Protesters force M25 lane closures
Protesters have climbed signs above the M25, forcing police to shut sections of the motorway and to close lanes.
Five Just Stop Oil campaigners scaled gantries around the motorway, including at Heathrow and Dartford, where two clockwise sections of the motorway are closed.Just Stop Oil said it was declaring the M25 "a site of civil resistance".The protests at the Poyle interchange between junctions 14 and 15 , and in Dartford between the Queen Elizabeth Bridge northbound and junction 30 , saw local police closing sections of the motorway and putting diversions in place.
It is advising motorists to avoid the area around junction 10, and National Highways said the incident "is likely to be ongoing for some time".Just Stop Oil's statement said it chose the M25 as it is "the place where we confront the carbon economy headlong and bring our resistance into full public view. The M25 has a kind of iconic status as the motorway from hell, doesn't it? So it's a reference to that".
The group is demanding the government make a "meaningful statement" it will commit to stop licensing and consents for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels in the UK. It added it plans to hold further actions against oil infrastructure with trade unions, environmental groups and civil society organisations in the coming months.
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