Environmentalists to target Heathrow

Wednesday 10th December 2008

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Environmental activists have vowed to continue their fight against British airports after they broke into Stansted Airport last Monday and chained themselves to fences.

The environmental group, Plane Stupid, have warned that Heathrow will be their next target, where a third runway is to be built according to government plans. The decision to build the runway will be announced next month by Transport secretary Geoff Hoon.

Spokeswoman for Plane Stupid, Leyla Deen, said in an interview with the Guardian: "There are plans [to repeat the protest at Heathrow], absolutely"

She went on to say: "We intend to continue to directly challenge airport expansion. We have only seven years to begin to get our carbon emissions down in Britain, and our carbon emissions are still going up. This is the only responsible thing to do."

After the protests at Stansted Airport, Ryanair said: “It is unacceptable that the travel plans of thousands of passengers have been disrupted because BAA Stansted security have failed to remove a number of protesters.”

Airport officials said there would be a review of airport security but also defended the quick action taken.