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20/08/2007
Climate Protesters Gather At Heathrow Airport
After a week camped outside the offices of Heathrow Airport, close to 2,000 police officers were called in to intervene in a climate change protesters demonstration.
The scuffles in a field close to airport operator BAA's building came after largely peaceful marches from a group named Camp for Action, where campaigners who want to draw attention to the impact of aviation on global warming have gathered.
Protesters have promised a day of "direct action", and BAA has told its staff not to go to its offices.
As protesters tried to break through police lines, there was some "pushing and shoving" between the two sides as protesters approached the BAA site.
Corralled into the car park at the BAA building, a peaceful sit-in was held. Protesters have now set up tents, brought in blankets and settled in for the night.
One activist says the protest is controversial.
"A lot of people don't agree with the views, they just want to jump in their car or jump on their plane and go on holiday. And they don't care that it's killing the environment for their children, their grandchildren," he said.
"I live at the end of the northern runway and basically where the planes take off they leave their tyre tracks on top of my roof. So you can understand why I'm here peacefully protesting."
He says he is pleased that the protest has been peaceful and hopes at stays that way.
Organisers predicted around 2,000 protesters would join the day of direct action but only around 300 turned up.
(CD/SP)
The scuffles in a field close to airport operator BAA's building came after largely peaceful marches from a group named Camp for Action, where campaigners who want to draw attention to the impact of aviation on global warming have gathered.
Protesters have promised a day of "direct action", and BAA has told its staff not to go to its offices.
As protesters tried to break through police lines, there was some "pushing and shoving" between the two sides as protesters approached the BAA site.
Corralled into the car park at the BAA building, a peaceful sit-in was held. Protesters have now set up tents, brought in blankets and settled in for the night.
One activist says the protest is controversial.
"A lot of people don't agree with the views, they just want to jump in their car or jump on their plane and go on holiday. And they don't care that it's killing the environment for their children, their grandchildren," he said.
"I live at the end of the northern runway and basically where the planes take off they leave their tyre tracks on top of my roof. So you can understand why I'm here peacefully protesting."
He says he is pleased that the protest has been peaceful and hopes at stays that way.
Organisers predicted around 2,000 protesters would join the day of direct action but only around 300 turned up.
(CD/SP)
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