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Hamish Morrison

Glasgow Airport to be targeted by climate change protestors in series of demonstrations

Climate change protestors are set to target Glasgow Airport today in a series of demonstrations planned at travel hubs across the UK.

Eco-zealots Stay Grounded are planning 'action' at ten British airports and warned "no-one should be fooled by attempts to 'greenwash' aviation'.

The other impacted airports are London Gatwick, London City, London Luton, Liverpool, Manchester, Southampton, Bristol, Doncaster-Sheffield and Leeds-Bradford.

Ray Stewart from Stay Grounded UK said: "We warn that trusting yet-to-be-developed technology to reduce climate damaging emissions is extremely risky.

"Instead we demand that immediate action is taken to prevent any expansion of flying and associated emissions growth.

"Just one return flight from London to New York emits as much greenhouse gas as the average UK household does in a whole year."

Mira Kapfinger from Stay Grounded added: "Maybe, one day, we'll be able to fly in large, long-haul, zero-emission aircraft but we know that's not an option in the foreseeable future.

"In a climate emergency the only thing we can do right now to cut emissions from flying is to fly less."

Glasgow Airport say they are aware of the planned action.

The protests come as tens of thousands of people are expected at a march in Glasgow on Saturday, where the COP26 climate change conference is taking place.

In 2016, 13 members of campaign group Plane Stupid were spared jail after being found guilty of trespassing at Heathrow Airport in protest against the possible extension.

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