Greenpeace has purchased a field previously earmarked to use to build a controversial third runway at UK’s Heathrow Airport.
Greenpeace intends to invite protesters to set-up camp in the soccer-field-sized space. They also intend to sell small parcels of the land to separate owners in order to force BAA, the airport’s owners, to negotiate a land purchase with each individual land owner.
Most of the approximately $30,000 purchase, completed on Friday, was covered by a secret donor, but actress Emma Thompson and comedian Alastair McGowan contributed small amounts. British Politician Zac Goldsmith also helped cover the cost.
“I don’t understand how any government remotely serious about committing to reversing climate change can even consider these ridiculous plans,” Thompson said. T”hat’s why we bought a plot on the runway. We’ll stop this from happening even if we have to move in and plant vegetables.”
Heathrow faced a sit-in protest earlier today organized by Climate Rush, where people sat in a terminal entryway and ate a picnic dinner, complete with live acoustic entertainment.
It’s unclear how Greenpeace managed to purchase the land underneath the impending construction plans.
>> Read more about the continued effort to block Heathrow’s third runway:
- ‘Plane Stupid’ Climate Activists Block Runway at UK Airport
- Hundreds Block UK Airport Terminal with Dinner Party
- Heathrow Airport’s wickedly sinister legal move against five million people
- How You Can Buy Part of Greenpeace’s Heathrow Plot
Photo Credit: markhillary on Flickr under Creative Commons license.
If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it!
Alex Felsinger
Alex is primarily concerned with animal welfare, wildlife conservation, and environmental justice. As a freelance writer in San Francisco, he leads a deliberately simplistic and thrifty lifestyle, yet still can’t help gawking at the newest green gadgets and zero-emission concept cars.
One Response to Greenpeace Buys Land Planned for UK Airport Expansion
Click on a tab to select how you'd like to leave your comment
[...] covered the exciting news earlier that Greenpeace has purchased a $30,000 plot of land in the middle of the area that had been earmarked to…. Since Greenpeace announced the plan yesterday, publish support has been astounding. [...]