[Media-watch] The Offices of BAA occupied by protesters

[Stephen McKee]

****Press Release****
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Offices of BAA are currently (12.45 Fiday) being occupied by people 
opposed to the addition of an extra runway in the South-East.

BAA are already in the process of building a new terminal at Heathrow and 
have just been given the go-ahead for a new runway at Stansted.

For local people the most immediate issues are aircraft noise, traffic 
congestion and air pollution. For those living on the site proposed for the 
new runway, it is also about losing their homes.

However this is not just an issue for those under the flight path. Air 
travel is the fastest growing contributor to global warming. Globally the 
world's 16,000 commercial jet aircraft generate more than 600 million tonnes 
of carbon dioxide (CO2), the world's major greenhouse gas, per year. Indeed 
aviation generates nearly as much CO2 annually as that from all human 
activities in Africa.

Global warming brings more natural disasters, spreads infectious diseases 
and destroys flora and fauna across the planet.

Airport expansion is just one more way that global capitalism is destroying 
the planet. The desperate drive for profit at the expense of both people and 
the environment can and must be stopped.

WE CAN STOP EXPANSION

For more information on how to get involved contact London Earth First at 
eflondon at ziplip.com.

If you would like to find out more about the issues surrounded airport 
expansion see www.airportwatch.org.uk and www.stopstanstedexpansion.com.

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