Just Stop Oil and the threat of the public order bill | podcast

As the UN’s environment agency reports there is “no credible pathway to 1.5C in place”, climate activists resort to extreme actions to draw attention to the climate crisis. Damien Gayle reports on the Just Stop Oil group and the government bill designed to crack down on ‘disruptive’ protest “To stand up and to be able to do this stuff is a serious privilege, and I just think we need to do it if we can.” Miranda Whelehan is a Just Stop Oil campaigner who has been arrested five times for her activism. The campaign’s central demand is for the government to stop granting new fossil fuel licences. Continue reading...
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