OSLO: Some 200 climate activists including Greta Thunberg of Sweden blocked Norway’s largest oil refinery on Monday in a protest demanding an end to the country’s oil industry, organizers and police said. Activists from Extinction Rebellion sat on the road, blocking the entrance to the Mongstad refinery in Bergen on Norway’s southwestern coast, while kayaks and sailboats obstructed the port’s entrance. “We are here because it’s crystal clear that there is no future in oil.

OSLO: Some 200 climate activists including Greta Thunberg of Sweden blocked Norway’s largest oil refinery on Monday in a protest demanding an end to the country’s oil industry,…

Police remove activists from Extinction Rebellion who have broken the security zone using kayaks to protest at Equinor's oil refinery in Mongstad, Norway, 18 August 2025. (ANSA)