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| More than 20 environmental activists are staging a protest at Nottingham East Midlands Airport after breaching security. | |
| A campaign group, which says it is from a green camp at Drax power station in North Yorkshire, occupied an airport taxiway early on Sunday. | |
| The group was said to be holding a ceremony in memory of those "who have died as a result of climate change". | The group was said to be holding a ceremony in memory of those "who have died as a result of climate change". |
| An airport spokesman said flights were not being disrupted. | |
| Peaceful protest | |
| The airport said police were working to restore law and order. | |
| The protesters sat on a taxiway between two cargo holds. They were led by Baptist Minister Rev Malcolm Carroll. | |
| Airport spokesman Ryan Martinez said the group was staging a peaceful protest and the airport was operating as normal. | |
| "There are a group of 21 protesters who have breached our security," he said. "The police are obviously with them but it is peaceful." | |
| The group, which calls itself Plane Stupid, scaled the airport's perimeter fence shortly before 0700 BST. | |
| Spokesman Joss Garman said: "Aviation is the greatest contributor to climate change. The effects of aviation on the climate this century, if we don't stop short-haul flights, will be catastrophic." | |
| The group, thought to be the first direct-action environmental group targeting the aviation industry, are part of the wider Climate Camp organisation, responsible for the recent protests at Drax power station. |