Activists close runway at UK airport

These activists are part of a wider movement - Stop Climate Change - at the demo in London 6th December - It was a hopeful day! It may have been difficult not to get disappointed that the crowds were not larger - but the 3 to 5000 were noisy with drumming, smiling, packed with banners & placards. The urgency of the climate and worldwide emmissions was described on stage by the speakers, many of whom advocated and encouraged civil disobedience - the governments and carbon corporates MUST be forced to make huge changes to their carbon emmissions strategy if we are to avoid horrific catastrophy - they are NOT ACTING - caught up in neo-liberal profit orientated agendas. The public needs to be encouraged, roused from their sense of hopelessness & powerlessness and call for a NEW GREEN DEAL - thousands of jobs building mass renewable energy wind & solar, insulating the millions of old leaky homes.  Say NO to NEW COAL - the most poluting form of electricity generation which will make it impossible to meet emmissions targets. And NO to NEW RUNWAYS. The people of the world cannot afford the consequences of continual airport and flight expansion. INterEuropean trains nee massive subsidy & investment - Say no to short haul flights. Well done to PLANE STUPID - i beleive we will need to keep pushing, arguing and agitating on all fronts. Get on board.

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