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Fuel Poverty Action, the group campaigning to protect people from fuel poverty has joined Just Stop Oil and Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace and Justice Project in a new coalition We All Want to Just Stop Oil. The coalition is aiming to urgently mobilise environmentalists, trade unions, and civil society organisations and ordinary people, to demand that […]

Just Stop Oil, the direct action environmental group that developed out of Extinction Rebellion, and Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace and Justice Project have joined forces to create a new coalition, We All Want to Just Stop Oil. The group, which aims to create a coalition of environmentalist, trade union, left wing and civil society organisations and

Four supporters of the Just Stop Oil coalition sprayed red paint over the Treasury this morning declaring the government has blood on its hands as a result of its plans to encourage new oil and gas projects in the UK. The action, which is likely to result in arrests for criminal damage, was prompted by

Yesterday (Tuesday 7 June) the Home Secretary said that “this country will not be held to ransom by so-called activists unconcerned about putting the lives of others in danger”, as she announced that “dangerous tunnelling by protesters will be banned under a new law”. This is classic misdirection by Priti Patel, focussing on people engaged

A coalition of groups opposed to new oil and gas gathered this morning outside Edinburgh Sherrif Court to show support for 2 women held in custody since Thursday.  On the evening of June 2nd six Just Stop Oil [1] supporters were arrested after throwing red paint over the Queen Elizabeth Building in Edinburgh. Four of

Press Release Thursday 2nd June For immediate release Today at just after 4.30pm, nine young supporters of the Just Stop Oil coalition [1] threw red paint over the Queen Elizabeth Building in Edinburgh, demanding the Government protects the ‘liveable planet’ and halts all new oil and gas licences and consents. All nine are expected to

A further six Just Stop Oil supporters are due to appear at Birmingham Crown Court at 10:30am today charged with contempt of court for breaking the Kingsbury injunction more than once by standing peacefully outside the Kingsbury Oil Terminal demanding an end to new North Sea oil and gas.[1]  Michelle Cadet-Rose, 56, from Chesterfield, Eilidh

Four Just Stop Oil supporters were due to appear at Birmingham Crown Court at 10:30am today charged with contempt of court for breaking the Kingsbury protest injunction, but one refused to leave her cell at HMP Foston Hall, while the other three delayed proceedings by refusing to leave the prison van.[1] Proceedings against Beth Garrett,

Seven Just Stop Oil supporters are due to appear at Birmingham Crown Court at 10:30am today charged with contempt of court for breaking a North Warwickshire Borough Council injunction and failing to attend court on a previous occasion. [1]  All seven have all broken the injunction more than once by standing peacefully outside the Kingsbury

Since Tuesday May 4th Birmingham County Court has been at the centre of Just Stop Oil supporters’ continuation of Civil Resistance. So far 17 Just Stop Oil Supporters have refused to attend court when summoned, either staying away, refusing to leave their prison cells or returning to the Kingsbury Oil Depot where an injunction brought