Collective accuses oil company of being “guilty of a massacre” and claims to “mourning and fighting.” PAction orta of the action, 70, guarantees that they “declared war on people and the planet” and “They are destroying our future, the future of our children and our grandchildren. ”
“Fossil fuels are the main cause of the climate crisis, which caused this wave of deadly heat,” recalled the climáximo collective, blaming the oil oils – and, in particular, Galp – due to the consequences of the heat that has been felt over the last month.
To “denounce your guilt [da Galp] In a true massacre, ”the collective broke into Galp’s headquarters and left the floor of the atrium 284 crosses that represent the 284 people who died the most expected during“ the heat wave that plagued Portugal between the end of June and early July ”.
Anne Morrison, 70, is supported by the climate and spokesman for the action and underlines that “the heat wave that stifled the country, as well as several other countries in Europe, It was not a mere meteorological anomaly“.
“In Portugal, the General Directorate of Health estimated that 284 more people have died than expected – therefore, adding to the expected number of high temperatures. These people are not just statistics: they are grandparents, parents, friends, neighbors, community members.”
For A Porta-Voz, “This number should be shocked to everyone as a society”.
“They declared war on people and the planet,” says a spokesman for the action
The collective also points out that “this massacre did not happen only in Portugal” and recalled that it is estimated that “extreme heat killed 2,300 people in 12 cities other than Europe”.
Ana Morrison states that “we have to call oxen by names” and “oillands have known the disastrous effects of oil exploration for several decades, alerted by dozens of scientific reports.” Still, and even seeing “the consequences of the climate crisis – as the extreme increase of temperatures – to unfold before our eyes”, the spokeswoman stresses that Galp “It profits millions for shareholders’ pocket And in the middle of a crucial decade for climate action, it opens new oil wells (such as the exploration in Namibia) ”.
“We have not ordered or claim anything: they have declared war on people and the planet, and if they are not locked they will continue to profit at our expense. Our appeal is to Portuguese society: we cannot consent to this deep injustice. They are destroying our future, the future of our children and our grandchildren. We have to fight for a fair society on a habitable planet, together“He concluded.
