Supporters of Just Stop Oil staged a go slow march in Kendal today.
The campaigners marched from Abbot Hall Park though the town centre, holding banners and handing out leaflets. The group said around 40 people took part.
Slow marches are a disruptive but legal form of protest. Just Stop Oil wants the Government stops the development of new oil and gas projects immediately.
Gwen Harrison, of Kendal, took part in the slow march. She said: “I’m here today because our government is ploughing ahead with over 100 new fossil fuel projects, which means more heatwaves, droughts, crop failures and deaths. In this emergency sitting on the sidelines isn’t an option – we all have to pick a side. Everyone needs to join us in civil resistance against our government, while we still can.”
The Kendal slow march comes within a week of the start of Just Stop Oil’s indefinite campaign of disruption in central London, the group said.
