9 February. Some 30 activists put up a blockade in the middle of the highway running through Umeå, the largest city in northern Sweden. Recent studies have found the highest concentrations of carbon dioxide ever recorded in Umeå, due to increasing traffic, while Sweden’s car park remains the most fuel-guzzling in the EU. Klimax-Umeå demands a rapid expansion of public transportation in the city and an end to subsidizing new roads. The blockade lasted for half an hour, wreaking considerable chaos in the inner city traffic
Umea blockade
9 February. Some 30 activists put up a blockade in the middle of the highway running through Umeå, the largest city in northern Sweden.