Finnish activists Green Peace

GREENPEACE MISCREANT FINN ARRESTED/RELEASED BY RUSSIANS DIVERTS COAL SHIP HEADED TO HELSINKI…….

Most likely the reason why the Russians let her go, “leave Russia alone or face long term sentence, screw around with the West only”.

Sini Saarela kalterikopissa

These are the no-growthers, throwbacks to the middle ages who want to dictate to us how we are to live. Being emboldened by current political crackpot, pseudoscience glo-bull warming momentum, they actually board vessels to draw attention to that ”dirty” fossil fuel people badly need for their electricity.

Greenpeace activists divert Helsinki-bound coal ship

Early Sunday morning the environmental activist group Greenpeace managed to board and get a coal-carrying freighter on its way from St. Petersburg to change its course before arriving to Helsinki harbour.

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After several hours, the m/s Alppila was able to reach Helsinki at around 2 pm on Sunday. As the massive freighter approached the harbour, Greenpeace activists in kayaks blocked the vessel. Image: Jussi Nukari / Lehtikuva

Early Sunday morning Greenpeace activists approached the Finnish-flagged m/s Alppila freighter in an inflatable boat. One of Greenpeace’s better-known activists, Sini Saarela, managed to climb her way aboard the vessel.

After several hours, the Alppila was able to reach Helsinki at around 2 pm on Sunday. As the massive freighter approached the harbour, Greenpeace activists in kayaks blocked the vessel.

Police detained nine activists who were taken to the Pasila police station for questioning.

After a similar ship-boarding demonstration in Russian waters two years ago, Saarela was charged with hooliganism and sat in a Russian jail cell for months.

Group wants city to stop using coal

Greenpeace said it carried out the action because it wants the city of Helsinki to make a clear decision about how and when the city plans to phase out the use of coal and to shift to renewable energy.

The environmental organisation says it would like to see the city shut down all of its coal plants in order to pave the way for new forms of energy.

Currently coal power provides roughly half of the city’s energy requirments.

Citing a TNS Gallup poll, Greenpeace says that 77 percent of Helsinki residents support a transition to renewable energy.

“The opinion of Helsinki residents is so clear that there is no reason to hesistate,” Greenpeace’s Laura Meller stated in a press release.

“Coal power is not something that belongs in modern cities,” she stated.

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