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Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"   The fact is that we have known about this issue for some time; it is nothing new. The amendment is substantial, which is why a new consultation is being launched. It mainly concerns the "relocation" of the offshore project about 1 km further south, to a new independent "Omega" platform much closer to Thasos. You can read the details in the document from the Kavala Initiative below.Personally, I find the joke elsewhere, which is why I...

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Our documentary is ready – Dioxide or oxygen

CO2 or Oxygen? A documentary that, through three key questions to scientists and activists, strengthens the voice of NO to CO₂ storage in the Bay of Kavala.   ProductionKavala initiative against CO2 storage in Prinos.Coordinating committee of Thasos organizations against the storage of CO2 in Prinos. Scenario-implementationMaria VamvouriAlkis Zopoglou Scientific advisory groupLambros SakellariouLazaros Vasiliadis NarratorsArgyris BakirtzisChryssa Papadopoulou Video editingYannis Tekeridis...

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What the Thasos Coordinating Committee has done to date

What has the Thasos Coordinating Committee done to date? Lambros Sakellariou25.11.2025The Thasos Coordination Committee has emerged as a key and decisive factor in the institutional and social struggle against the planned installation of carbon dioxide storage projects. With consistency and a high level of documentation, the Coordinating Committee has become an important body for coordinating and expressing collective objections, contributing substantially to the formation of a strong and...

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Update – In view of the public online consultation

Update – In view of the public online consultation

Update In view of the public online consultation on the draft law "Regulations for the capture, use, transport, and storage of carbon dioxide" initiated by the Minister of Environment and Energy, Mr. Stavros Papastavrou, and which ends on 19/11/2025, the Thasos Coordinating Committee of Agencies is organizing a workshop with the aim of bringing together the agencies of the Prefecture and the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace to inform the residents of the area.

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We are entering the final stretch.

We are entering the final stretch.The consultation has begun and will last until Wednesday, November 19, 2025. The Minister of Environment and Energy is launching a public online consultation today, Tuesday, November 4,2025, on the draft law of the Ministry of Environment and Energy entitled: "Regulations for the capture, use, transport, and storage of carbon dioxide – Transposition of Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the storage of carbon...

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The energy landscape in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace ten years ahead

Energy landscape in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Ten years aheadLambros Sakellariou 03/11/2025From Prinos' work, we learned that transparency,independent oversight, public participation, and strict environmental requirements are crucial for social control. independent oversight, public participation, and strict environmental requirements are critical dimensions of social control. Without them, there is a high risk of environmental damage and socio-economic conflicts. To implement these...

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Number of truck and ship movements for the transport of 3 million tonnes of CO2 in Príno

Number of truck and ship movements for the transport of 3 million tonnes of CO2 in Príno

Number of truck and ship movements to transport 3 million tons of CO2 to Prinos   10/22/2025Lambros Sakellariou   An interesting question is the ecological burden that the transport of CO2 will bring to Prinos in case the project is implemented. In other words, I will try here to calculate a general picture of the movements by ships and/or trucks in our area. To answer this question, I will focus on the ISO Containers (ISO-Tanks) for liquefied CO₂ which are currently Standard and are used for...

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Are there any groups, research projects, or organizations around the world that oppose CO2 storage?

Are there any groups, research projects, or organizations around the world that oppose CO2 storage? Together with over 100 environmental organizations, citizens' initiatives, companies, and municipalities, we demand that the federal government reject the industry's CCS fairy tales! Instead of CCS, we need a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels. To prevent climate catastrophe, we must move away from CO2 and toward renewable energies. Why are we against CCS? It's simple: CCS is expensive and does not...

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We don’t want you! Take your stuff and leave!

We don’t want you! Take your stuff and leave!

We don’t want you!
Take your stuff and leave!

Here, in about ten minutes, is the entire speech given by Lambros Sakellarios at the event organized by the Coordinating Committee of Thasos Institutions and the Municipality of Thasos on 12.10.2015 against CO2 at the Port of Thasos.

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Overview of EIA documents


Overview of EIA documents

EnEarth:Environmental Impact Assessment “CCS Prinos” Environmental Impact Assessment “CCS Prinos”Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung “CCS Prinos” Overview of EIA documents, Status 3.10.2025 EnEarth has published a series of new documents related to the EIA in recent days. Searching and reviewing websites is very time-consuming for most people looking for this information. For this reason, I took the trouble today to organize these documents in the document I am attaching. I hope it will help...

