3. How I am? (And again thanks alot!!)

The first thing people tend to ask has been how I got on with all of this, so I’ll start with that. Thanks, whoever asks – I’m fine! Only when the campaign started, of course, it felt terrible, and I thought at first that it was me who had done something wrong, so then I didn’t feel well. I really liked the Energy Agency and was absolutely horrified that I might have done something that damaged the agency’s reputation, which I absolutely did not want.

But then I saw how it was all staged and understood that it wasn’t my fault. This is of course a very serious story, but I feel incredibly cared for and at the same time it feels good to be part of something constructive. After all this, I also very quickly got an assignment in a nice Waste-to-Energy project, so I got over the bad feeling. The serious thing is that it shows that society is heading in an undemocratic direction, and that this is part of a tougher climate that affects a lot of people, and also our climate transition work.

With these lines, I would also like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the support I have received in this process, in the form of good advice, writings, shoulders to lean on, and even fundraising and financial contributions that have helped me stay on my feet.

It is not me myself who made us succeed in turning public opinion around, as the list in chapter 5 testifies about.

After a media campagne, there is most often no possibility to react to what is wrong, but I got that possibility. Many thanks to all brave journalists, writers and others who worked in various ways to illuminate this story. You are all in my heart.

I feel no anger towards the Energy Agency for what has happened and I had great colleagues at the agency and wish them all the best in the future. Nor do I feel any anger towards the people in question who started the media campagne. I understand that what has been done to me is fundamentally because of lack of knowledge.