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Over 1.5 Degrees is a Global Tempest!- Just Stop Oil supporters disrupt Sigourney Weaver’s West-End show

Two Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted a performance of the Tempest, starring legendary actor Sigourney Weaver. They are demanding the UK government phase out fossil fuel burning by 2030. [1] At around 8pm, two Just Stop Oil supporters climbed onto the stage at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, stopping the performance. The pair could be […]

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Heathrow paint spraying trial ends with a hung jury

Two Just Stop Oil Supporters who sprayed Heathrow departure boards with orange paint during the Oil Kills, international uprising to end fossil fuels last July have won a temporary reprieve as their jury failed to reach a majority decision.  [1] Phoebe Plummer and Jane Touil were appearing before Her Honour Judge Duncan at Isleworth Crown

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Supporters who flyposted Conservative MP’s office acquitted of criminal damage

Three Just Stop Oil supporters who flyposted the offices of a former Conservative MP to draw attention to his lies about a proposed Cumbrian coal mine have been acquitted of criminal damage by a magistrate in Carlisle today.  The trio took action in April 2024 to demand an end to new licences and consents for

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‘1.5 is Dead!’- Darwin’s grave painted as world passes safe limits, threatening mass extinction

Two Just Stop Oil supporters have painted Charles Darwin’s grave to demand that the UK government works with others to phase out the extraction and burning of fossil fuels by 2030. [1] At around 10:00 this morning, two Just Stop Oil supporters entered Westminster Abbey and proceeded to use spray chalk to write ‘1.5 Is

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Gaie Delap’s Birthday: Statement from her family and friends

A vigil to mark Gaie’s 78th birthday will be held outside Eastwood Park Prison on the evening (5:30 – 7:00pm) Friday 10th January. It will be a peaceful and dignified silent Quaker-led occasion accompanied by family and friends. It is now three weeks since Gaie was arrested and returned to prison following systemic failings in

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Supporter who climbed M25 gantry after unprecedented 40C heatwave given suspended sentence

A Just Stop Oil supporter who climbed an M25 gantry after an unprecedented 40C heatwave in the UK was found guilty by a jury in Chichester today. Abigail Percy Ratcliff took action in July 2022 to demand an end to new licences and consents for oil and gas projects in the UK, something which has

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Doctor receives a one year sentence for taking action to protect lives

A family doctor has been sentenced to one year in prison for taking action with Just Stop Oil. Dr Patrick Hart took action in August 2022 to demand an end to new licences and consents for oil and gas projects in the UK, something which has subsequently become government policy. [1] Dr Patrick Hart appeared

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New Year’s Resolution from The ‘Lord’ Walney 16: We will never give up

We are some of ‘The ‘Lord’ Walney 16’ – the sixteen peaceful people imprisoned for a combined 41 years for refusing to be bystanders to the most horrific crimes. We should have been 17. Xavi Gonzalez-Trimmer, our beloved friend, should have been with us. He will always be with us. Our sentences will be reviewed

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Emerging evidence suggests that EMS taggers fabricated report about attempts to tag Gaie

The family and friends of Gaie Delap, the 77 year old grandmother recalled to prison after officers failed to fit an electronic monitoring tag, have called for an investigation after discovering Serco EMS fabricated their report about the incident. Gaie Delap, who took action in 2022 to demand the government end all new licenses and

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