Following similar actions last month, climate activists in Germany briefly disrupted traffic at Munich airport on Thursday to protest the impact of air travel as “the ultimate climate killer.”
Members of the Letzte Generation, or Última Generación, group said that some of their members had stuck to the runway there, and that others had entered the grounds of the Berlin airport.
While a spokesman for the Munich airport confirmed to The Associated Press that the northern runway was briefly closed and the rerouting of the planes caused brief delays, a spokesperson for the Berlin airport said a police operation was underway but the air traffic had not been controlled. affected.
Photos showed police officers attempting to get some of the activists off the streets and images posted on the activists’ Twitter account showed members holding signs blocking city streets.
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A Federal Police officer tries to remove a “last generation” activist from a street at the BER airport in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, December 8, 2022.
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Last Generation said in a statement that local police had been informed of the protest shortly before entering the facility.
“We are always ready for constructive talks, as we did yesterday with the Bavarian Minister of the Interior. But what we need in the face of the coming climate hell are actions and not just empty words,” spokeswoman Aimée van Baalen said.
The last of four climate activists sits with his hand glued to the side track of a runway at Franz-Josef-Strauss Airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, December 8, 2022.
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CLIMATE ACTIVISTS IN BERLIN STICK TO AIRPORT RUNWAY, DISRUPTING AIR TRAVEL
The group also said that four members were in prison in Bavaria and had been “remanded in custody without trial.”
A Federal Police officer tries to remove a “last generation” activist from a street at the BER airport in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, December 8, 2022.
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In November, Last Generation held a similar protest at the Berlin Brandenberg airport and approximately 13 flights were forced to change their route or deviate from their course.
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Earlier in the year, climate protesters attacked famous works of art, flooded highways to stop traffic, and spilled milk on store floors to fight for environmental justice.
Timothy Nerozzi of Fox News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
