Just Stop Oil activists spray orange paint over Department for Energy

Just Stop Oil supporters spray-painted the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero orange in a protest “demanding that the UK government immediately halts all new licences and consents for new oil, gas and coal projects.”

Two activists staged the action at around 7:30am on Wednesday, 19 July, the group said.

Footage shows the supporters dousing the building with orange paint from a fire extinguisher before sitting down.

Officers were called to reports of two people spraying paint on a building on Victoria Street at 07:34hrs, and two people were arrested for causing criminal damage, the Metropolitan Police said.