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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle

MYSTERIOUS: Protesters block oil depot near heathrow as action enters fourth day - What They Never Told You

Protesters blocking an Esso West oil facility near Heathrow on Monday.
Protesters blocking an Esso West oil facility near Heathrow on Monday. Photograph: Andrea Domeniconi/Extinction Rebellion/PA

Environmental activists have blocked a major oil terminal near Heathrow airport, as protesters’ blockades of fuel distribution facilities around England enter a fourth day.

About 30 members of Extinction Rebellion (XR) arrived at the Esso West facility in west London at about 4am, where they erected two bamboo lock-on structures, XR said.

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