Climate chaos action at Bristol airport today:
Endangered gorilla in last stand shock!

An endangered gorilla has been sighted outside Bristol airport this afternoon on top of the towering monument to progress on the roundabout. The clearly agitated creature is reportedly attempting to swat planes out of the sky as some sort of protest against climate chaos. Photo opportunity from 3:30pm. More details to follow…

What we do know is this:

Aviation is the fastest growing source of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions, one of the primary causes of climate change.

Despite a lot of hot air about tackling climate chaos, the government continues to promote air travel through tax breaks, subsidies and a huge airport expansion programme.

In the face of overwhelming public opposition, Bristol International Airport (BIA) is planning to massively expand in the coming years.

BIA currently spews out more CO2 than the whole of Bristol’s traffic.

By 2019 it’s CO2 emissions are predicted to be around 730000 tonnes, up from 430000 tonnes in 2005.

Airport expansion represents tunnel vision economic progress at all costs. All the evidence is there to show it results in the destruction of the local environment and communities as well as bringing more noise, pollution and climate chaos.

One of the friends of the rogue gorilla had this to say;

“The freak weather conditions we are seeing around the world and now closer to home are just the tip of the iceberg. Climate chaos means deadly heat waves, extreme floods, mass homelessness and refugee crises, ecosystem collapse, severe water shortages, resource conflicts and wars, mass extinction… the list goes on. This is no longer a distant threat to be quickly forgotten or dismissed in the rush for cheap flights or the latest consumer item. Unless we take responsible, serious action now to put an absolute cap on CO2 emissions and drastically alter our way of life, this planet will become an uninhabitable nightmare world where human existence itself will be in question. Have a nice day.”

This action is in solidarity with the climate camp currently set up near Heathrow airport. Despite police harassment and attempts by British Airport Authorities to stifle protest and opposition with it’s now infamous injunction, hundreds of people are there demonstrating their resistance to airport expansion and alternatives for a better world based on ecologocial sustainability and equality. More and more people recognise that real solutions to climate chaos will not come from politicians or big business, but from ordinary people working collectively for far reaching, lasting change.

For further information contact:  kebelesocialcentre@riseup.net