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Climate Activists, Including Scientists, Are Arrested in Protests at Private Airports
In order to protest aviation industry emissions and demand a ban on private aircraft
In order to protest aviation industry emissions and demand a ban on private aircraft, climate activists shut down airport entrances across Europe and the US on Thursday.
Three activist organizations, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion, and Guardian Rebellion, descended on the airport terminals as part of organized actions in at least 13 nations. In the United States, protesters gathered at Seattle’s King County International Airport and blocked entrances to private aircraft terminals at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina.
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As a symbol of the ultra-contributions wealthy’s to global greenhouse gas emissions and their way of life, private aircraft was the activists’ main target. Celebrities who used private planes, including Kylie Jenner and Taylor Swift, earlier this year encountered criticism from the public.
BREAKING: Climate activists shut down entrance of Teterboro Airport, the busiest private airport in the US, joining other private airport shutdowns around the world today.
Billionaires produce a million times more climate pollution than the average person.#MakePollutersPay! pic.twitter.com/eAnbcPhKnR
— New York Communities for Change (@nychange) November 10, 2022
The protests took place this week as world leaders gathered in Egypt for the UN Climate Change Conference. Negotiations between nations are taking place at the conference, or COP 27, to determine how to cut greenhouse gas emissions, how to fund the nations most impacted by climate change, and what adaptation strategies to prioritize.
University of Washington researcher William Livernois stated on Thursday that he anticipated being detained for taking part in a demonstration against private planes at King County International Airport, often known as Boeing Field. People are still using private jets while the planet is on fire. A ban is being demanded by our activity he said.
