Greenpeace protest on Heathrow short-haul flight

Four Greenpeace climate campaigners have just climbed on top of a Manchester to London plane after it parked at Heathrow Airport's Terminal One. They are now covering the tailfin with a huge protest banner that reads "CLIMATE EMERGENCY -- NO 3rd RUNWAY".

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• climate
• change
• heathrow
• aviation
• BA
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• greenpeace
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[GreenpeaceUK]

Fantastic news - climate-wrecking plans for a third runway at Heathrow airport have been axed!

The new Cameron/Clegg government has confirmed that it will not only scrap the third runway at Heathrow, but also refuse additional runways at Gatwick and Stansted. So all our campaigning has finally won out - and a huge thank you is due to everyone who's written to their MP or taken part in one of the many protests demanding that the plan be shelved.

We won!

[zeesham13]

@GreenpeaceUK, Dammit, heathrow really needs a third runway, whenever I go on flight from Heathrow, the aircraft always get in a long queue of 30 or 40 aircrafts which really annoys me.

[GreenpeaceUK]

@zeesham13 We oppose airport expansion because aviation is the fastest growing source of climate change gases. David Cameron's government agreed with our analysis and cancelled all airport expansion in the south west of England. Find out more at greenpeace (dot) org (dot) uk (slash) aviation.

[GreenpeaceUK]

Want to help bring the government's plans for a 3rd runway at Heathrow to a grinding halt? We've bought a piece of land slap bang in the middle of the proposed 3rd runway site. We're not going to let the runway get built and we need your help. Sign up to get your piece of the plot and updates about the campaign to stop airport expansion at greenpeace(dot)org (dot)uk(forward slash)airplot.

[simonbasil]

im sorry but what is this achieving and also how did they not get shot with all of this fear of terrorism.

[GreenpeaceUK]

What is it achieving? Well, either climate change is a serious issue and should be treated accordingly, or it isn't. If it is, the potential consequences are such that it would be criminally irresponsible not to at least warn people of the danger, surely?

In what possible way could this action be construed as an act of terrorism? Can't find a dictionary definition that defines terrorism as committing a misdemeanour solely for the purpose of trying to prevent a greater disaster.

[Jimisonjons]

Banzaiian, the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest we've ever gotten to nuclear war but nuclear war didn't break out because people stopped the bomb being launched.

The same can be said for climate change. We can stop the road towards mass extinction and rising sea levels, if we get off our arses and do something.

[RLewisH]

greenpeace sucks

[spanish111japan]

@GreenpeaceUK Why does Greenpeace have a WWII airplane, wich contaminates a lot, AND complains about airplane traffic? Seriously.

[markisalegend]

That would be good target practice

[iib8903]

Daft twats! If I were the owner or pilot of that plane I would have moved it and took off with them on there!

[WhitakerSJA]

Aircraft Rudders are fragile things. you could have put people at risk here. plus you could have been shot. you are all idiots now go back to your treehouses

[birgir94]

are you people really that mental? pilot should have moved the rudder and thrown that person off the plane.

[zeesham13]

Haven't even fuel efficient aircraft's such as the Boeing 787 or a380, more and more airlines are purchasing newer, greener aircraft's , so their shouldn't a problem.

[zeesham13]

@GreenpeaceUK, So what if there is a third runway built. Haven't you seen Chicago O'hare airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, they have more than 3 runways and more aircraft's movements than Heathrow.