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It was founded in February 2022 with the primary objective of convincing the UK government to stop licensing new oil and gas projects. [2] Just Stop Oil has often received criticism for using illegal and disruptive tactics in its protests, such as vandalism and traffic obstruction, although the group is committed to non-violence. [2] [3]
Follow BBC Bristol on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630 . Just Stop Oil activists jailed after M25 blocked
A High Court judge found they caused ‘massive disruption’ when they demonstrated on the motorway in breach of an injunction.
The defendant agreed to cause disruption to traffic by having protesters climb onto gantries over the motorway in November 2022.
Just Stop Oil is a British environmental activist group primarily focused on the issue of human-caused climate change.The group aims to lobby the British government to commit to ending new fossil fuel licensing and production using civil resistance, nonviolent direct action, traffic obstruction, and vandalism.
Just Stop Oil was founded in February 2022 by Roger Hallam to demand that the government of the United Kingdom stop issuing new licences for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels. [1] Their members included Anna Holland and Phoebe Plummer, who joined in May and August.
Surrey and Essex Police said activists had climbed onto motorway gantries.
Julian Roger Hallam [1] (born 1965/1966) [2] is an environmental activist who co-founded Extinction Rebellion, [3] [4] Just Stop Oil, [5] Insulate Britain, [6] the cooperative federation organisation Radical Routes, [7] and the political party Burning Pink. [8]