UK Court Issues New Injunction Banning Climate Protesters Blocking Motorway

UK Court Issues New Injunction Banning Climate Protesters Blocking Motorway
Just Stop Oil protesters are arrested after they blocked the road at the junction of Cannon St. and Queen Victoria St. in London on Oct. 27, 2022. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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Britain’s National Highways has secured a High Court injunction to prevent climate protesters disrupting England’s busiest motorway.

Climate group Just Stop Oil, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, has been staging disruptive protests in an attempt to highlight its call for the UK government to begin the process of winding down fossil fuel production in the country.