Call for direct action at Heathrow — website launched

Call for direct action at the Cli­mate Camp

Activists cam­paign­ing against the impact of avi­a­tion on cli­mate change have today released a web­site giv­ing the low-down on Heathrow air­port and the indus­tries which encour­age its envi­ron­men­tal­ly-dam­ag­ing busi­ness. They are call­ing on peo­ple to take non-vio­lent direct action around the Camp for Cli­mate Action, tak­ing place near Heathrow in August. The web­site, http://www.reclaimtheskies.com includes details of air­lines, sup­pli­ers and car­go com­pa­nies based around Heathrow.

Call for direct action at the Cli­mate Camp

Activists cam­paign­ing against the impact of avi­a­tion on cli­mate change have today released a web­site giv­ing the low-down on Heathrow air­port and the indus­tries which encour­age its envi­ron­men­tal­ly-dam­ag­ing busi­ness. They are call­ing on peo­ple to take non-vio­lent direct action around the Camp for Cli­mate Action, tak­ing place near Heathrow in August. The web­site, http://www.reclaimtheskies.com includes details of air­lines, sup­pli­ers and car­go com­pa­nies based around Heathrow.

Cam­paign­er Joan­na Maguire stat­ed, “Look at the crazy sum­mer weath­er we are hav­ing. The effects of high-lev­el atmos­pher­ic emis­sions both on our cli­mate and on the ozone lay­er are a seri­ous issue and we need to take action now. The avi­a­tion indus­try must take on board that it is con­tribut­ing to cli­mate chaos and change is need­ed now. More and more busi­ness­es are offer­ing ridicu­lous cheap flights for hol­i­days and unnec­es­sary next day deliv­er­ies around the world.”

Anoth­er activist, David Bed­din­ton, added, “Heathrow does not exist in iso­la­tion. All these com­pa­nies are prof­it­ing from cheap fuel and active­ly encour­age the growth of flights. This has to stop and we are call­ing on peo­ple to take non-vio­lent direct action to pro­tect our futures. It needs to be ham­mered home that their busi­ness may be law­ful, but glob­al­ly they are con­tribut­ing to ter­ri­ble crimes against human­i­ty. We want peo­ple to take direct action to make these com­pa­nies aware that they are con­tribut­ing to famine, flood­ing and des­ti­tu­tion around the world.”

The web­site has been pro­duced inde­pen­dent­ly of the Camp for Cli­mate Action, though it is with­in its pol­i­cy of call­ing on direct action to be tak­en against the root caus­es of cli­mate change. Their pur­pose is to inform peo­ple how the indus­try around the Heathrow works — the air­port is sim­ply the focus point of a big­ger prob­lem.

Cam­paign­ers doubt that the gov­ern­ment or cor­po­ra­tions are capa­ble of mak­ing the nec­es­sary soci­etal change to min­imise the dam­age cli­mate chaos is going to inflict on the earth and its inhab­i­tants.

Vis­it www.reclaimtheskies.com and start get­ting ready for action!