The decision announced today to stage this year’s Climate Camp near Heathrow will increase pressure on BAA to drop its controversial plans to expand the airport. Last year’s Climate Camp, which took place outside Selby in Yorkshire, climaxed in a high-profile attempt to occupy Drax Power Station<
The decision announced today to stage this year’s Climate Camp near Heathrow will increase pressure on BAA to drop its controversial plans to expand the airport. Last year’s Climate Camp, which took place outside Selby in Yorkshire, climaxed in a high-profile attempt to occupy Drax Power Station.
This year the camp will be pitching its tents in the Heathrow area from the 14th to the 21st August. Thousands of people are expected to come to protest against the impact aviation is having on the planet.
Geraldine Nicholson, the Chair of local campaign group NOTRAG (No Third Runway Action Group), said, “BAA should not be surprised that people are planning to come from all over the country to protest at their expansion plans. This community will be destroyed if a third runway is built at Heathrow. An ever-increasing number of people think aviation policy is going in the wrong directions for a whole number of reasons — climate change, community destruction, noise. Together we can win.”
HACAN Chair John Stewart said, “The terrible twins of the UK aviation industry, BA and BAA, must be stopped in their tracks. Their activities are damaging the planet and ruining the quality of life of countless people living under flight paths. The climate camp will be a striking symbol of the revulsion a growing number of people feel at the antics of the aviation industry.”
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For further information:
Geraldine Nicholson 01895 854519; 07710 523369
John Stewart 0207 737 6641; 07957385650
Climate Camp Press Team: 0777 286 1099 or 0790 180 2177