Climate change campaigners hold picnic protest
25.04.09
Sixty climate change campaigners have held a picnic in the check-in area 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, which would house an improved check-in area and departure lounge to prepare it for a projected increase in passengers from 3m a year now to 5m by 2015. The campaigners say the plan will increase greenhouse gas emissions.
Protesters ate cucumber sandwiches and gingerbread planes during the peaceful protest. One of the campaigners, Leeds University student Guy Mitchell, told the BBC that the picnic was a ‘very civil 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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