rights, must go hand-in-hand with climate protection and climate action.