A former NHS worker from Lancaster has been jailed for blockading the Kingsbury oil terminal in Warwickshire on Wednesday, in breach of a High Court injunction.
The High Court granted the injunction earlier this year, which gives sweeping powers of arrest, and prohibits any protest activity near the site – the largest inland oil storage facility in the country.
"Our new Prime Minister is planning to give the go-ahead to 130 new UK oil and gas projects later this year, and is subsidising the fossil fuel industry to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds each week, while people die in their homes because they can't afford the heating bills.
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