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Just Stop Oil
Formation14 February 2022; 2 years ago (2022-02-14)
PurposeClimate change mitigation
Environmental protection
Region
United Kingdom
FieldsEnvironmental movement
Websitejuststopoil.org

Just Stop Oil is a climate activist group in the UK using civil resistance with the aim of ensuring the UK Government commits to halting new fossil fuel licensing and production.[1] It launched on 14 February 2022[2] and held a month of oil terminal disruptions across England in April 2022.[3]

History

The group launched on 14 February 2022.[2]

On 13 March, members disrupted the 75th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs).[4]

On 20 March, two members attempted to disrupt a football match at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in London, but were intercepted. On 21 March, one member stopped play at a football match at Goodison Park in Liverpool when he ran onto the pitch and cable tied himself to a goalpost by his neck.[1][5][6] The following day, one protester briefly made it onto the pitch at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton.[7] On 24 March six protesters attempted to disrupt a match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London. All were removed quickly, but the match was briefly stopped.[8]

Beginning 1 April, they have been conducting England-wide protests blocking 10 critical oil facilities, intending to cut off the supply of petrol to the southeast of England.[9][10][11] The affected sites were Exxon Mobil fuel terminals in Hythe, Birmingham, and West London;[3] three sites in Essex (Navigator oil terminal in Thurrock;[12] Esso in Purfleet; and Askew Farm Lane, Grays);[3] Buncefield oil depot, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire;[3] Valero's Kingsbury Oil Terminal, Warwickshire;[13][14] BP Oil Depot in Tamworth;[3] and a site in Southampton.[15] On 1 April, Exxon Mobil temporarily suspended operations at some of its sites.[3] Some petrol forecourts were affected.[10] Just Stop Oil have said they are inspired by the UK lorry drivers' protests in 2000, that paralysed petrol distribution.[1] On 14 April, Just Stop Oil activists stopped and surrounded an oil tanker in London, causing congestion on the M4 motorway.[16] On 15 April activists targetted Kingsbury, Navigator and Grays oil terminals, blockading roads and climbing onto oil tankers.[17][18][19] The same day it was reported that Navigator Thames, ExxonMobil, and Valero had secured civil injunctions to prevent protest at their oil terminals.[20][21] On 19 April, Just Stop Oil suspended its actions against fuel distribution for a week in the hope of action from the government.[22] On 28 April, about 35 Just Stop Oil activsts sabotaged petrol pumps at two M25 motorway service stations (Cobham services in Surrey and Clacket Lane services in Kent).[23][24][25]

On 3 July a group of Just Stop Oil activists tried to protest during the 2022 F1 British Grand Prix by sitting in the middle of the track, however, the race was stopped seconds before that because of a crash and the protest action had no impact on the sporting event. Later the police arrested them. Their protest was supported by the Formula One drivers Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, and Carlos Sainz, though all three drivers said that the protestors should not have put themselves at risk of physical harm.[26]

Activists from Just Stop Oil targeted artworks in public galleries in July 2022. Two activists from the group glued themselves to John Constable's 1821 painting The Hay Wain at the National Gallery in London on 4 July.[27] The activists covered the painting with a printed illustration that reimagined the The Hay Wain as an "apocalyptic vision of the future" that depicted "the climate collapse and what it will do to this landscape".[28] The two activists were subsequently arrested by police and the painting was removed for examination by conservators.[28] A group of activists glued themselves to a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper painting at the Royal Academy of Arts on 5 July.[29] 'No New Oil' was spray painted on a wall underneath the painting.[29]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Inside Just Stop Oil, the youth climate group blocking UK refineries". The Guardian. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  2. ^ a b Ball, Tom. "Pressure group Just Stop Oil will target fossil fuel production". The Times.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Protesters block oil terminals forcing Exxon Mobil to stop operations". The Independent. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. ^ "Environmental activists disrupt Bafta red carpet in London". The Guardian. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  5. ^ "Just Stop Oil: Why protesters are tying themselves to goalposts". BBC News. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  6. ^ "Just Stop Oil: Who are the protesters and why do they keep locking themselves to goalposts?". The Big Issue. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. ^ Drury, Jonny. "Stewards thwart cable tie protestor in Wolves' defeat to Leeds". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  8. ^ "Protesters hauled off pitch after trying to tie themselves to goalpost at Spurs game". LBC. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  9. ^ Smyth, Chris; Webster, Ben (April 11, 2022). "Just Stop Oil activists wrong to disrupt people's lives, says George Eustice". The Times. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Whether there's a fuel shortage and why drivers are being urged to buy diesel normally". inews.co.uk. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  11. ^ "Just Stop Oil protesters vow to continue until 'all are jailed'". The Guardian. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  12. ^ "Activists storm Essex oil terminal in bid to cut petrol supply to southeast England". The Independent. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  13. ^ "Kingsbury oil depot protests lead to more than 100 arrests". BBC News. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  14. ^ "Just Stop Oil activists hacksaw into major UK terminal and chain themselves to pipes". The Independent. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  15. ^ "Just Stop Oil protests: Terminal operations suspended and arrests made". BBC News. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  16. ^ Davis, Barney (14 April 2022). "Just Stop Oil activists clamber on tanker bringing chaos to the M4". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  17. ^ Johnston, Neil. "Just Stop Oil protests: Lorry drivers clash with activists". The Times.
  18. ^ Nanu, Maighna (April 15, 2022). "HGV driver tackles Just Stop Oil protester after they target wrong vehicle". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  19. ^ "Dozens of arrests made as climate activists target oil terminals". The Independent. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  20. ^ Reuters (15 April 2022). "Oil firms secure injunctions to stop UK climate protests". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-04-29. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  21. ^ "Several oil firms secure civil injunctions aimed at stopping climate protests". The Independent. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  22. ^ "Just Stop Oil calls one-week halt to protests in hope of action from No 10". The Guardian. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  23. ^ "Just Stop Oil protests: Arrests after M25 services petrol pumps damaged". BBC News. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  24. ^ "Just Stop Oil protesters sabotage petrol pumps on M25 motorway". The Guardian. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  25. ^ Rudgard, Olivia (28 April 2022). "Just Stop Oil 'poster boy' among saboteurs in M25 petrol pump protest". The Telegraph.
  26. ^ Andrew Benson (3 July 2022). "British Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton backs protests but Mercedes question methods". BBC News. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  27. ^ Damien Gayle (4 July 2022). "Climate protesters glue themselves to National Gallery artwork". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  28. ^ a b "Climate protesters glue themselves to John Constable masterpiece". BBC News. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  29. ^ a b Damien Gayle (5 July 2022). "Just Stop Oil campaigners glue themselves to Da Vinci copy in Royal Academy". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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