German climate activists shut off oil pipelines to protest North Sea drilling
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Climate activists shut down crude oil pipelines throughout Germany on Wednesday to protest the country's renewed interest in oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.
Industrial facilities of PCK Raffinerie oil refinery are pictured in Schwedt/Oder, Germany, March 7, 2022. The company receives crude oil from Russia via the 'Friendship' pipeline. Picture taken March 7, 2022. (REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke) (REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke)
"We are in a climate emergency! The federal government is not only ignoring this, it plans to fuel it further. Wanting to drill for oil in our North Sea now - that's madness that you have to stop, Mr. Habeck," activist Edmund Schulz said in a statement Wednesday, referring to Robert Habeck, the German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
Germany is not granting any new permits for oil and gas drilling the North Sea under a coalition agreement between the country's top parties, but some officials have suggested they may need to rethink that amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has driven up energy prices around the world.