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Is CCS a profitable investment for the national economy

Is CCS a profitable investment for the national economy

These days, we hear many statements from government officials that CCS is a necessary investment for the Greek economy. But is it a profitable investment, and what criteria will we use to judge the benefits of Prinos for the Greek economy? Who wins and who loses, or are there only winners in this case?Why are subsidies through Carbon Contracts for Difference the key to these investments? Why are they coming to Prinos and not sending the pollutants to the Egyptian desert? Why are subsidies with...

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The climate is changing – Resistance to the CCS project near Thassos is growing

The climate is changing – Resistance to the CCS project near Thassos is growing

The climate is changing: Resistance to the project is growing CCS near Thassos By Lambros SakellariouStargate 30/09/2025   What was initially presented as an innovative project for climate protection is increasingly being challenged in the region. This is the general conclusion of the informative discussion on the CO2 storage in Prinos of Thassos that took place yesterday (29/9/2025) at the Regional Council. The planned storage of CO₂ in the depleted oil fields of Prinos, near Thassos, is...

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Meeting of the Regional Council of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Meeting of the Regional Council of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Thasos says NO! Meeting of the Regional Council of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace on CO₂ storage in Prinos TODAY, 29/09/2025, the Thasos Coordinating Committee, together with the Kavala Initiative against CO₂, will be in Komotini, where the Regional Council of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace will meet at 7 p.m. to discuss CO₂ storage in Prinos.We will be there and we will politely voice our opposition to the plans of the Government and the Company to create a potential hazard for centuries to come...

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Opinions: Energy Observer and Prinos

Opinions: Energy Observer and Prinos

Opinions: Energy Observer and Prinos Lambros Sakellariou, Hockenheim, 16.09.2025   The Energy Observer is a pilot laboratory ship that travels around the world to show that we can move with clean energy without polluting fuels. It generates electricity with solar panels and wind turbines on board and uses this electricity to make hydrogen from seawater through electrolysis. So it's both a floating clean energy lab and an educational/communication project. It shows people what a...

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Kavala and Thassos send SOS

Kavala and Thassos send SOS

Kavala and Thassos send SOS   CCS technology is often touted as the “key” to achieving climate goals. But how safe, effective, and economically sustainable is it really? What are its environmental, legal, and social impacts? The Kavala Against CCS initiative is organizing this event with renowned scientists to inform the public in Kavala about new developments related to the technical and geological uncertainties of CCS, the dangers to the environment and local communities, and to discuss...

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Who has the legitimate interest to submit an objection or request for annulment to the Council of State for the “CCS Prinos” project?

Recently, there has been much discussion about CO2 storage as a necessary political/social preparation to substantiate legitimate interest. The application for annulment must be accompanied by complete legal and technical documentation. The legal and technical team set up by the Municipality for the expected costly appeal to the Council of State must work effectively. This discussion paper analyzes the basic principles of the appeal issue to make the matter understandable to all residents and...

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Current Developments and Implications of the Executive Decision „COM(2025) 367″

On Monday, 07.07.2025, you will be asked to decide whether to carry out or cancel the planned CO2 injection into the licensed wells of Prinos. Energean, a company with mainly Israeli interests, with full government support and without the necessary expertise in the field of CCS, which is making an investment of more than 1 billion euros from European and national funds, will in its 30-year operation inject about 100 million tons of CO2 from countries in southeastern Europe in the heart of the closed bay of Kavala.

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Current Developments and Implications of the Executive Decision „COM(2025) 367″

On Monday, 07.07.2025, you will be asked to decide whether to carry out or cancel the planned CO2 injection into the licensed wells of Prinos. Energean, a company with mainly Israeli interests, with full government support and without the necessary expertise in the field of CCS, which is making an investment of more than 1 billion euros from European and national funds, will in its 30-year operation inject about 100 million tons of CO2 from countries in southeastern Europe in the heart of the closed bay of Kavala.

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SUPPLEMENTARY MEMORANDUM FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF THASOS CONCERNING THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CO2 IN THE THASOS SAWMILL

SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPLEMENTARY NOTICE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THASSOS
RELATING TO THE SUBSURFACE RISK
CO2 STORAGE IN PRINOS OF THASSOS
THASSOS LAKE 15/6/2025
Introduction – Objections of the Municipality of Thassos
I. Introduction

1. From a review of relevant EU and national legislation. as well as from the
data of technical documentation. environmental impact studies and environmental impact assessments.

