Picnic protest at Leeds Bradford Airport
25.04.09
Sixty climate campaigners have held a picnic in the check-in hall at Leeds Bradford Airport today, in a protest over its planned expansion. The airport wants to build a £28m two-storey extension to the terminal building, which would house an improved check-in area and departure lounge in order to prepare for a projected increase in passengers from 3 million a year now to 5 million by 2015. Environmental campaigners say the plan will increase greenhouse gas emissions.
Protesters ate cucumber sandwiches and gingerbread planes during the protest. One of the campaigners, Leeds University student Guy Mitchell, told the BBC that the picnic was a ‘very civil way to protest’. He said it was a ‘great chance’ for people with concerns about climate change and airport expansion to express them in ‘a fun, family-friendly way’.
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