The activists chained themselves to the main entrance of the LNG terminal in Sines.

This Saturday, a group of ten activists from the Stop the Gas Platform chained themselves at the main gate of the REN liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the port of Sines (Setubal) to block the operation of this infrastructure.

“We are trying to block the import of liquefied natural gas into Portugal, and one of the ways we found was to physically block it as a demonstration of our willingness to reduce the use of non-renewable fossil resources,” said Ana Maria Valiño. Luz agency.

At around 1:28 p.m., a young Lisbon woman, along with nine other activists, chained herself to one of the entrances to the REN LNG terminal, wearing a “bicycle lock” around her neck, she said.

She was joined by other young people who put tubes with the phrase “Stop the gas” into their hands to block access to the main door of the terminal under the watchful eye of the authorities.

The moment was cheered by the rest of the protesters on the platform, who promised for weeks to block the terminal as a sign of defiance and civil resistance.

“We are going to stay here indefinitely until we get a result that satisfies us,” the young woman said to Luce, demanding “greater visibility” and “opportunities for negotiation” with those in charge.

A few meters from another entrance to the LNG terminal, which is also guarded by security forces, a group of activists who have gathered next to the San Torpes beach and have followed this route to the port are protesting by singing various songs such as “Bloqueya Sines”.

Dressed in white suits, “sort of combat uniforms,” ​​as they explained to reporters, the activists hold signs demanding climate justice and the abandonment of fossil fuels, chanting “Gas is death, death is gas.”

The protest, which started its procession from the center of Sines, after traveling about three kilometers, accompanied by dozens of PPR soldiers, began two hours late because, according to the organization, the buses they were traveling on were stopped and wanted at GNR stops near Sines .

The action calls for an end to the use of fossil gas for electricity generation and the production of this electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025.

According to Matilde Ventura, a spokesman for the action and one of the participants in Climáximo, with this initiative, the activists “stop the crime of the constant use of fossil gas in the electrical system”, which “was deliberately used by gas companies such as Galp, EDP and REN with the explicit support of successive friend of governments.