Activists in the UK are keeping the pressure on to stop a proposed runway expansion at Heathrow Airport. On February 25, four Greenpeace activists scaled a jet on a Heathrow runway and unfurled a banner reading “Climate Emergency – No Third Runway.” Two days later, another group of protesters scaled the roof of Parliament and chained themselves into the stairwells after unfurling banners reading “No third runway” and “BAA HQ.”

The second banner refers to the government’s collaboration with BAA, the company that runs Heathrow Airport.

A strong movement has been opposing the expansion of Heathrow Airport, in large part due to air travel’s contribution to climate change. The airport was the focus of the 2007 UK Climate Camp.

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