Eco-mob protesters from Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil caused mayhem for the fourth day in a row this morning as the group blockaded an oil terminal in west London.
The demonstrators gathered outside the Esso West London Oil Terminal near Heathrow Airport in the early hours as they continue to demand the Government ‘stop all new fossil fuel investments immediately’.
The activists, who gathered at 4 am, used two large banners which said ‘Stop Fossil Fuels Now’ and ‘Join Us: London 9th April’ – the latter referring to their planned protests starting at London’s Hyde Park from this Saturday.
Activists have been blocking access to oil terminals over the last few days in London, Birmingham, Southampton, Grays and Tamworth – with more than 200 arrested so far.
It comes as British motorists continue to suffer at the pumps with petrol prices hitting record levels in recent weeks.
XR spokesman Andrew Smith said in a statement: ‘We’re here to say that climate change cannot wait. Right now, governments are choosing to exploit the crisis in Ukraine to hand out oil licenses and continue the fossil fuel economy that’s destroying us.’