Why did Simply Cease Oil simply cease? – podcast | Environmental activism

Simply Cease Oil, the local weather activism group behind motorway blockades, petrol station disruption and tomato soup assaults on main artworks, has disbanded after staging a remaining motion in London this weekend. To seek out out why the group has determined to hold up the well-known orange high-vis, Madeleine Finlay hears from the environment correspondent Damien Gayle who has been masking Simply Cease Oil since its inception. He explains how coverage wins and policing crackdowns mixed to carry the motion to a detailed, and what the way forward for local weather activism may appear like in its wake