Press release

Green activists today marked the tenth anniversary of Tony Blair coming to power by visiting his best friends in industry to highlight the revolving door between Labour and the aviation industry and his failure to tackle climate change. (1)

A team of protestors from climate action group, Plane Stupid, (2) are blocking the ‘revolving door’ to BAA’s Heathrow HQ to oppose government and industry plans for airport expansion.

Environmental activists opposed to the climate wrecking effects of short haul flights have this morning shut down the HQ of Easyjet in London.

Activists from green direct action group, Plane Stupid, took action on Britain’s first national day of action against short haul flights today which coincides with the start of the UN Climate talks in Nairobi.

Green campaigners opposed to the unsustainable growth in air travel will tomorrow publish another newspaper advertisement attacking the attitude of Michael O’Leary and Ryanair towards climate change.

Aviation is the fastest growing cause of global warming and a Sun poll this week revealed 63% of the public would give up one foreign holiday a year to help save the planet. (1)

Activists from Britain’s first direct action group against aviation expansion, Plane Stupid, welcomed the findings of the Environmental Audit Committee’s (EAC) report, “Reducing Carbon Emissions from Transport” which is published today and which acknowledges the “undesirability and ultimately impossibility of ongoing increases in flights within a declining carbon budget.”

The EAC calls for a timetable for a range of measures to manage the demand in air travel.