Jumat, 26 Agustus 2022

Protesters smash petrol pumps and block service stations across London - Metro.co.uk

Just Stop Oil protesters have blocked service stations and smashed petrol pumps across London this morning.

Action began at 6am today in the west and south of the city.

Some protesters have been pictured sitting in the road with banners while others block entrances.

Groups have broken display glass and covered pumps with spray paint before sitting down ‘to await arrest’.

Pumps have been decommissioned after Just Stop Oil say 51 campaigners flocked to service stations.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told Metro.co.uk: ‘Police were called at 06:29am on Friday, 29 August to reports of protestors damaging pumps at a petrol station in Talgarth Road, Hammersmith. 

‘Officered attended and within approximately 10 minutes had arrested four men and one woman on suspicion of criminal damage. They remain in custody at a west London police station.

‘Enquiries are ongoing.’

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 26: Police officers arrest a woman during an action at a BP petrol station by the Just Stop Oil environmental protest group on August 26, 2022 in London, England. Just Stop Oil is a coalition of groups working together to ensure the UK Government commits to halting new fossil fuel licensing and production. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Protesters have demanded government action against oil and gas projects (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)
?? Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/08/2022. London, UK. Acton by Members of the climate activist group Just Stop Oil at a BP filing stain on the A40 in Perivale, west London. Just Stop Oil, a branch if Extinction Rebellion, have targeted petrol stations and oil refineries across the UK, calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
Just Stop Oil at a BP filling stain on the A40 in Perivale, west London (Picture: Ben Cawthra/LNP)

Today’s action was timed to coincide with the announcement by Ofgem of an increase in electricity bills for October.

The energy price cap will rocket to £3,549 on October 1, a move which will pile cost of living pressure on families. 

Tez Burns, 34, a bicycle mechanic and physics graduate from Swansea taking action today said: ‘We are suffering the worst cost of living crisis in 40 years and facing climate breakdown because of our dependence on oil.

‘Yet the government is allowing energy companies to drive us into poverty with skyrocketing energy bills, and is failing to protect us from the consequences of climate collapse.

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 26: Police officers move in to remove people during an action by the Just Stop Oil environmental protest group on August 26, 2022 in London, England. Just Stop Oil is a coalition of groups working together to ensure the UK Government commits to halting new fossil fuel licensing and production. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Police officers speak with protesters this morning (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)
?? Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/08/2022. London, UK. Acton by Members of the climate activist group Just Stop Oil at a BP filing stain on the A40 in Perivale, west London. Just Stop Oil, a branch if Extinction Rebellion, have targeted petrol stations and oil refineries across the UK, calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
Just Stop Oil, a branch of Extinction Rebellion, are targeting petrol stations (Picture: Ben Cawthra/LNP)
51 supporters of Just Stop Oil claim to have blocked service stations and decommissioned pumps across central London this morning in support of their demand that the UK government end new oil and gas projects in the UK, August 26 2022. The group announced that starting from 6am today, actions took place across West and South London affecting 7 service stations. In some locations, Just Stop Oil supporters blocked access to the petrol pumps by sitting in the road with banners. Elsewhere, groups moved from one station to the next decommissioning petrol pumps by breaking the display glass or covering them with spray paint before sitting down to await arrest.
Protesters clashed with police early this morning (Picture: Just Stop Oil / SWNS)

‘Enough is enough.’

Just Stop Oil launched the action in support of their demand that the UK government end new oil and gas projects in the UK.

Jade Calland, 29, from Lancashire, is also taking action today.

He said: ‘Today we are resisting the government’s plans to allow more oil and gas.

‘We want to stop the misery forced on millions by rising energy bills, food poverty, poorly insulated housing and a society run for the benefit of the fossil fuel companies and the rich.’

Today’s actions will put further pressure on petrol and diesel supplies for the south-east ahead of the August Bank Holiday weekend.

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 26: Members of the Just Stop Oil environmental protest group hold onto petrol pump lines during an action at a BP petrol station on August 26, 2022 in London, England. Just Stop Oil is a coalition of groups working together to ensure the UK Government commits to halting new fossil fuel licensing and production. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Today’s action was timed to coincide with the announcement by Ofgem of an increase in electricity bills for October (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)
?? Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/08/2022. London, UK. Acton by Members of the climate activist group Just Stop Oil at a BP filing stain on the A40 in Perivale, west London. Just Stop Oil, a branch if Extinction Rebellion, have targeted petrol stations and oil refineries across the UK, calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
Police say enquiries are ongoing into arrests made this morning (Picture: Ben Cawthra/LNP)
51 supporters of Just Stop Oil claim to have blocked service stations and decommissioned pumps across central London this morning in support of their demand that the UK government end new oil and gas projects in the UK, August 26 2022. The group announced that starting from 6am today, actions took place across West and South London affecting 7 service stations. In some locations, Just Stop Oil supporters blocked access to the petrol pumps by sitting in the road with banners. Elsewhere, groups moved from one station to the next decommissioning petrol pumps by breaking the display glass or covering them with spray paint before sitting down to await arrest.
This morning’s protest is the latest in Just Stop Oil’s campaign (Picture: Just Stop Oil / SWNS)

Earlier this week, protesters formed a human chain along the main route used by tankers driving between the ring road and the Navigator oil terminal in Grays, Essex.

Footage showed protesters climbing over a tall iron fence along the nearby InterTerminals facility while security staff with a guard dog tried to intercept them

Activists had to be forcibly removed and at least 18 were arrested following the action.

The group has also claimed to have dug tunnels underneath roads outside each facility.

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