Woman glued to Leeds Bradford Airport doors
20.05.07
A climate change activist glued herself to the entrance of Leeds Bradford Airport yesterday in protest at the growth of air travel. Penny Eastwood, a 52 year old mother-of-two, of Calderdale, was superglued to the revolving front doors for more than an hour before police arrested her.
Mrs Eastwood had a sign reading: 'I am superglued in position, please do not hurt me by attempting to remove me. I am not a terrorist. The real terrorists are the people who are destroying the planet for profit.' She also handed out leaflets statements against the Government's failure to curb the growth in air travel, the fastest growing source of CO2 emissions from the UK
They leaflets read: 'This is a peaceful act of civil disobedience. It is my intention to disrupt the normal working of this airport because it is an environmental hazard. In so doing, I am standing up for the poorest of the world's people, and for future generations, who will bear the brunt of climate chaos, caused by the affluent lifestyles and fossil fuel addiction of the rich.'
'The planned threefold increase in air flights is environmental lunacy. If runaway climate change is to be averted, global carbon emissions need to peak this decade, and decline rapidly thereafter. There is no way that this can be achieved without halting the explosion in air travel.'
'Leeds Bradford Airport is planning to expand to 8 million flights a year, and if the public authorities refuse to curb this environmental menace, then responsible local citizens must act.'
The protest lasted for about an hour before Mrs Eastwood was removed by Police. It is unclear whether she has been charged with a public order offense, however, the airport bosses are likely to apply for an order banning her from going near the airport in the future.
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