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Climate activists
on Thursday gained access to a UK airport where
Taylor Swift
's luxury plane is stationed and sprayed private jets with orange paint, a day after Stonehenge was attacked. The two activists made it on to the airfield at
Stansted airport
in London, climate protest group
Just Stop Oil
said in a statement.
Essex Police said they had arrested two women aged 22 and 28 on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with national infrastructure.
The pair, named by Just Stop Oil as Jennifer Kowalski, 28, and Cole Macdonald, 22, used fire extinguishers filled with orange paint to spray two private jets, the group's statement said.
In a post on X, Just Stop Oil added: "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." Taylor Swift has attracted criticism over her use of private jets. In 2022, she headlined a list published by British sustainability marketing firm Yard of the "worst private jet CO2 emission offenders" among celebrities. Her jet flew 170 times in 2022, with total flight emissions for the year reaching 8,293.54 tonnes, or 1,184.8 times more than the average person, Yard said.
