Just Stop Oil activists damage pumps, block two M25 petrol stations
The IndependentSign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Climate activists have sabotaged petrol pumps after blocking forecourts at two motorway services They cracked the plastic covering that protects the meters counting how much fuel consumers have used with small hammers, before glueing themselves to the pumps stopping anyone from being able to fill up their cars. “It’s our duty to act.” open image in gallery Eben Lazarus, 22, and Hannah Hunt, 23 block the entrance to the petrol forecourt on the M25. “It’s the last thing we want to do really, if we could achieve the level of publicity, the level of awareness and level of attention without doing this disruption, we definitely would do,” said Mr McGovern, explaining that they had tried petitions and other means of protest and nothing had happened. “And the changes that need to happen very quickly are magnitudes bigger than that.” Mr McGovern said the protesters would happily just gone home if they found out that the government had committed to halting new fossil fuel licensing and production.
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