On Tuesday 16th June 2009 campaigners from the group Manchester Plane Stupid targeted the aviation industry's gala dinner being held at the town hall tonight. Protestors scaled two lamposts and erected a 15m banner reading, "Aviation Industry Conference - Climate Criminals Inside".
The banner drop created a lot of attention from the public and continued the pressure on the aviation industry who are attempting to greenwash the climate issue. The Aviation conference included the launch of a new initiative to make airports carbon neutral. However, this does not include the emissions from flights which currently account for around 13% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions.
"It's time for the aviation industry to wake up and to start a just transition to replace aviation jobs with emerging sustainable industries such as wind turbines.' Vanessa Hall, former city councillor and Green parlimentary candidate for Manchester Central.
"There is no such thing as a 'carbon neutral' airport, 'carbon neutral' is a term used for offsetting projects that rarely result in any real reduction in emissions. This project is even more deceptive as it won't include the massive emissions from planes." James Alden, Green parlimentary candidate.
This was in conjuction with a climate action at the GMEX earlier in the day where protestors released rape alarms attached to helium baloons, distrupting the aviation industry conference.
[1] For pictures of climate action at the GMEX:
http://stopmanchesterairport.blogspot.com/
https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/432433.html
http://www.planestupid.com/
[2] Information about the ACI conference:
http://www.aci-europe-events.com/annual-general-assembly/
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http://www.stopmanchesterairport.org.uk
"It's time for the aviation industry to wake up and to start a just transition to replace aviation jobs with emerging sustainable industries such as wind turbines.' Vanessa Hall, former city councillor and Green parlimentary candidate for Manchester Central.
"There is no such thing as a 'carbon neutral' airport, 'carbon neutral' is a term used for offsetting projects that rarely result in any real reduction in emissions. This project is even more deceptive as it won't include the massive emissions from planes." James Alden, Green parlimentary candidate.
This was in conjuction with a climate action at the GMEX earlier in the day where protestors released rape alarms attached to helium baloons, distrupting the aviation industry conference.
[1] For pictures of climate action at the GMEX:
http://stopmanchesterairport.blogspot.com/ https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/432433.html http://www.planestupid.com/ [2] Information about the ACI conference:
http://www.aci-europe-events.com/annual-general-assembly/ --
http://www.stopmanchesterairport.org.uk