{"id":2324908,"date":"2024-08-15T08:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T12:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-change-activists-cause-havoc-at-german-airports-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T08:14:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T12:14:48","slug":"climate-change-activists-cause-havoc-at-german-airports-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-change-activists-cause-havoc-at-german-airports-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate change activists cause havoc at German airports &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclimate-change-activists-cause-havoc-at-german-airports-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2324908&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Climate change <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/extinction-rebellion-oil-depots-held-hostage-by-climate-crazies-for-seventh-day\/\" title=\"Extinction Rebellion: Oil Depots Held Hostage by Climate Crazies for Seventh Day\">activists caused<\/a> significant disruptions at multiple airports in Germany on Thursday morning, leading to flight suspensions. Eight protesters managed to illegally enter airfields in Stuttgart, Cologne Bonn, Nuremberg, and Berlin Brandenburg airports, where they glued their hands to \u200bthe tarmac. This action was part of a broader movement encouraged\u200d by a\u2064 group called &#8220;Oil Kills,&#8221; which seeks to stop\u200d fossil fuel\u2062 use. Another group, &#8220;The Last Generation,&#8221; publicly supported the activists and promoted their actions \u200conline. The incidents evoke previous protests from July, where activists similarly disrupted operations at Frankfurt and\u2062 Cologne-Bonn \u2063airports. The activists emphasize\u2062 the\u200d urgency \u200cof climate action, demanding international agreements \u200bto phase out fossil fuels by 2030, citing large-scale participation in their campaigns and the potential risks they face, including arrest and \u2063imprisonment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Climate change activists cause havoc at German airports&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Several airports in Germany were forced to suspend flights on Thursday morning as environmentalists and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-change-activists-dump-cow-manure-near-white-house-chant-bulls-over-bidens-climate-plan\/\" title=\"Climate Change Activists Dump Cow Manure Near White House, Chant \u2018Bulls***\u2019\u00a0 Over Biden\u2019s Climate Plan\">climate change activists<\/a> illegally entered airfields while flights were landing and taking off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eight protesters caused flights to be delayed or suspended in Stuttgart, Cologne Bonn, Nuremberg, and Berlin Brandenburg airports in Germany. The activists caused the disruptions by gluing their hands to tarmacs at each of the airports, according to multiple <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/two-german-airports-temporarily-suspend-flights-over-climate-activists-2024-08-15\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A group known as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chuffed.org\/project\/oil-kills\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Oil Kills&rdquo;<\/a> previously encouraged such demonstrations, dubbing itself the &ldquo;international resistance&rdquo; that is going to stop oil, according to its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chuffed.org\/project\/oil-kills\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>. Another group, called &ldquo;The Last Generation,&rdquo; celebrated the work of the activists who caused disruptions at the airports and published pictures of those who glued their hands to the tarmacs on Thursday, <em>Reuters<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/two-german-airports-temporarily-suspend-flights-over-climate-activists-2024-08-15\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video in-content bridtv\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1730913\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video-placeholder\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;background-color:#000;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Austria, Canada, Germany, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and more<strong> <\/strong>are all taking action together this summer, demanding our criminal governments sign a binding, international treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030,&rdquo; read the website&rsquo;s opening statement. &ldquo;Tens of thousands of people in our campaigns have already faced arrest. Hundreds have faced imprisonment. This number will rise. We carry on &ndash; because the consequences of climate collapse are far worse than whatever the state can throw at us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is all of our fight,&rdquo; the group claimed. &ldquo;We refuse to die for fossil fuels.&rdquo;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday&rsquo;s incidents were similar to those in July when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-protesters-continue-demonstrations-outside-white-house-biden-silent\/\" title=\"Climate protesters continue demonstrations outside White House, Biden silent\">climate protesters entered<\/a> the runways at Frankfurt and Cologne-Bonn airports and glued their hands on the tarmacs. According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/germanys-frankfurt-airport-temporarily-halts-flights-due-demonstration-2024-07-25\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>, the protests were in response to aggressive climate change activism that seeks to end reliance on fossil fuels by 2030.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, these climate change activists announced intentions in July to disrupt other airports throughout Europe and North America. This included planned demonstrations in Oslo, Zurich, Vienna, and London airports. However, local law enforcement agencies in those cities thwarted those events.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Germany Interior Minister Nancy Faesar called the protests &ldquo;dangerous, dumb and criminal&rdquo; and sought to punish those who participated in such demonstrations with strict penalties, including up to two years in jail, <em>Reuters<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Airline companies have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-golden-globes-new-best-actress-in-a-tv-drama-is-actually-a-biological-man\/\" title=\"The Golden Globes\u2019 New \u2018Best Actress\u2019 In A TV Drama Is Actually A Biological Man\">echoed similar sentiments<\/a>. Lufthansa released a statement warning about the dangers of such protests and calling for more meaningful action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The damage to the economy and society is immense. That is why the judiciary and authorities must take much more consistent action,&rdquo; Lufthansa previously said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2024-07-25\/germanys-frankfurt-airport-temporarily-halts-flights-due-to-demonstration\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1730913\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1730913\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate change activists disrupt operations at German airports. On Thursday morning, multiple airports in Germany had to halt flights as environmentalists illegally accessed airfields during landings and takeoffs. Eight protesters caused delays or cancellations at Stuttgart, Cologne Bonn, Nuremberg, and Berlin Brandenburg airports by gluing their hands to the tarmacs. The group &#8220;Oil Kills&#8221; has previously promoted such actions, branding itself as part of an &#8220;international resistance&#8221; against oil dependency. Another organization, &#8220;The Last Generation,&#8221; praised the activists&#8217; efforts and shared images of those who glued themselves down on Thursday. Their website stated that countries including Austria, Canada, Germany, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK are collaborating this summer to demand a binding international treaty to eliminate fossil fuels by 2030. They noted that many participants have already faced arrests and imprisonment but remain committed due to the severe consequences of climate collapse being far worse than any repercussions from authorities. The group emphasized that this is a collective struggle against fossil fuel reliance.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s events mirrored similar protests in July when climate activists disrupted Frankfurt and Cologne-Bonn airports in a bid to end fossil fuel use by 2030. These activists also announced plans for further disruptions across Europe and North America but were thwarted by local law enforcement in some cities like Oslo and Zurich.<\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser condemned these protests as &#8220;dangerous,&#8221; &#8220;foolish,&#8221; and &#8220;criminal,&#8221; advocating for strict penalties for participants that could include up to two years in prison. Airlines like Lufthansa echoed these concerns about the significant economic impact of such protests while calling for more decisive action from authorities against them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2324909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/delta-and-united-planes.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4091,13784,38209,3970,32076],"class_list":["post-2324908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-activists","tag-climate-change","tag-german-airports","tag-protests","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/delta-and-united-planes.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}