Fellesaksjonen mot gasskraftverk
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| Formation | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 2002 |
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Environmentalism |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| Leader | Lars Haltbrekken |
| Website | www.ngo.grida.no/fmg |
Fellesaksjonen mot gasskraftverk (lit. The common action against gas power plants) is a former
fossile gas thermal power plants in Norway. It was created in all secrecy in 1997 and was able to collect about 3,000 people willing to use civil disobedience to hinder the construction, before going public to announce this resistance.[1]
The organization was disestablished in 2002.
History
The organization was established mainly by the
Natur og Ungdom (NU). It was led by former leader of NU, and later leader of NNV, Lars Haltbrekken. The background for the organization was that Naturkraft had permission to build two gas-powered thermal power plants at Kårstø and Kollsnes
, though these would be built without carbon sequenciation. At the congress of NU in January 2007 there had been made a decision to use civil disobedience, and a network to organize this was needed.
The rhetorics of the organization were partially based on threatening
First cabinet Bondevik
, who were opposed to gas power plants, enter cabinet. Fellesaksjonen successfully managed to hinder the building of gas power plants during its existence, with the full climax coming in 2000 when the First cabinet Bondevik left office to hinder their building. By 2002 there was no longer use for Fellesaksjonen, who closed down, though the work still continued in other environmental organizations.
References
- Natur og Ungdom. "Historien år for år" (in Norwegian). Archived from the originalon 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ^ Dagsavisen (2007-09-18). "Skremt til gass-nei" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
