Ishpingo Oil Field Blockade

Offset: 0.9 t CO2

Vintage: 2023

In late December 2023, the Ishpingo oil field was shut down by the indigenous Waorani Kawymeno community. This action was taken in response to Petroecuador’s failure to fulfill the public works agreement tied to the drilling operations on their ancestral lands. The shutdown lasted for three days, during which time the community and the Ministry of Energy engaged in negotiations. An agreement was eventually reached, leading to the resumption of operations at the oil field.
$$ {\sum_{n=1}^{days}({Fuel_{tonnes\,per\,day} \times CO_{2\,tonnes\,per\,unit fuel}} \times n} ) $$

Schwarze Pumpe Power Station

Offset: 2.1 t CO2

Vintage: 2016

In one of the largest acts of civil disobedience against fossil fuels in Germany, activists effectively curtailed the Schwarze Pumpe power station's energy production for two days by blocking entry to the Welzow opencast mine and the plant. These actions, which reduced the power station's operations by 80%, were part of a protest against Lusatia’s coal mining industry which is cited as the highest investment in coal-fired power in Europe.
$$ {\sum_{n=1}^{days}({0.8\times Coal_{tonnes\,per\,day} \times CO_{2\,tonnes\,of\,coal}} \times n}) $$

Lafarge-Holcim Marseille Cement Plant

Offset: 2.5 t CO2

Vintage: 2022

200 environmental activists invaded and shut down the Lafarge-Holcim Marseille Cement Plant in Southern France. By damaging the facility’s equipment and supplies, the activists made the cement plant inoperable for several weeks.
$$ {\sum_{n=1}^{days}({CO_{2\,tonnes\,of\,cement}} \times n}) $$

Dakota Access Pipeline Disruption

Offset: 10741.7 t CO2

Vintage: 2017

The Dakota Access Pipeline (also known as the Bakken pipeline) carries crude oil from the Bakken formation in North Dakota to Gulf Coast refineries and export terminals via Patoka, Illinois. Protests and resistance to construction delayed the project for five months between September 10th, 2016, and February 9th, 2017.
$$ {\sum_{n=1}^{days}({Fuel_{tonnes\,per\,day} \times CO_{2\,tonnes\,per\,unit fuel}} \times n} ) $$

Newcastle Port Blockade

Offset: 1681.7 t CO2

Vintage: 2021

Activists shut down the port of Newcastle by climbing on machinery and pressing an emergency safety button. By attaching themselves to structures in the port, they blocked key bottlenecks in the multibillion-dollar coal supply chain in the Hunter Region of Australia for more than a week.
$$ {\sum_{n=1}^{days}({Coal_{tonnes\,per\,day} \times CO_{2\,tonnes\,of\,coal}} \times n}) $$

Exxon Pipeline Disruption

Offset: 120.47 t CO2

Vintage: 2021

A new pipeline has been proposed to supply fuel to Heathrow airport, carrying fuel between Southhampton and London. Scott Breen (also known as “Digger”) dug and occupied a pit and shed next to the M25 at Chertsey in Surrey for 22 days. Other activists also damaged equipment.
$$ {\sum_{n=1}^{days}({Fuel_{tonnes\,per\,day} \times CO_{2\,tonnes\,per\,unit fuel}} \times n} ) $$

SUV Tire Deflation

Offset: 1.112 t CO2

Vintage: 2022

Tyre Extinguishers are an anonymous, leaderless group that aims to "make it impossible to own a huge polluting 4x4 in the world’s urban areas." To accomplish this goal they encourage individuals to deflate the tires of SUVs by inserting lentils and other small hard objects into tire valves, thereby inconveniencing vehicle owners and temporarily preventing vehicles from being driven. Between March and November of 2022 they estimate that over 10,000 SUVs were deflated.
$$Total_{SUVS} \times {AverageCarCO_2peryr \times SUV_{multiplier} \over 365}$$