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Climate activists block private jet departures

Climate activists sit in front of jets and ride bicycles on the tarmac to protest against environmental pollution from aviation at Schiphol Airport outside Amsterdam on Saturday. (Reuters Photo)

AMSTERDAM: More than 100 environmental activists wearing white suits stormed into an area where private jets are kept at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Saturday and stopped several aircraft from departing by sitting in front of their wheels

The protest was part of a day of demonstrations in and around the airport organised by the environmental groups Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion to protest against greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution caused by the airport and the aviation industry.

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