グレタさん、北欧先住民と「違法な」風力発電所に抗議　ノルウェー

【オスロ（ノルウェー）ＡＦＰ＝時事】スウェーデンの環境活動家グレタ・トゥンベリさんと北欧の先住民サーミ人の活動家数十人は２７日、ノルウェー最高裁が操業許可を無効としたにもかかわらず稼働を続けている風力発電所に抗議し、同国石油・エネルギー省の前を封鎖した。（写真は、ノルウェー・オスロで、石油・エネルギー省の前を封鎖するグレタさん〈後列右から３人目〉や北欧先住民サーミ人の活動家）
　グレタさんは「脱炭素社会への移行を植民地主義の隠れみのにさせてはいけない」と現地テレビに語った。
　問題となっているのは、ノルウェー西部のフォセン地方にある風力発電所。最高裁は２０２１年、この発電所がサーミ人のトナカイの放牧権を侵害しているとし、１５１基のタービン建設および操業の許可を無効と判断した。だが判決から１年以上たった今も風力タービンは稼働している。
　ノルウェー、スウェーデン、フィンランド、ロシアの北部に合わせて約１０万人が暮らしているとされるサーミ人は、伝統的にトナカイの放牧と漁業で生活してきた。サーミ人の活動家は、タービンの取り壊しを要求している。
　警察当局は、ノルウェー石油・エネルギー省の玄関ホールを数日間占拠していた十数人の活動家を２６日夜から２７日未明にかけて強制的に排除。この庁舎には複数の省庁が入っており、職員は２７日、在宅勤務を求められていた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/02/28-13:31）

Climate activist Greta Thunberg and dozens of Sami activists blocked the entrance to Norway's energy ministry Monday to protest against wind turbines still in place on reindeer herding land despite a court ruling.
We can't use the so-called climate transition as a cover for colonialism, Thunberg told broadcaster TV2 as she blocked the doors of the ministry in Oslo.
A climate transition that violates human rights is not a climate transition worthy of the name and we must therefore stand up against the human rights violations that are happening here, the Swedish climate activist said.
They are protesting against the continued operation of wind turbines in the Fosen region of western Norway, more than a year after a landmark ruling by the Norwegian Supreme Court.
The court found that the project violated the right of Sami families to practise their culture of reindeer husbandry.
An indigenous minority of around 100,000 people spread over the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, the Sami have traditionally lived off reindeer herding and fishing.
In their October 2021 verdict, the 11 judges of the country's highest court unanimously ruled that the expropriation and operating permits for the construction of the 151 turbines were invalid.
However, they gave no guidance on what should be done with the turbines, which were already in operation.
It is clear that when a human rights violation has been going on for more than 500 days in Fosen, it is time to put measures in place, Ella Marie Haetta Isaksen, a Sami musician and activist, told TV2.
On the night between Sunday and Monday, Norwegian police forcibly removed a dozen activists who had been occupying the entrance hall of the ministry of oil and energy for several days.
Representatives of the indigenous Sami minority are demanding that the turbines be demolished.
The Norwegian authorities have so far held off taking actions and ordered further assessments.
Petroleum and energy minister Terje Aasland acknowledged Monday that the case was a heavy burden for Sami reindeer herders.
But even though the Supreme Court has found that the permits granted violate the legal protection of the reindeer herders, it has not made a decision on what will happen to the turbines, he said.
That is what we are now trying to determine. Changing the permits in Fosen requires that the issue is sufficiently studied, he added in an email to AFP.
The building whose entrance was blocked Monday houses several ministries, leading to civil servants from six departments being asked to work from home.