Manchester Airport protesters take 9ft elephant to council meeting
21.05.10
Environmental protesters targeted a Manchester council meeting this week – using a 9ft inflatable elephant, the Evening News reports. The Stop Airport Expansion campaign group erected the elephant, with the message 'Manchester Airport - the elephant in the room', outside the town hall.
The group is angry that town hall environment chiefs have omitted flight emissions from the council's climate change dossier, Manchester: A Certain Future. This report sets out ways of cutting carbon levels in the city over the next 10 years.
A spokesman told the newspaper: ‘We don't think the council is being fair about the impact aviation is going to have on meeting climate change targets. We believe investment in low carbon industries and rail will be better for the city and want a debate about the airport [which is council owned] and exactly how beneficial it really is to the region.’
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