No more protests from green group that painted Stonehenge and threw soup on a Van Gogh

Published March 27, 2025 11:16am ET



After years of disruptive protests, climate activism group Just Stop Oil is hanging up its high-visibility vests and putting away its orange paint, ending its campaign against the fossil fuel industry. 

The group, launched in February 2022, has seen its members and activists arrested over 2,000 times, with dozens of individuals having spent time in prison over disruptive protests that left Stonehenge and English universities covered in paint and a Van Gogh splashed with soup. 

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