Climate activists from the Last Generation group spray-painted orange on a private jet on Sylt and stuck themselves on it. According to German police, five people between the ages of 21 and 60 were involved.
The last generation claimed to have cut the airport fence in two places with bolt cutters. Members of the group then ran to the planes and spray-painted a private jet with bright paint. Banners are said to have been rolled on the wings – with the inscriptions “Your luxury = our drought” and “Your luxury = our crop failures.” According to the police, four people also put their hands on the wings of the plane, one person on the tarmac in front of the plane. The group posted photos and videos of the action on Twitter (see below).
The bright color makes the climate-damaging effects clear, according to a press release about the campaign. A four-hour private flight would emit as much CO₂ as an average person in a year. “One thing is clear: Owners of private jets, limousines and superyachts will not voluntarily abandon them. Reducing these emissions requires regulation and legislation. Laws of the kind that have made our social market economy strong,” said a spokesman. The government must finally put limits on this waste and destruction.
Vague requirements?
Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had stated in an interview with the “Zeit” that the demands of the last generation were too vague and that it was about action. “Mr. Scholz’s approach consists, on the one hand, of increasing delays in climate protection and, on the other hand, of a plan that the Federal Constitutional Court has found to be inadequate (…)”, the group responded.
It was not the first action of this kind by the last generation. About a month ago, a private jet in Berlin was sprayed with orange paint.
Source: Krone
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