#StopMidcat #FreeFromGas Guerrilla Projection: Girona, Spain, October 2022
#StopMidcat: As part of the #FreeFromGas campaign, Xarxa per la Justícia Climàtica carried out a projection action in Girona on the 14th of October, 2022i In the framework of the international #RecuperemElFutur meeting, The activists projected a gas pipeline onto the Cathedral of Girona to warn of the danger of possible reactivation of the Midcat Pipeline. They denounce that the pipeline does not serve to guarantee #energysecurity and that its construction implies the destruction of the territory and biodiversity. The action was carried out a week after the Spanish-German summit attended by Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz. The summit was intended to achieve an agreement to invest in this mega-pipeline; and in the framework of the meeting of movements for #climatejustice #RecuperemElFutur, local residents were calling for investment in medium and long-term solutions inside the framework of a real energy transition that responds to the climate crisis. Members of the Xarxa per la Justícia Climàtica will continue mobilizing until a just energy transition is achieved, and announced future actions as long as the idea of building any other gas infrastructure remains on the table.
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