Just Stop Oil's summer of chaos: Eco-zealots block Gatwick Airport departures after revealing plot to disrupt holidaymakers at UK airports

Just Stop Oil's eco-clowns have blocked Gatwick Airport departures after revealing a plot to disrupt holidaymakers at UK airports.

At around 8am, seven of the activists entered the Southern terminal at Gatwick and used suitcases with lock-on devices to block the departure gates.

JSO says it is working with groups internationally to demand governments establish a fossil fuel treaty, to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030.

It comes after ten Just Stop Oil activists appeared in court charged with conspiring to disrupt Heathrow Airport on Wednesday.

The activists were arrested as part of 'an intelligence-led policing operation at airports across Europe'.

Militant activists forced planes to remain grounded in Germany and reached the runway in Spain on Wednesday morning after vowing to use 'all means necessary' to target millions of families planning well-earned getaways across the continent.

All ten were arrested either at Heathrow Airport or in the vicinity and were charged this afternoon with conspiracy to interfere with key national infrastructure under Section 7 of the Public Order Act 2003.

They appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court where eight were remanded in custody.

One of those taking action this morning is Mel Carrington, 63, a mother and former environmental consultant from Dorset, who said: 'We've just had the hottest three days on earth in recorded history and possibly for hundreds of thousands of years. 

'Innocent people around the world already face extreme weather and deadly heat and no one is prepared for the societal collapse that unchecked global heating will bring. 

'I'm terrified of what it will mean for my family and friends when there are widespread crop failures, food shortages and economic meltdowns. It will mean the breakdown of law and order, the end of the NHS and the loss of everything we depend on.'

'We need a global emergency plan to rapidly phase out fossil fuels. Our government must work with other countries and commit to signing a legally binding fossil fuel treaty to phase out oil, gas and coal by 2030 - and it must support poorer countries to get off fossil fuels too.'

Also taking action is Greg Sculthorpe a mathematician from Doncaster, who said: 'I can't bear to stand back and watch millions dying because the rich and powerful prefer to protect their wealth and status, than the lives of ordinary people.'

'Ordinary people have no choice but to fight to defend our families, as we pass every safe threshold that risks triggering irreversible feedback loops, leading us towards a hothouse earth where millions are displaced. 

'We need an emergency fossil fuel treaty to phase down fossil fuels by 2030.'