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Plane Stupid Shut Down Standstead


"We all grew up listening to Blair and Brown talking about the urgent
need to slash emissions, but nothing ever happened. Even now
politicians from our parents' generation are in Poland holding talks
about talks, but still nobody's actually doing anything. The
scientists tell us we've got about seven years to make emissions peak
then drop, and if we fail it will be the people on this runway, and
our children, who'll live with the consequences. That's why I'm doing
this."

Plane Stupid shut down all flights from Stansted airport for four
hours on Monday morning in response to the government approving the
expansion of capacity at the airport by ten million passengers a year.
Over 50 protesters were arrested and dozens of flights cancelled.
Plane Stupid claim that aviation is Britain's fastest growing source
of emissions, already amounting to at least 13% of the UK's climate
impact. With plans for new runways across the UK, including at
Heathrow and Stansted, experts from the Tyndall Centre for climate
research say Labour's aviation policy alone will scupper any chance
the UK has of hitting its climate targets.

Stanstead shut down
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Plane Stupid guilty of trespassing in the House of Commons
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Glued To PM Inside Downing Street
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Plane Stupid Scotland Scale Parliament To Challenge ...
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infiltration attempt foiled
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March of the penguins: Plane Stupid reclaim the ice
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An interview with Plane Stupid
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activists shut down travel agents on ...
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Plane Stupid Heathrow consultation report
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Manchester Airport Blockade
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Heathrow Residents Take Direct Action with Plane Stupid
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Plane Stupid Shut Down Easyjet HQ
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Plane Stupid's Day of Action
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