UK Court Issues New Injunction Banning Climate Protesters Blocking Motorway
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.
Transport secretary Mark Harper said he had instructed National Highways to apply for the injunction to tackle a “reckless minority of protesters.”
The injunction is aimed at ending disruption by the environmental group on the M25, a busy motorway which encircles Greater London….