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  1. Look who is back! It was only a matter of time until Just Stop Oil emerged from the woodwork to hold Burnham to account juststopoil.org/2026/09/02/we- #UKPol #JustStopOil

  2. @Nibor4000 You cannot protest oil whilst being funded by an oil tycoon heiress (Aileen Getty).

    Which is exactly what #juststopoil is. That fact alone makes them useful idiots. Follow the money.

    #uk #ukpol

  3. Only mainstream coverage I've seen of yesterday's #JustStopOil London demo is in this story about pointless gizmos
    (jump to 45" - oh, and somehow the endshot is of #DESNZ)
    #mediatellthetruth
    'You can now get a driverless taxi in London. But what I saw one do has shaken my faith in them'
    news.sky.com/video/share-13580

  4. @To3o

    Die Herschenden wissen das. Sie möchten aber nicht ihre gute Beziehung zur Fossilwirtschaft und den Schurkenstaaten aufgeben, weil sie selbst Schurken sind und sich ihren Einfluß bezahlen lassen. Korrupt bis über beide Ohren...

    #endfossils #SchlußMitAuto #OilKills
    #MännerdiedieWeltverbrennen #KlimaVerbrecher
    #ClimateActionNow #ClimateCatastrophe
    #lastgeneration #climateignorance
    #juststopoil

  5. #HR1057: Penalties for #protesters on #InterstateHighways

    "Would create steep new penalties for #protesters deemed to be 'deliberately delaying traffic,' 'standing or approaching a motor vehicle,' or 'endangering the safe movement of a motor vehicle' on an interstate highway 'with the intent to obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of the interstate highway.' The new federal offense would be punishable by up to $10,000 and 15 years in prison—a far harsher penalty than is the case under many states' laws, which generally already criminalize walking or standing on the highway. The bill provides an exception for 'any lawful activity' authorized by federal, state, or local law. However, it could still seemingly cover far more than 'blocking' the interstate, including a #PeacefulProtest on the shoulder of an interstate or a convoy-style, driving protest that slowed traffic. The sponsor of the bill made clear that it was in response to protesters. The same bill was introduced as HR 7349 in 2024.

    Status: pending

    Introduced 6 Feb 2025.

    Issue(s): Traffic Interference

    Press release by bill sponsor Rep. #MikeCollins (GA-10):
    collins.house.gov/media/press-

    Full text of bill:
    congress.gov/bill/119th-congre
    #CriminalizingDissent #AntiProtestLaws #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CiminalizingProtest #Section25 #JustStopOil #SlowMarch #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  6. And how much economic damage is from climate change and pollution from #FossilFuels? #BigOil is the real criminal here!

    #ClimateProtesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves

    By Kara Fox, CNN
    September 14, 2024

    London CNN — "As #RightWing rioters attacked communities with #racist violence across parts of the UK last month, 22-year-old #ClimateActivist #CressieGethin sat in a prison cell.

    "Her crime? Organizing a disruptive protest against new government-granted licenses to drill for oil — a planet-heating #FossilFuel — in the #NorthSea.

    "In late July, a London court found #Gethin and four other members of the #JustStopOil activist group guilty of 'conspiring intentionally to cause a #PublicNuisance,' after recruiting protesters to climb structures along the M25 — a major ring road around London — bringing traffic to a standstill in parts over four days in November 2022.

    "Prosecutors alleged that the protests, organized over a #ZoomCall, disrupted more than 700,000 drivers, caused economic damage of over £760,000 ($980,000) and racked up £1 million ($1.3m) in policing costs.

    "Now Gethin and three others — Louise Lancaster, #DanielShaw and #LuciaWhittakerDeAbreu, who planned the disruption on the call — are serving four-year jail terms, while Just Stop Oil co-founder #RogerHallam was given five years. All are appealing.

    "The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for #nonviolent protest and were delivered under two new controversial laws that supercharged #policing powers to crack down on disruptive protests, even when they are peaceful.

    "They place the act of planning a 'public nuisance' event, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, on a similar footing as #ViolentCrimes like robbery, for which punishments range from community service to 12 years’ jail, or rape, which is four to 19 years.

    "The judge — who in court referred to the activists as '#extremists' — justified the long jail terms because all five activists had previously been convicted of one or more offenses in relation to direct action protest. Each were on bail for another set of proceedings when the Zoom call took place. He also noted people missed important doctor’s visits and funerals because of the protest.

    "But activists like Gethin say their demonstrations are proportionate to the problem at hand — a rapidly warming world that threatens to transform life as we know it, through deadly #ExtremeWeather events and by pushing #ecosystems to their brinks. They are now battling the bolstered powers of the #police and courts to get their point across.

    “'A very harsh sentence like this doesn’t make sense morally or legally — but it does make sense politically,' Gethin told CNN in a handwritten letter from HMP Bronzefield, a women’s prison just south of London’s Heathrow Airport.

    "The laws have drawn criticism from the UN’s special rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders, #MichaelForst, who said not only do they criminalize peaceful protest, but they are being enforced in 'punitive and repressive' ways."

    Read more:
    cnn.com/2024/09/14/climate/uk-

    #BigOilAndGas #ClimateActivists #ClimateProtest #SLAPPs #CorporateColonialism #WaterDefenders
    #ClimateDefenders
    #EnvironmentalActivists
    #SilencingDissent #SLAPPs #ClimateActivists #CorporateColonialism
    #EarthDefenders #CriminalizingDissent #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #BiodiversityNecessityDefense
    #EarthDefenders
    #SLAPPs #Fascism #CivilDisobedience
    #Activism #ClimateStrike
    #HumanRights #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct #ClimateNecessityDefense #Corporatocracy #CorporateFascism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe

  7. And how much economic damage is from climate change and pollution from #FossilFuels? #BigOil is the real criminal here!

