00:40Mandatory Credit: Just Stop Oil
Two 'Just Stop Oil' activists vandalised private jets to protest against American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's carbon emissions ahead of her 'The Eras' tour in London on Thursday.
Footage shows protesters using an angle grinder to cut through a fence to gain access to Stansten's private airfield and vandalising private jets with a fire extinguisher filled with orange paint.
The environmentalists, identified in media reports as Jennifer Kowalski, 28, and Cole Macdonald, 22, vandalised the jets, believing they belonged to Swift. However, airport officials later said the pop star's private plane was not based there.
Both activists have since been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and interfering with the use of national infrastructure, local police officials said.
A statement provided by the group stated: "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".
The Grammy-winning singer's team has not released a statement in response to the incident at the time of publication.
In February, Swift's lawyers threatened legal action against Jack Sweeney, a University of Central Florida student who has been tracking the use of private jets by Swift and other public figures on social media to measure their carbon emissions.
The X 'CelebJets' account found that Swift's plane was the most used, emitting over 8,000 tonnes of carbon. A spokesperson for Swift clarified that Swift wasn't on every flight, as her plane was also loaned out to others.
Shake it off, Taylor? Eco-warriors with orange paint target superstar's jet at London's Stansted
Two 'Just Stop Oil' activists vandalised private jets to protest against American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's carbon emissions ahead of her 'The Eras' tour in London on Thursday.
Footage shows protesters using an angle grinder to cut through a fence to gain access to Stansten's private airfield and vandalising private jets with a fire extinguisher filled with orange paint.
The environmentalists, identified in media reports as Jennifer Kowalski, 28, and Cole Macdonald, 22, vandalised the jets, believing they belonged to Swift. However, airport officials later said the pop star's private plane was not based there.
Both activists have since been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and interfering with the use of national infrastructure, local police officials said.
A statement provided by the group stated: "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".
The Grammy-winning singer's team has not released a statement in response to the incident at the time of publication.
In February, Swift's lawyers threatened legal action against Jack Sweeney, a University of Central Florida student who has been tracking the use of private jets by Swift and other public figures on social media to measure their carbon emissions.
The X 'CelebJets' account found that Swift's plane was the most used, emitting over 8,000 tonnes of carbon. A spokesperson for Swift clarified that Swift wasn't on every flight, as her plane was also loaned out to others.
Mandatory Credit: Just Stop Oil
Two 'Just Stop Oil' activists vandalised private jets to protest against American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's carbon emissions ahead of her 'The Eras' tour in London on Thursday.
Footage shows protesters using an angle grinder to cut through a fence to gain access to Stansten's private airfield and vandalising private jets with a fire extinguisher filled with orange paint.
The environmentalists, identified in media reports as Jennifer Kowalski, 28, and Cole Macdonald, 22, vandalised the jets, believing they belonged to Swift. However, airport officials later said the pop star's private plane was not based there.
Both activists have since been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and interfering with the use of national infrastructure, local police officials said.
A statement provided by the group stated: "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".
The Grammy-winning singer's team has not released a statement in response to the incident at the time of publication.
In February, Swift's lawyers threatened legal action against Jack Sweeney, a University of Central Florida student who has been tracking the use of private jets by Swift and other public figures on social media to measure their carbon emissions.
The X 'CelebJets' account found that Swift's plane was the most used, emitting over 8,000 tonnes of carbon. A spokesperson for Swift clarified that Swift wasn't on every flight, as her plane was also loaned out to others.