Just Stop Oil protesters have sprayed orange pain over private jets parked at an airfield where they say Taylor Swift landed just hours before.
It is not clear if the US superstar’s jet was one of those targeted by the protesters.
The demonstrators are calling for an emergency treaty to end the use of fossil fuels by 2030.
It comes just a day after Just Stop Oil protesters sprayed orange powder paint over Stonehenge in the England ahead of the summer solstice.
Footage shared by the group online shows protesters cutting a wire fence at Stansted Airport in London before spraying the paint over two private jets.
🚨 JUST STOP OIL PAINT PRIVATE JETS HOURS AFTER TAYLOR SWIFT'S LANDS
🔥 Jennifer and Cole cut the fence into the private airfield at Stansted where @taylorswift13's jet is parked, demanding an emergency treaty to end fossil fuels by 2030.
💸 Donate — https://t.co/UwALfVtRmR pic.twitter.com/aORdvUuQmU
— Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) June 20, 2024
Just Stop Oil named the protesters as 22-year-old Cole McDonald from Brighton and 28-year-old Jennifer Kowalski from Dumbarton.
Ms Macdonald said the protest aimed to highlight how climate change caused by the rich is having the biggest impact on the poor.
“We’re living in two worlds,” she said. “One where billionaires live in luxury, able to fly in private jets away from the other, where unliveable conditions are being imposed on countless millions.”
“Meanwhile, this system that is allowing extreme wealth to be accrued by a few, to the detriment of everyone else, is destroying the conditions necessary to support human life in a rapidly accelerating never-ending ‘cruel summer’.
“Billionaires are not untouchable, climate breakdown will affect every single one of us.”
🚨 JUST STOP OIL PAINT PRIVATE JETS HOURS AFTER TAYLOR SWIFT'S LANDS
🔥 Jennifer and Cole cut the fence into the private airfield at Stansted where @taylorswift13's jet is parked, demanding an emergency treaty to end fossil fuels by 2030.
💸 Donate — https://t.co/UwALfVtRmR pic.twitter.com/aORdvUuQmU
— Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) June 20, 2024
Ms Kowalski said her work in sustainability convinced her of the need to take desperate measures to make her voice heard.
“In 2024 we all have to be considering what we can do each day to change the course our society is on,” she said.
“We need an emergency treaty to stop the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030.”
In a statement, Stansted Airport said Essex Police had arrested two people and “as a precaution runway operations were suspended for a short period”.
A spokesperson said no flights were disrupted, and the airport and flights are operating as normal."
Essex Police said two planes were damaged and officers were on the scene "within minutes".
They confirmed two women, aged 22 and 28, have been arrested on suspicion of "criminal damage and interference with the use or operation of national infrastructure".
🚨 BREAKING: Just Stop Oil Spray Stonehenge Orange
🔥 2 people took action the day before Summer Solstice, demanding the incoming government sign up to a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030.
🧯 Help us take megalithic action — https://t.co/R20S8YQD1j pic.twitter.com/ufzO8ZiDWu
— Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) June 19, 2024
It comes after Just Stop Oil protesters sprayed orange paint over the Stonehenge monument in England.
The protesters insisted the paint was made of cornflour which will wash away in the rain; however, site management charity English Heritage said the potential for damage was “significant”.
Speaking to the BBC English Heritage CEO Dr Nick Merriman said the paint had been removed and there was “no visible damage” to the 5,000-year-old landmark.
He said the paint was removed using a specialist handheld blower.
He warned, however, that if rain had come into contact with the paint the damage could have been significant.
The charity also noted that the stones are covered in more than 50 different lichens some of which are rare.
