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Just Stop Oil supporters paint the Wellington Arch to demand an end to new oil and gas
CLIMATE activists daubed London’s Wellington Arch in orange paint today to demand the government immediately halt all new oil and gas projects.
Protesters with Just Stop Oil also set off smoke flares beside the landmark in Hyde Park Corner, also known as the Constitution Arch, and displayed banners reading “Just Stop Oil” before waiting for police to arrive to arrest them.
Of those taking action, 26-year-old Joshua Lane said: “Future generations live in uncertainty, and we are given false promises time after time by endless pantomime governments.
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As Ontario burns, campaigners are demanding action – not more pipelines, says DAVE McKEE
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective