An anonymous group claimed responsibility on an anarchist website, saying the motive for their “sabotage” was to protest a megaproject they say will destroy woods and wetlands and perpetuate car culture.
“if people have objections to make, there are other ways to do it.”
…that can safely be ignored, are too costly or take too much time.
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These are oil and gas folks for sure … They always pull this same garbage and it’s been working.
I’m not so sure. There are some people that oppose any sort of project happening in natural areas. Also there are probably legitimate concerns about pollution and contamination with this project, but idk.
The way they sabotaged the project was by making it harder to cut down trees (ie more likely they’ll damage the logging equipment).
That’s not what I would consider the M.O. of “oil and gas folks”.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Swedish manufacturer Northvolt says the site of its future electric vehicle battery plant near Montreal was sabotaged after nails were driven into trees that are set to be cut down.
Northvolt spokesperson Emmanuelle Rouillard-Moreau says nails or metal bars were inserted into about 100 trees Monday night at its 170-hectare site, which straddles the communities of McMasterville and Saint-Basile-le-Grand, on the South Shore.
An anonymous group claimed responsibility on an anarchist website, saying the motive for its “sabotage” was to protest a megaproject it says will destroy woods and wetlands and perpetuate car culture.
Writing on website Montreal Counter-Information, the group said putting the “steel bars and nails” in the tree trunks was an attempt to damage heavy machinery and make the forest tougher and costlier to log.
The company also confirmed Tuesday that work remains suspended on the site following an injunction request by an environmental rights group, the Centre québécois du droit de l’environnement, and three citizens.
In the meantime, Quebec Superior Court Justice David R. Collier has ordered the company not to cut down any trees in or within 500 metres of wetlands until the case is heard.
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