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Plane Stupid Scotland: activists blockade Edinburgh airport private jets

Richard — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:43:38 +0000

21st January 2008 - Over twenty environmental protesters have this morning breached security at Edinburgh Airport and blockaded the entrance to the private jet company, Greer Aviation.

The activists, from radical direct action group Plane Stupid Scotland, pledged that today’s actions come as part of a nationwide campaign to reverse the current plans for a tripling of air travel in Scotland which they say flies in the face of the government's own climate targets.

March of the penguins: climate activists protest at British Airways ice rink

Richard — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:44:01 +0000

12th January 2008 - Around 30 penguins today 'reclaimed the ice' at the Natural History Museum's ice rink in protest at British Airways sponsorship of the museum's annual winter festivities.

The protestors, from the climate action group Plane Stupid, dressed as penguins to highlight the irony of an airline creating an ice rink in central London, whilst its business activities are a major cause of global warming, which is melting the polar ice caps and causing dangerous climate change. The loss of the polar ice will imperil wildlife such as penguins and polar bears and is believed to be a major 'tipping point' which will speed up climate change.

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Plane Stupid activists shut down travel agents on route of climate march

Richard — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:24:31 +0000

8th December 2007 - Environmental activists from direct action group Plane Stupid have
shut down travel agents and airline offices along the route of today’s National Climate March in London as part of the Global Day of Action against climate change.

Plane Stupid spokesperson Michael Kelly said,

"These businesses continue, with full support from the government, to profit from wrecking our climate."

Plane Stupid disrupt Parliamentary Committee into 'Future of BAA'

Richard — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:09:26 +0000

28th November 2007 - Climate activists opposed to plans for a third runway at Heathrow this afternoon disrupted a Parliamentary inquiry going on inside the House of Commons.

Protestors from climate action group, Plane Stupid, disrupted the proceedings of the Transport Select Committee who were hearing evidence from BAA boss, Steven Nelson and Aviation Minister, Jim Fitzpatrick.

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Injuncted protest group sets up climate camp under aeroplane wing

Richard — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:40:30 +0000

13th August 2007 - Environmentalists targeted in high court occupy barge transporting world's biggest passenger wing. Plane Stupid, the green campaign group banned by the High Court last week from taking direct action at Heathrow, has today set up a climate camp on a barge transporting the wing of an Airbus A380.

West London residents halt traffic outside DfT Headquarters

Richard — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:37:24 +0000

June 20th 2007 - West London residents protesting about plans to expand Heathrow dramatically stopped traffic this morning outside the Department for Transport (DfT) offices in Central London before attempting an invasion of the building.

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Richard — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:24:15 +0000

In a year, Plane Stupid has become one of the direct action groups of the emerging grassroots climate movement in Britain. Our dramatic impact has come by means of a series of high-profile direct actions and a near obsessive focus on clear, basic demands that people understand: the scrapping of airport expansion plans, a tax on aircraft fuel and plane tickets, and an end to unnecessary and unsustainable short haul flights.