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Five Just Stop Oil supporters were today given jail terms of up to 15 months, while the remaining four were given suspended sentences for an action at Heathrow Airport that never happened. The group planned action to demand a fossil fuel treaty to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030. […]
Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been sentenced today in connection with plans to disrupt the M25. These actions were carried out in November 2022, with a view to demanding an end to all new oil and gas projects. This demand was subsequently won and has now become government policy. [1] Phoebe Plummer and David
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Two Just Stop Oil supporters who climbed gantries over the M25 in 2022 were handed suspended sentences at Southwark Crown Court today. They took action to demand an end to all new oil and gas projects, a demand which has now become government policy. [1] Amy Rose Friel-O’Donnell, 22, and another supporter were sentenced to
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Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been sentenced today after being found guilty of conspiring to disrupt the M25. These actions were carried out in November 2022, with a view to demanding an end to all new oil and gas projects. This demand was subsequently won and has now become government policy. [1] Abigail Percy-Ratcliffe
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The former Prime Minister, Tony Blair yesterday called for the government to change course on climate suggesting that “any strategy based on either ‘phasing out’ fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail”. He suggests that the UK government should focus less on renewables and more on technological
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Hundreds of Just Stop Oil supporters are marching through the streets of London tomorrow in a defiant celebration of the effectiveness of civil resistance. The march is also to honour all those who have taken action with Just Stop Oil since 2022 including those who have been incarcerated as political prisoners. [1] The march is
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A Just Stop Oil supporter has been found guilty of causing criminal damage over £5,000 at Southwark Crown Court today, following a 4 day jury trial presided over by Judge Hales. [1] Arthur Clifton, 23, faced charges relating to spraying orange paint onto the portico of the Wilkins Building at University College London (UCL) in
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Phoebe Plummer was found guilty of conspiracy at Southwark Crown Court today, while the jury was unable to reach a verdict for her codefendant. The pair took action with Just Stop Oil in November 2022 to demand an end to new oil and gas. [1] Guido Wieser (21) and Phoebe Plummer (23) were on trial
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Four Just Stop Oil supporters who sprayed water-based red paint over the Treasury in 2022 have been given suspended sentences by a judge at Southwark Crown Court today. They took action in 2022 declaring that the UK government had blood on its hands as a result of its plans to encourage new oil and gas
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Three years after bursting on the scene in a blaze of orange, at the end of April we will be hanging up the hi vis. Just Stop Oil’s initial demand to end new oil and gas is now government policy, making us one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history. We’ve kept
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