Just Stop Oil protesters have caused gridlock in part of central London this morning after staging a demonstration.
More than 160 eco-activists, who last year staged more than a month of continuous demonstrations, have blocked roads in the Haymarket area and around Waterloo causing chaos during rush hour.
The group says it is the first day of an 'indefinite campaign of civil resistance to demand an end to new UK oil and gas project', with similar protests taking place across the West End, Westminster and South London.
Its supporters have been seen walking slowly in the middle of the street in the capital since around 7am on Monday morning, sparking shouts of 'get a job' from angry motorists stuck behind them.
It comes a day after the London Marathon which had been considered a potential target for the environmentalists, but these failed to take place amid an apparent schism between the group and Extinction Rebellion.
However, thousands of XR activists did gather at Westminster, and authorities fear there could be a summer of chaos caused by environmental protest groups.
The eco-activists have been seen holding banners as they walk through the street, along with placards saying 'betrayed by my government' and 'marching with Morgan'.
The latter is a reference to Morgan Trowland, a Just Stop Oil supporter who was jailed last week for three years after causing traffic chaos on the M25 by climbing a bridge over the Dartford Crossing last November.
A number of its supporters were also seen on York Road near the London headquarters of oil giant Shell in Waterloo this morning.
The group were seen holding banners saying 'we want to live, no new oil and gas' and 'Shut Down Shell'.
Just Stop Oil claims that from 1pm today hundreds of its supporters will set off on a march from Parliament Square towards the building.
A spokesperson for Just Stop Oil said: 'Asia is baking in extreme heat, threatening the lives of a third of the people on earth, but this government of criminals and bullies does not care. They are actively making it worse, licensing new oil and gas while silencing dissent and jailing those who resist.
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