Eight Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty of public nuisance at Guildford Crown Court today, after peacefully disrupting the UK’s largest petrol station, to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects.[1] Michael Davies, Charles Laurie, Phoebe Frewer, Sophie Sharples, Tez Burns, Peter Lay, Gareth Harper and Emma Ireland took action at Cobham| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been found not guilty of causing criminal damage at Southwark Crown Court today, following a three-day jury trial presided over by Judge Griffith. [1] On 1 July 2023, Arthur Clifton, 22, and Guido Wieser, 19, sprayed black and pink paint over the Coca-Cola float during the Pride march in| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
Four Just Stop Oil supporters were given conditional discharges today after pleading guilty to “interfering with the use of key national infrastructure” by slow marching in 2023 to demand an end to new oil and gas licensing.[1] Ben Larsen, Tabitha King, Cathy Archer and Poppy Jabelman had joined a slow march at Hendon Way on […] The post Four Just Stop Oil slow marchers walk free despite “interfering with key national infrastructure” first appeared on Just Stop Oil.| Just Stop Oil
A Just Stop Oil supporter faces retrial after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in relation to her participation in the M25 gantry climbing actions in November 2022 demanding an end to new oil and gas licencing. [1] A 12-member jury at Southwark Crown Court was unable to reach a verdict in the […] The post Hung jury in latest Just Stop Oil gantry case first appeared on Just Stop Oil.| Just Stop Oil
The conditions state that I must not “associate with any person currently or formerly associated with Just Stop Oil” and that I should not “participate directly or indirectly in organising or contributing to any demonstration, meeting, gathering, or website without approval.” The post Harsh conditions mean release but no freedom first appeared on Just Stop Oil.| Just Stop Oil
Just Stop Oil and Youth Demand stand in opposition to the UK government’s complicity in genocide in Gaza and in solidarity with Palestine Action. The post Palestine Action: An open letter to Yvette Cooper first appeared on Just Stop Oil.| Just Stop Oil
Three Just Stop Oil supporters have been handed nine-month custodial sentences, suspended for 21 months, and ordered to pay £1,000 each in compensation for spraying orange paint on the Wellington Arch in October 2023. The action was taken to demand that the UK government immediately halt all new oil and gas projects, a demand that […] The post Wellington Arch paint sprayers given suspended sentences first appeared on Just Stop Oil.| Just Stop Oil
Eight Just Stop Oil supporters were acquitted by District Judge Amanda Kelly at Horsham Magistrates Court today in the last trial related to the 2024 airports campaign. The group had taken action at Gatwick Airport to demand a fossil fuel treaty to end oil, gas and coal by 2030. [1] The eight supporters were arrested […] The post Gatwick Airport 8 acquitted after Judge rules insufficient evidence of serious disruption first appeared on Just Stop Oil.| Just Stop Oil
I want to be proud of every day I live. I want to fight for every inch of land. I might lose in the end, but goddamn it, I’ll have given it a good go, and I’ll have had a good time doing it. The post How to live in inevitable climate collapse. first appeared on Just Stop Oil.| Just Stop Oil
by Mel Carrington. Hats off to the Hay Festival for a range of sessions tackling the multiple and interlinked crises we face – everything from toxic masculinity to misinformation, inequality, extremist ideologies and the big daddy of them all, the climate emergency. No shortage of crises for the authors to diagnose. However, when it comes […] The post Never waste a good crisis – a realist’s view of the Hay Festival first appeared on Just Stop Oil.| Just Stop Oil
Direct action group Just Stop Oil have immediately ended all sales of new cotton campaign t-shirts and have partnered with The Hemp Trading Company (THTC) to produce organic hemp t-shirts instead. THTC has been producing sustainable grown organic hemp clothing since 1999, and is currently ranked the UK’s joint most ethical clothing company by Ethical| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
A Just Stop Oil supporter was given a community order today after being found guilty of spraying a university building to demand an end to new oil and gas licences. [1] Arthur Clifton, 23, was found guilty of causing criminal damage over £5,000 at Southwark Crown Court in April, following a 4 day jury trial| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
Just Getting Started Just Stop Oil may have won our demand, but revolutionary change is needed now more than ever. Corrupt politicians serving the interests of billionaires. Ordinary people struggling to survive. Media shifting blame from their mates on mega yachts to the people in small boats. And the world is getting hotter and hotter.| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
Phoebe Plummer, Chiara Sarti, and Daniel Hall have been found guilty in a landmark case under Section 7 of the new Public Order Act 2023. The case concluded today with a jury decision of 11-1 at Southwark Crown Court. The Just Stop Oil supporters were tried for marching for twenty minutes to demand the UK| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted Gatwick airport. Just Stop Oil is working with groups internationally to demand governments establish a fossil fuel treaty, to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030. [1] At around 8 am seven supporters of Just Stop Oil entered the Southern terminal at Gatwick and| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
Just Stop Oil has won its initial demand, calling for the UK government to end all new oil, gas and coal licences. This is a welcome step in the right direction, but the science is abundantly clear that this will not be enough to protect our families and communities from the worst effects of climate| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
In an obscene perversion of justice, five Just Stop Oil supporters were handed multi-year prison sentences today for nothing more than attending a Zoom call. [1] At Southwark Crown Court, Judge Christopher Hehir jailed Roger Hallam (57, from Wales) for five years, whilst Daniel Shaw (38, from Northampton), Lucia Whittaker De Abreu (34, from Derby),| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
Dear Prime Minister, We write to congratulate you on becoming Prime Minister and to acknowledge that one of the first steps of your new government has been to reaffirm your commitment to end new UK oil and gas licensing. This is an essential first step towards what is required to end the UK's contribution to| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
Five Just Stop Oil supporters were convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance at Southwark Crown Court today for planning to disrupt the M25 by climbing motorway gantries in November 2022, to demand an end to new oil and gas licensing, a demand that has just been met by the incoming Labour government. [1][2] The| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
Four Just Stop Oil supporters have painted Parliament Square orange to celebrate winning Just Stop Oil's original demand, that the UK Government commit to ending all new licences and consents for fossil fuel exploration and extraction. [1] At around 8:30 this morning, four supporters began pouring orange cornstarch-based children's powder-paint across three intersections leading into| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
The Government’s ‘independent adviser’ on domestic extremism, Lord Walney aka former Labour Politician John Woodcock, has issued a report calling for organisations like Palestine Action and Just Stop Oil to be banned. [1] The report outlines that any group engaging in action where the maximum penalty is imprisonment should be restricted through sanctions, including removing| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
Just Stop Oil supporter Lora Johnson, 38, was acquitted of criminal damage by a Jury in front of Judge Grieve at Southwark Crown Court today. She was arrested on October 14, 2022, for spraying the iconic, triangular Metropolitan Police sign with orange paint in front of New Scotland Yard during Just Stop Oil’s month of| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
A fellow member of A22, a global coalition of allied groups fighting climate collapse, Återställ Våtmarker or ‘Restore Wetlands’ has declared victory. Their two-year campaign of nonviolent civil resistance has led every party in the Swedish Parliament to stand behind their demand of restoring the country’s wetlands. [1] [2]. In a press release they stated| Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas
