Just Stop Oil protesters painted multiple private jets on the airfield they claim Taylor Swift‘s jet landed at just a few hours before.
The British environmental activist group is mainly focused on the issue of man-made climate change. While it isn’t known who owns the jets targeted, according to a press release from the group, Swift’s jet is currently stationed at London Stansted Airport.
The pop superstar is bringing her record-breaking Eras Tour to London. She is expected to perform in the city from June 21 to 23. Newsweek emailed Swift’s publicist for comment on Thursday.
Just Stop Oil shared the news on X, formerly Twitter, writing: “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.”
The accompanying video shows two women cutting fencing wire at the airfield site. Then, the clip shows the activists spraying two different jets with orange paint.
Another post from the group on X reads: “80% of the population have never taken a flight. Just 1% of people cause 50% of global aviation emissions. Private jet users are responsible for up to 14x as much carbon emissions compared with a commercial flight.”
In a statement online, one of the protesters said: “We’re living in two worlds: one where billionaires live in luxury, able to fly in private jets away from the other, where unlivable 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.”
Swift’s private jet usage has been a talking point in recent years. In 2022, she faced backlash after a report by environmentally oriented marketing firm Yard found at that time that her extensive use of a private jet made her the biggest celebrity polluter of the year up to that point.
The report used publicly available data to compile a list of the top greenhouse gas-emitting celebrities, based on their routine use of private jets. Swift came out on top, with a total of 170 flights on her private jet that added up to nearly 16 days in the air.
“Taylor’s jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals,” a spokesperson for Swift told Newsweek at the time. “To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect.”
The conversation about Swift’s jet use continued in 2023, as the singer-songwriter flew between New York and Kansas City, Missouri, to see her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. She also made trips between performances in South America for her Eras Tour. The star was criticized after it was revealed her private jet flights had allegedly produced 138 tons of CO2 emissions in just three months.
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