Just Stop Oil, in Scrabble letters, on a map of the Middle East
Just Stop Oil is a British environmental activist group. Using civil resistance, direct action, vandalism and traffic obstruction, the group aims for the British government to commit to ending new fossil fuel licensing and production. The group was founded in February 2022 and began protesting at English oil terminals in April 2022. The group has gained both criticism and approval of its methods of activism, which have included vandalism and obstructing traffic. Just Stop Oil opposes the United Kingdom granting new fossil fuel licensing and production agreements; on its website, it calls for the Government of the United Kingdom to stop all future consents and licensing agreements related to the development, exploration, and production of fossil fuels in the country. The group supports investment in renewable energy, and says that buildings need to have better thermal insulation to avoid wasting energy. The group describes itself as non-hierarchical, with activists in the group operating in autonomous blocs that share resources but have no formal leadership. The group favours nonviolent direct action and civil resistance and follows an approach of general social disruption, similar to the methods of climate activist groups Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain, although favouring cultural institutions as protest targets
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