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Green Warriors of Norway, other initiative groups, and individuals have been working with the U-864 case since 2003, and have tried to motivate the Norwegian government to salvage the submarine. However, the government wants the quickest and cheapest solution, which is to cover the wreck and seabed with sand, without removing any mercury.
The initiative for an international appeal against covering submarine U-864 took place in Bergen July 2. 2017. The initiative group for salvaging U-864 in Fedje and Bergen worked together with Green Warriors and GlobalMercuryScandal.org to develop the appeal. The joint action page is http://globalmercuryscandal.org.
Supporters can download and distribute the appeal to environmental networks, companies, the press, and politicians around the world to put pressure on the Norwegian Government not to cover the shipwreck, as it poses an environmental threat. For signing, send an email to U864@globalmercuryscandal.org
BACKGROUND
At a meeting with the locals on the island of Fedje on June 27, 2018, the Secretary for Transport, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, who represented the government, advocated that covering the wreck is the most secure protection for the environment. At the same time, he said, "we can never be 100% sure the mercury will remain stable under the sand cover."
Green Warriors of Norway and NGO in Bergen want to invite other environmental organizations in Norway and abroad to stop the cover alternative, salvage the wreck, and get all the mercury out of the seabed before restoring it.
WE MUST STOP THE COVER UP OPERATION!
The cover up operation is an easy escape from responsibility for the Norwegian government. The short-term goal now is to get international attention on the case, stop the cover alternative, and reach a successful recovery for the marine environment outside the island of Fedje that will make a positive impact on the health and environment in the North Sea.
Help us distribute the appeal to your local contacts in environmental organizations, companies, and the press. The more signatures we collect, the bigger the impact.
Join the movement!
DOWNLOADS
APPEAL
Green Warriors of Norway, other initiative groups, and individuals have been working with the U-864 case since 2003, and have tried to motivate the Norwegian government to salvage the submarine. However, the government wants the quickest and cheapest solution, which is to cover the wreck and seabed with sand, without removing any mercury.
The initiative for an international appeal against covering submarine U-864 took place in Bergen July 2. 2017. The initiative group for salvaging U-864 in Fedje and Bergen worked together with Green Warriors and GlobalMercuryScandal.org to develop the appeal. The joint action page is http://globalmercuryscandal.org.
Supporters can download and distribute the appeal to environmental networks, companies, the press, and politicians around the world to put pressure on the Norwegian Government not to cover the shipwreck, as it poses an environmental threat. For signing, send an email to U864@globalmercuryscandal.org
BACKGROUND
At a meeting with the locals on the island of Fedje on June 27, 2018, the Secretary for Transport, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, who represented the government, advocated that covering the wreck is the most secure protection for the environment. At the same time, he said, "we can never be 100% sure the mercury will remain stable under the sand cover."
Green Warriors of Norway and NGO in Bergen want to invite other environmental organizations in Norway and abroad to stop the cover alternative, salvage the wreck, and get all the mercury out of the seabed before restoring it.
WE MUST STOP THE COVER UP OPERATION!
The cover up operation is an easy escape from responsibility for the Norwegian government. The short-term goal now is to get international attention on the case, stop the cover alternative, and reach a successful recovery for the marine environment outside the island of Fedje that will make a positive impact on the health and environment in the North Sea.
Help us distribute the appeal to your local contacts in environmental organizations, companies, and the press. The more signatures we collect, the bigger the impact.
Join the movement!
DOWNLOADS
APPEAL
Green Warriors of Norway, other initiative groups, and individuals have been working with the U-864 case since 2003, and have tried to motivate the Norwegian government to salvage the submarine. However, the government wants the quickest and cheapest solution, which is to cover the wreck and seabed with sand, without removing any mercury.
The initiative for an international appeal against covering submarine U-864 took place in Bergen July 2. 2017. The initiative group for salvaging U-864 in Fedje and Bergen worked together with Green Warriors and GlobalMercuryScandal.org to develop the appeal. The joint action page is http://globalmercuryscandal.org.
Supporters can download and distribute the appeal to environmental networks, companies, the press, and politicians around the world to put pressure on the Norwegian Government not to cover the shipwreck, as it poses an environmental threat. For signing, send an email to U864@globalmercuryscandal.org
BACKGROUND
At a meeting with the locals on the island of Fedje on June 27, 2018, the Secretary for Transport, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, who represented the government, advocated that covering the wreck is the most secure protection for the environment. At the same time, he said, "we can never be 100% sure the mercury will remain stable under the sand cover."
Green Warriors of Norway and NGO in Bergen want to invite other environmental organizations in Norway and abroad to stop the cover alternative, salvage the wreck, and get all the mercury out of the seabed before restoring it.
WE MUST STOP THE COVER UP OPERATION!
The cover up operation is an easy escape from responsibility for the Norwegian government. The short-term goal now is to get international attention on the case, stop the cover alternative, and reach a successful recovery for the marine environment outside the island of Fedje that will make a positive impact on the health and environment in the North Sea.
Help us distribute the appeal to your local contacts in environmental organizations, companies, and the press. The more signatures we collect, the bigger the impact.
Join the movement!
DOWNLOADS
APPEAL
Green Warriors of Norway, other initiative groups, and individuals have been working with the U-864 case since 2003, and have tried to motivate the Norwegian government to salvage the submarine. However, the government wants the quickest and cheapest solution, which is to cover the wreck and seabed with sand, without removing any mercury.
The initiative for an international appeal against covering submarine U-864 took place in Bergen July 2. 2017. The initiative group for salvaging U-864 in Fedje and Bergen worked together with Green Warriors and GlobalMercuryScandal.org to develop the appeal. The joint action page is http://globalmercuryscandal.org.
