{"id":372674,"date":"2025-03-29T11:12:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T10:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=372674"},"modified":"2025-03-29T11:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T10:12:44","slug":"just-stop-oil-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=372674","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Just Stop Oil\u2019 \u2026 Stops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cLittle doubt that civil disobedience makes the perpetrator feel virtuous. But the anti-CO2, anti-industrialization movement is at war with society, reality, and itself. This fringe is urged to question a false cause with study and reflection \u2026 Real environmentalism please!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

No more throwing soup (Van Gogh\u2019s \u201cSunflowers\u201d<\/a>), breaking glass (the Magna Carta<\/a>), and spraying orange Paint (Stonehenge<\/a>)? The Guardian<\/em> reported<\/a> yesterday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just Stop Oil to \u2018hang up the hi-vis\u2019 after three years of climate action \u2026. Final gathering in April will mark end of street protests although campaign to continue \u2018in courts and prisons\u2019 \u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dozens of protesters have been jailed. Last summer, five supporters of Just Stop Oil were given multi-year sentences for planning road-block protests on the M25. Even after their terms were reduced on appeal<\/a> this month, they remain the longest ever handed down for non-violent civil disobedience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, new groups have emerged<\/a> that have eschewed the previous commitments of some climate activists to be accountable for their actions, instead acting clandestinely to target organisations they regard as responsible for contributing to climate breakdown.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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The major course correction was due to ineffectiveness, idiocy, and jail time. But not to the guilty. Climate activist Verel Rodrigues<\/a> [1] <\/strong>reported<\/a> yesterday on social media:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After three years of disruption, defiance and deep courage, Just Stop Oil are ending their protests. And honestly\u2026 it feels kinda emotional.

Just Stop Oil didn\u2019t just shake things up \u2013 they changed the political conversation in the UK and around the world. What began in 2022 with bold, disruptive action, slow marches, and orange paint quickly became one of the most recognisable and influential climate campaigns in modern history\u2026.

Of course, it hasn\u2019t been easy. The repression has been brutal. Laws were weaponised. Protesters jailed for years. But JSO held the line. And that defiance \u2013 that courage \u2013 shifted the Overton window. Three years ago, talking about a full stop to new fossil fuel projects was fringe. Now it\u2019s policy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And the UK economy is in decline and the commoners are burdened with high energy bills\u2013for no effect on global climate (the country is responsible for 1 percent of global CO2 emissions) \u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026. yes, Just Stop Oil hanging up the hi-vis feels emotional. But it also feels like a baton being passed. As they\u2019ve said: the campaign doesn\u2019t die \u2013 it evolves. Into the courts, into the prisons, and maybe even into something new, bolder, and even more global. Disruption works. Resistance matters. And movements can win<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Or lose. Just Stop Oil would not stop if it was winning. Just the opposite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little doubt that civil disobedience makes the perpetrator feel virtuous. But the anti-CO2, anti-industrialization movement is at war with society, reality, and itself. This fringe is urged to question a false cause with study and reflection and turn their ire (without violating property rights or inconveniencing the general public) to wind and solar industrialization on land and in the waters. Real environmentalism please!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1] <\/strong>He describes himself as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m Verel \u2013 a climate activist, environmental campaigner, and engineer driven by a simple truth: we cannot solve the climate crisis with business as usual. My mission is to challenge the status quo, inspire action, and empower individuals to leverage their skills and knowledge in the fight for a livable planet\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since joining the climate movement in 2019, I\u2019ve worked with groups like Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil, spearheading local initiatives, crafting high-impact campaigns, and refining media strategies to amplify the urgency of climate action\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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