Heiress of the Disney fortune, Abigail Disney, was arrested in New York after she along with several climate activists blocked an airport servicing private jet departures.
“As a person who has been privileged enough to use private jets, I know it’s hard to give up a luxury that is special,” Disney said in a statement. “But I also know that the time has passed for spewing greenhouse gasses like this merely for our personal comfort.”
Disney reportedly joined members of the New York Communities for Change, Planet Over Profit and Sunrise Movement NYC during the event to protest and disrupt the “exclusive vacations of wealthy fossil fuel investors and polluters driving the climate crisis.”
“The events of the past week alone, with Earth’s average temperature hitting an all time high, drought and fatal heat waves across the country, floods in Vermont and New York, and ocean temperatures around Florida well over 90 degrees, should remove all doubt once and for all,” she added.
“The wealthiest 1% uses as much greenhouse gas as the entire bottom 50%. It is time for real change and this is the most obvious place to start.”
From Fox News:
According to photos and videos of the incident, Disney and the other protesters formed a blockade at the main entrance of East Hampton Airport which serves private and charter flights, not commercial. It is situated in the Hamptons, a ritzy community in eastern Long Island that is home to a number of celebrities and affluent residents. "These same rich people farting into the Hamptons on private jets are often the ones who make their money in industries that hugely accelerate the climate crisis," said Teddy Ogborn, an organizer of Planet Over Profit who was also arrested at the protest.
