The British Airports Authority is seeking an injunction to keep The Camp for Climate Action from protesting at London's Heathrow airport — an injunction that would ban them from going to the airport, or from using any of the rail/tube lines or roads that go to the airport. The Camp is an umbrella group comprising several other groups, whose members include the Queen of England, Prince Charles and five million other Britons.
Heathrow's carbon footprint is larger than many nations'.
The industry seems to want to ban five million of us from Heathrow and all routes to the airport, including the Piccadilly line, parts of the rail network, and sections of the M25 and M4.In three weeks' time, the Camp for Climate Action is due to gather near Heathrow to peacefully protest against Heathrow's vast contribution to climate change (the airport's planes emit more greenhouse gases than many individual countries) and its planned third runway expansion.
The owner of Heathrow, the British Airports Authority (BAA), seems to be, frankly, terrified.
It's seeking an injunction, which names as defendants "all persons acting as members, participants or supporters" of anti-aviation group Plane Stupid, anti-noise group HACAN and AirportWatch. The injunction is to stop people from setting foot on Heathrow and "the arterial infrastructure serving" it.
(Thanks, Bex!)
(Image, 747 at Heathrow airport, ganked from Alistairmcmillan's Flickr photostream)
