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Greenpeace gets high in Heathrow
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by cynthia yoo | February 25, 2008 at 01:32 pm
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Greenpeace activists hoisted themselves onto an Airbus to unfurl a banner protesting climate change onto the plane's tailfin.
The four activists were atop the Airbus A320 for about an hour and a half before airport security plucked them off in a cherry-picker crane and police arrested them, authorities said.
Greenpeace said it wanted to highlight the environmental damage a third runway will cause, but a Heathrow spokesman called the group's actions "irresponsible."
"Climate change can be beaten, but not by almost doubling the size of the world's biggest airport," said protester Anna Jones, 27.
She and the other three activists -- a woman and two men -- unfurled a yellow banner on the plane's tailfin which read, "Climate Emergency -- No 3rd Runway." Greenpeace said it had planned the protest for many months.
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at 13:37 on February 25th, 2008
Our days of air travel are numbered. I believe that the environmental and, soon, financial cost of flying the unfriendly skies will soon be out of reach for most people. Good for Greepeace for continuing to fight the climate change PR war on their own terms.
at 04:51 on February 26th, 2008
Great Article but what could replace air travel if a person needs to go from the American Continent to say Europe, Africa, or Asia? Regardless, Greenpeace receives my praise for calling attention to the enlargement of an airport.