    #ClimateProtesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves

    By Kara Fox, CNN
    September 14, 2024

    London CNN — "As #RightWing rioters attacked communities with #racist violence across parts of the UK last month, 22-year-old #ClimateActivist #CressieGethin sat in a prison cell.

    "Her crime? Organizing a disruptive protest against new government-granted licenses to drill for oil — a planet-heating #FossilFuel — in the #NorthSea.

    "In late July, a London court found #Gethin and four other members of the #JustStopOil activist group guilty of 'conspiring intentionally to cause a #PublicNuisance,' after recruiting protesters to climb structures along the M25 — a major ring road around London — bringing traffic to a standstill in parts over four days in November 2022.

    "Prosecutors alleged that the protests, organized over a #ZoomCall, disrupted more than 700,000 drivers, caused economic damage of over £760,000 ($980,000) and racked up £1 million ($1.3m) in policing costs.

    "Now Gethin and three others — Louise Lancaster, #DanielShaw and #LuciaWhittakerDeAbreu, who planned the disruption on the call — are serving four-year jail terms, while Just Stop Oil co-founder #RogerHallam was given five years. All are appealing.

    "The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for #nonviolent protest and were delivered under two new controversial laws that supercharged #policing powers to crack down on disruptive protests, even when they are peaceful.

    "They place the act of planning a 'public nuisance' event, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, on a similar footing as #ViolentCrimes like robbery, for which punishments range from community service to 12 years’ jail, or rape, which is four to 19 years.

    "The judge — who in court referred to the activists as '#extremists' — justified the long jail terms because all five activists had previously been convicted of one or more offenses in relation to direct action protest. Each were on bail for another set of proceedings when the Zoom call took place. He also noted people missed important doctor’s visits and funerals because of the protest.

    "But activists like Gethin say their demonstrations are proportionate to the problem at hand — a rapidly warming world that threatens to transform life as we know it, through deadly #ExtremeWeather events and by pushing #ecosystems to their brinks. They are now battling the bolstered powers of the #police and courts to get their point across.

    “'A very harsh sentence like this doesn’t make sense morally or legally — but it does make sense politically,' Gethin told CNN in a handwritten letter from HMP Bronzefield, a women’s prison just south of London’s Heathrow Airport.

    "The laws have drawn criticism from the UN’s special rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders, #MichaelForst, who said not only do they criminalize peaceful protest, but they are being enforced in 'punitive and repressive' ways."

    Read more:
    cnn.com/2024/09/14/climate/uk-

    #BigOilAndGas #ClimateActivists #ClimateProtest #SLAPPs #CorporateColonialism #WaterDefenders
    #ClimateDefenders
    #EnvironmentalActivists
    #SilencingDissent #SLAPPs #ClimateActivists #CorporateColonialism
    #EarthDefenders #CriminalizingDissent #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #BiodiversityNecessityDefense
    #EarthDefenders
    #SLAPPs #Fascism #CivilDisobedience
    #Activism #ClimateStrike
    #HumanRights #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct #ClimateNecessityDefense #Corporatocracy #CorporateFascism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe

  8. "The increasing severity of #wildfires and #drought highlights that reforming #ForestStewardship – taking better care of the forests, including safeguarding #OldGrowthForests – is one of our best hopes to protect communities across B.C.

    Harmful #forestry practices like #clearcutting and #unsustainable #IndustrialLogging make extreme heat and wildfires worse. #Clearcuts are #tinderboxes, more prone to creating embers because dead trees and branches dry out in the hot sun and become more #flammable. Tree plantations and improperly tended young forests also increase wildfire risk: Younger trees have thinner bark and low-hanging branches that can act as ladder fuels, and the trees are often planted too close together, making it easy for fire to spread.

    Fortunately, intact and properly managed #forests are more resilient to the worsening wildfires and heatwaves. For example, #OldGrowth #rainforests have dense canopies which provide cooling shade that resists fire. They are cooler and wetter than young forests, acting as giant sponges. Old-growth trees in the drier interior have thick bark, high branches and are widely spaced which all reduce #WildfireRisk.

    #SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform

  9. @Privacymatters

    Actually #danielShaw conspired with others in #justStopOil to cause gridlock on London’s orbital motorway the M25

    That does justify punishment - but not 4 years in gaol (actually 20 months if he behaves himself)

  10. Today, retired social worker Trudi Warner is in court.
    In March she held up a sign reminding jurors they could decide a verdict according to their conscience and now could face up to two years in prison.
    #Solidarity #TrudiWarner #ToryRepression #HumanRights #JustStopOil

    Facing prison for holding a placard - Good Law Project
    goodlawproject.org/trudi-warne

  11. 033 #ClimateActionUK #Dale Vince

    Dale Vince [green energy industrialist]
    on #JustStopOil
    I didn't know the man but WikiPedia enlightened me.
    This clip [1min] was nicked from The Last Leg - S28E07 d.d. 11 August 2023

  12. #goodmorning #Mastodon 😃 #PalkyWorld #generalfactotum auf #deutsch der Hausmeister ist . Here we now have #polyglot #house . French, German, Italian, all before breakfast. All different eating habits and requirements. #ukpolitics ammendments > #publicorder bill, now before the #HoC #draconian Not only aimed at #JustStopOil also all protest groups #SODEM inc. #antifa Go well friends #staysafe #befree xx #Palky