Climate activists arrested after disrupting Massachusetts airstrip [Video]

A group of ecoactivists were arrested after disrupting traffic at an airfield in Massachusetts on Saturday, the latest in the ongoing trend of public demonstrations against climate change.

Approximately two dozen protesters with the ecoactivist group Extinction Rebellion were arrested by police and taken into custody at Laurence G. Hanscom Airfield in Bedford.

The activists stood in the path of planes during taxi in order to “resist the proposed expansion of 17 new hangars, which would create a 300% increase in private jet services.”

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The group stated that the expansion at Hanscom Airfield would contribute to global climate concerns, setting back green initiatives in the state.

“The expected CO2 emissions from the resulting private jet flights would negate 70% of the climate benefits of all the solar PV ever installed in Massachusetts,” Extinction Rebellion said in a press release following the …