Supporters can download and distribute the appeal to environmental networks, companies, the press, and politicians around the world to put pressure on the Norwegian Government not to cover the shipwreck, as it poses an environmental threat. For signing, send an email to U864@globalmercuryscandal.org
BACKGROUND
At a meeting with the locals on the island of Fedje on June 27, 2018, the Secretary for Transport, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, who represented the government, advocated that covering the wreck is the most secure protection for the environment. At the same time, he said, "we can never be 100% sure the mercury will remain stable under the sand cover."
Green Warriors of Norway and NGO in Bergen want to invite other environmental organizations in Norway and abroad to stop the cover alternative, salvage the wreck, and get all the mercury out of the seabed before restoring it.
WE MUST STOP THE COVER UP OPERATION!
The cover up operation is an easy escape from responsibility for the Norwegian government. The short-term goal now is to get international attention on the case, stop the cover alternative, and reach a successful recovery for the marine environment outside the island of Fedje that will make a positive impact on the health and environment in the North Sea.
Help us distribute the appeal to your local contacts in environmental organizations, companies, and the press. The more signatures we collect, the bigger the impact.
Join the movement!
DOWNLOADS
APPEAL
Green Warriors of Norway, other initiative groups, and individuals have been working with the U-864 case since 2003, and have tried to motivate the Norwegian government to salvage the submarine. However, the government wants the quickest and cheapest solution, which is to cover the wreck and seabed with sand, without removing any mercury.
The initiative for an international appeal against covering submarine U-864 took place in Bergen July 2. 2017. The initiative group for salvaging U-864 in Fedje and Bergen worked together with Green Warriors and GlobalMercuryScandal.org to develop the appeal. The joint action page is http://globalmercuryscandal.org.
Supporters can download and distribute the appeal to environmental networks, companies, the press, and politicians around the world to put pressure on the Norwegian Government not to cover the shipwreck, as it poses an environmental threat. For signing, send an email to U864@globalmercuryscandal.org
BACKGROUND
At a meeting with the locals on the island of Fedje on June 27, 2018, the Secretary for Transport, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, who represented the government, advocated that covering the wreck is the most secure protection for the environment. At the same time, he said, "we can never be 100% sure the mercury will remain stable under the sand cover."
Green Warriors of Norway and NGO in Bergen want to invite other environmental organizations in Norway and abroad to stop the cover alternative, salvage the wreck, and get all the mercury out of the seabed before restoring it.
WE MUST STOP THE COVER UP OPERATION!
The cover up operation is an easy escape from responsibility for the Norwegian government. The short-term goal now is to get international attention on the case, stop the cover alternative, and reach a successful recovery for the marine environment outside the island of Fedje that will make a positive impact on the health and environment in the North Sea.
Help us distribute the appeal to your local contacts in environmental organizations, companies, and the press. The more signatures we collect, the bigger the impact.
Join the movement!
THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENTS COVER UP & ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME:
THE U-864 GLOBAL MERCURY SCANDAL
THE U-864
The German submarine U-864 was torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Venturer, outside Fedje, Norway in 1945.
The cargo?
67.000 kilos of mercury.
The U-864 was hit in a submerged position, the the middle part was destroyed and two large wrecks lay a distance apart on the seabed in Norway. Let's not forget to mention the bottles containing
67.000 kilos of metallic mercury.
U-864 had 1845 bottles of mercury on board where it has been estimated that 400 of these fell out during the attack; some of the bottles spilled out in the nature and some have yet to be found.
The submarine was located and found in 2003 after great efforts from private individuals in Norway. In 2003 the Norwegian Government and the Norwegian Coastal Administration claimed that there were no mercury on board U-864.
THE GOVERNMENT
The 21st of February 2003 Norway and Switzerland was the driving force for the Minamata Convention on Mercury: a legally binding instrument on mercury.
Imagine the scandal if Norway had 67.000 kilos of mercury on the seabed!
"There is no information in the wreck database that the U-864 had mercury on board" claimed the Norwegian Government and Norwegian Costal Administration to the Norwegian people the 23rd of October, 2003.
The Norwegian Government have also presented this as a local "Fedje issue", but in the Minamata convention they signed that the Norwegian State recognized that:
"mercury is a global concern owing to its long-range in ecosystems and atmospheric transport, its persistence in the environment once anthropologically introduced, its ability to bio accumulate in ecosystems and its negative effects on human healt and the environment"
WE NEED YOUR HELP
The Norwegian Government is trying to cover up the biggest scandal this century...and the German submarine U-864.
A cover up of 67.000 kilos of mercury is the largest environmental criminal act in modern times and we need to ensure that future generations will not suffer from these criminal acts.
We created this website so that we could reach out to people who will be effected by these actions: everyone!
There needs to be a global pressure towards the Norwegian Government so that we can stop them from harming our world, our planet, our nature, our food, our lives, our health, our families and our offsprings.
THIS NEEDS TO STOP!
THE MESSAGE TO THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT
The Norwegian Government will be remembered as the most reckless government in history with regards to protecting the marine environment if U-864 (and the seabed around the wreck) is covered in sand without separating the mercury from the wreck and the mud.
The Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has promised that Norway will be an internationally leading country on work against marine pollution, but is the plastic bag more important than 67.000 kilos of mercury? This is hypocrisy.
Covering mercury under sand will be an international environmental crime, and this must be stopped. Norway have the funds to salvage the wreck and get the mercury out of the marine environment. This will ensure the health of people living around the North Sea, the fisheries and the fish farms.
Salvage is a cheap investment for the future...whereas a cover up of the problem will develop into an environmental catastrophe in the years to come.
Dear Norway:
The Norwegian people are tired of alternative truths, manipulated statistics, reports and manipulative politicians. Please, listen to your people and salvage the U-864 and get the mercury out of the global environment!