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Comments on the opinion of the Department of Environment and Water Economy of the Regional Unit of Kavala to the Regional Council of the Region of AMTH

On Monday, 07.07.2025, you will be asked to decide whether to carry out or cancel the planned CO2 injection into the licensed wells of Prinos. Energean, a company with mainly Israeli interests, with full government support and without the necessary expertise in the field of CCS, which is making an investment of more than 1 billion euros from European and national funds, will in its 30-year operation inject about 100 million tons of CO2 from countries in southeastern Europe in the heart of the closed bay of Kavala.

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For the VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KAVALA

For the VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KAVALA

For the VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KAVALA "WORDS OF NARRATIVES... AN UNEXPLAINED ORACLE - AN IRRESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE" Those who attended the informative meeting of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Kavala on 07/07 regarding the storage of CO2 in Kavala Bay could hardly believe that the result would be the adoption of a hermaphroditic resolution by the majority faction of Mayor Mouriadis. Because while the vast majority of the councilors of the Municipality's...

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Suddenly 1.2 billion missing

Suddenly 1.2 billion is missing. Accounts without the hotelier lead to disaster!   The Northern Lights CCS project in the North Sea is considered "still" promising for CO₂ storage projects in many European countries. But in practice , questions arise about the financing, technical capacity and transport of the project. How does a 1.2 billion hole suddenly appear? Here are the jumps...Northern Lights is a consortium with the participation of the Norwegian state and is largely financed by...

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The “Cover Your Arse” policy of Kavala City Council on CO2

The “Cover Your Arse” policy of Kavala City Council on CO2

The decision of the Kavala Municipal Council on the storage of CO2 that took place on 07/07/2025 is a YES for the project with a failed in my opinion communication effort to paint this YES into NO. In essence it is a positive position for the project as the results recorded on the card below show: In the Kavala Morning newspaper we read that the decision of the Municipal Council is negative unless the Greek government provides guarantees: " on whether carbon capture and storage can be...

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Event on CO2 storage at the Kavala City Council

Event on CO2 storage at the Kavala City Council

Subject : Introduction by Yannis Economides to the Municipal Council of Kavala (7/7/2025) for CCS PrinosFirst of all, I would like to thank the Municipal Council for the opportunity provided to us with today's special Council meeting to present our views on the underground storage of CO2 in Prinos, Thassos. I am Yannis Economides, I am a Mechanical Engineer, I have already completed 4 decades of professional activity and I am one of the three members of the interdisciplinary team ( Prof....

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Thassos thundered in Limenas

Thassos thundered in Limenas

Thassos thundered in Limenas "No to CO₂ storage – Yes to life and transparency" Limenas Thassos, October 12, 2025 The event organized by the Coordinating Committee of Thassos Bodies against Carbon...

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CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE IN THE SAWMILL

CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE IN THE SAWMILL

STORAGE DIOXIDE OF ANTHRACA AT PRINCE GREEN TECHNOLOGY OR A THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT & THE LOCAL COMMUNITY?   The Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Branch of the Institute of Alternative...

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Dear Mr. Skylakakis,

Dear Mr. Skylakakis,

Dear Mr. Skylakakis, First of all, we want to emphasize that it is a great honour for us that you recognize the "conspiratorial power" of the whole of our island's society, which, united by a...

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OPEN LETTER – CALL FOR SUPPORT

OPEN LETTER – CALL FOR SUPPORT

OPEN LETTER - CALL FOR SUPPORT κ . ......................., Regular member of the Committee on Agricultural Economy, Environment & Rural Development Development The Coordinating Committee of the...

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PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE   The Coordinating Committee of Thassos stakeholders, with the participation of the Municipality of Thassos and the support of the initiatives of Kavala and Nestos against the CO2...

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OPEN LETTER – CALL FOR SUPPORT

OPEN LETTER – CALL FOR SUPPORT

OPEN LETTER - CALL FOR SUPPORT   Our friends in the media. The Coordinating Committee of the stakeholders of Thassos was born out of the need to express the universal opposition of its...

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PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF ANTI-STORAGE OPERATORS CO2 The Coordinating Committee of stakeholders through regularly scheduled meetings plans actions and takes initiatives to inform and...

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PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE Of the SYNTOOF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE AGAINST STORAGE CO2 IN THE PRINCE TO: THE MEDIA SUBJECT: INVITATION - INFORMING THE M.M.E. FOR THE RALLY ON 12/03/25 IN THASOS The Coordinating...

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OPEN LETTER – CALL FOR SUPPORT

OPEN LETTER – CALL FOR SUPPORT

OPEN LETTER - CALL FOR SUPPORT Fellow citizens The Coordinating Committee of the stakeholders of Thassos was born out of the need to express the universal opposition of its inhabitants to the...

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