Balloons
Going in
alarms on the ceiling inside
Banner outside
Runway Hazard Management
Outside, protesters held a banner outside the entrance reading,
“Aviation Industry Conference – Climate Criminals Inside”.
The group were protesting against the aviation's growing contribution to climate change. Aviation currently accounts for around 13% of the UK's greenhouse gas contribution.
Megan Sims from Manchester Plane Stupid said, “The airport industry is recklessly pushing ahead with expansion plans across the UK and Europe despite all the warnings about climate change. We cannot pursue this growth agenda if we are serious about tackling global warming.”
“Their latest back-patting exercise is yet more greenwash from the airport industry. They provide the growth of the facilities for aircraft to operate and encourage more flights, more emissions and more climate change.”
The three day conference was being hosted by Airports Council International.[1] The conference was suspended whilst house staff struggled to remove the floating alarms from the ceiling.
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http://www.aci-europe.org/ [2]
http://www.planestupid.com/ [3]
http://www.stopmanchesterairport.blogspot.com/
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Waste of time
16.06.2009 21:30
No it wasn't, the session had finished and the delegates were about to leave for coffee, all it meant was that the house staff, who are not connected to the organisers, had to work through their lunch hour to clear the balloons, the conference was completely unaffected.
Well done, you really saved the planet with that one...
Hungry
Hungry... for change.
17.06.2009 12:40
"The invasion came as the second session was closing and just when the first ten airport operator groups to sign up to ACI Europe's Airport Carbon Accreditation Scheme (ACAS) joined together on stage for a formal signing ceremony. The ACAS,according to ACI Europe, is "a demonstration of European airports' committment to addressing their environmental impact, by reducing carbon emissions for airport operations, with the ultimate goal of being carbon neutral".
Carbon neutral, yeah we'll just forget about the hundreds of jet planes surrounding the building. I guess the aim was to highlight how the aviation industry is attempting to Greenwash the climate issue, so think the irony is on you.
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