8 h. ago Scots Just Stop Oil activist hoped jet paint stunt would get Taylor Swift to 'speak out'

“I wanted to do a Taylor Swift protest,” said Just Stop Oil protestor Jennifer Kowalski, of Dumbarton.

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13 h. ago Just Stop Oil activist hoped Taylor Swift would speak out about climate change if she sprayed her jet with orange paint, court hears

Jennifer Kowalski, 29, said she wanted to try and 'shake [the pop star] from this place of apathy that her and other celebrities are in'. But two other planes were sprayed instead.

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15 h. ago Activist ‘hoped jet paint stunt would get Taylor Swift to speak out on climate’

Two people deny causing criminal damage to gets at Stansted.

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37 h. ago Just Stop Oil stunt could have had ‘catastrophic’ consequences, court told

Two activists appeared in court accused of criminal damage after a stunt targeting aircraft at Stansted Airport as Taylor Swift flew to UK.

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62 h. ago Scots Just Stop Oil activist to stand trial after private jets vandalised at Stansted

29-year-old Jennifer Kowalski is one of two people on trial this week over the incident at Stansted Airport in 2024.

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2 w. ago North Sea oil and gas will disappear 'within years, not decades' without Labour tax reforms

The industry body for the North Sea has called for the Chancellor to reform a controversial tax policy in her autumn Budget.

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch vows Tories will back draining every drop of oil and gas from North Sea

Tory leader will use speech in Aberdeen to “call time” on the “impossible ideology of net zero”

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3 w. ago Labour urged to agree to 'bespoke' oil and gas permits after independent review findings

Keir Starmer’s government has been urged to agree a compromise to its promised ban on new oil and gas licences.

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