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Greta Thunberg joins protest against ‘reckless’ airport expansion plans
climate activist Greta Thunburg (centre) joins Extinction Rebellion activists outside Farnborough Airport-Jonathon Vines

CLIMATE activists rallied against a Hampshire airport’s “reckless and selfish” plans to boost its use of private jets on Saturday.

Extinction Rebellion organised the march after Farnborough Airport Ltd submitted a planning application to increase its private jet flights from 50,000 to 70,000 a year.

Joining the protest, climate activist Greta Thunburg said that there are “few examples that show as clearly how the rich elite is sacrificing present and future living conditions on this planet so they can maintain their extreme and violent lifestyles.”

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