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Equinor to report Greenpeace to cops after protest at CEO's home

Norwegian oil significant Equinor will report Greenpeace to cops after the ecological group opposed at the home of its CEO Anders Opedal by dumping debris from current floods in Brazil in his garden on Wednesday.

The demonstration tactic is new in Norway, where protesters traditionally avoid targeting the homes of individuals.

The protesters placed a refrigerator, a crib and some battered kids's toys in the executive's garden in Sandnes, western Norway, Greenpeace said in a statement.

Pictures from regional media likewise revealed couches, chairs, sandals, a cupboard and a biking helmet at the home. Protesters brought banners with slogans such as Anders Opedal you are accountable and climate justice shipment.

Equinor has actually been checking out and producing oil and gas in Brazil for 20 years. It likewise has solar farms in the country.

This is an unauthorised action on private property. As a. business, we highly distance ourselves from this behaviour, a. company representative said.

We take this action seriously and it will be reported to. the authorities, the individual said, adding that neither Opedal nor his. household were at home when the protest began.

Greenpeace said it had discarded the items since Opedal was. among the climate crisis' significant motorists.

I understand it's personal to appear at Opedal's home, however it's. also individual to lose enjoyed ones, flee your home and lose. whatever you own due to the damage of the climate. crisis, Brazilian Greenpeace activist Claiton Wuaden Junior. said in the declaration.

Record floods in June in southern Brazil eliminated over 170. people and displaced half a million people. Climate modification made. the floods two times as likely, researchers state.

Brazil is the third-largest nation in Equinor's portfolio,. after Norway and the United States, representing 16% of its. properties since Sept. 30, a business report showed.

(source: Reuters)