Just Stop Oil
Just Stop Oil slow walk up Whitehall, May 2023 | |
| Formation | 14 February 2022 |
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| Dissolved | 26 April 2025 |
| Type | Coalition |
| Purpose | Climate change mitigation Fossil fuel non-proliferation Policy change Social change Environmental protection Sortition |
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| Methods | Civil resistance, direct action, vandalism |
| Fields | Environmental movement Climate movement |
| Affiliations | A22 Network Youth Demand |
| Website | juststopoil |
Just Stop Oil (JSO) was a British environmental activist group primarily focused on the issue of human-caused climate change. The group aimed to force the British government to commit to ending new fossil fuel licensing and production using civil resistance, nonviolent direct action, traffic obstruction, and vandalism.
The group was founded in February 2022 and began protesting at English oil terminals in April 2022. The group has received criticism for its disruptive and often illegal methods of activism. In response to tactics used by the group, successive British governments introduced or increased criminal penalties for non-violent direct action, which resulted in numerous members being given prison sentences.
On 27 March 2025, the group announced its intention to disband in April 2025 and regroup using less adversarial campaign strategies.