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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle

Just Stop Oil calls one-week halt to protests in hope of action from No 10

Activists from Just Stop Oil protest atop a tanker as police stand by
Activists from Just Stop Oil stage a protest in Grays, Essex on 15 April. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Just Stop Oil has said it will suspend its direct actions against fuel distribution for a week, but has told the prime minister its members will escalate their disruptive protests “if you do not fulfil your duty to the people”.

For two and a half weeks, the climate activists have been targeting oil terminals and oil tankers in the Midlands and the south-east of England with blockades and mass trespass.

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