'We’re taking this airport!', climate change activists say on fourth day of action

Record ID: 1436110

  • Title: 'We’re taking this airport!', climate change activists say on fourth day of action
  • Date: 10th October 2019
  • Summary: ACTIVISTS HOLDING BANNER READING (English): "OUR FRAGILE PLANET IS DYING" VARIOUS OF ACTIVISTS BEING ARRESTED 83-YEAR OLD ACTIVIST PHIL KINGSTON LYING ON GROUND (SOUNDBITE) (English) 83-YEAR OLD ACTIVIST PHIL, SAYING: "I'm here for my grandchildren and all of their generation and for the poorest people that are experiencing enormous suffering already and have done the least to cause it. And I'm a Christian and I'm here for God's creation. It's a very beautiful world, we can't live without it. We're just so stupid to be heading down this road. With an increasing economy of growth we just more of the earth. Any primary school child can tell us that's impossible." VARIOUS OF KINGSTON BEING CARRIED AWAY BY POLICE ACTIVIST GLUED TO THE GROUND OUTSIDE AIRPORT HAND GLUED TO GROUND ACTIVISTS LYING ON GROUND HANDCUFFED ACTIVIST ON GROUND ACTIVIST BEING TAKEN AWAY BY POLICE ANOTHER ACTIVIST LYING ON GROUND, BLOWING KISSES AS HE IS ARRESTED INSIDE AIRPORT POLICE OFFICER INSIDE AIRPORT ACTIVIST LYING ON GROUND SURROUNDED BY POLICE OFFICERS
  • Embargoed: 24th October 2019 11:49
  • Keywords: Extinction Rebellion climate change London City Airport
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
  • City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Environment,Climate Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA003B0IMJ47
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Climate change activists descended on London's City Airport on Thursday (October 10) in an attempt to disrupt operations as part of two weeks of civil disobedience to push for more to be done to protect the environment.
    Dozens of activists were arrested as they attempted to occupy the airport. Two activists climbed onto the roof of the airport while others glued themselves to the ground outside.
    London City is the capital's fifth-biggest - and most central - airport, popular with business travellers, bankers and politicians for short-haul and regional routes.
    (Production: Will Russell, Iona Serrapica)
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