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Move over, Mulan, there’s a new Disney princess here to save the day.

Abigail Disney, an heiress to the astronomical franchise fortune, is ruffling feathers after being arrested in New York City, outside the East Hampton Airport for attending a protest against the use of private jets.

The Disney heiress was sitting in a blockade, stopping plane access at the airport, in an effort to bring attention to the enormous environmental impact of jet fumes. She was protesting alongside other activists from several environmental groups, like Planet Over Profit, Sunrise Movement, and New York Communities for Change.

The East Hampton Airport was likely chosen as the location for the protest because it only serves private jets and charter planes, The Cool Down reported.

“These same rich people farting into the Hamptons on private jets are often the ones who make their money in industries that hugely accelerate the climate crisis,” Ogborn said at the protest, according to Fox News. “As long as the 1% continues to needlessly poison our air and heat our Earth, we will continue to escalate our actions against them,” said Teddy Ogborn, a Planet Over Profit organiser who was also arrested.

Psychologist and climate activist, Dr Margaret Klein Salamon, shared images of the scene and Abigail on Twitter:

Abigail Disney drilled out and arrested pic.twitter.com/cdpxb8roI9

— Margaret Klein Salamon, PhD (@ClimatePsych) July 14, 2023

Disney has long spoken out against the use of private jets by the world’s wealthy citizens, calling them a “cancer” and saying she absolutely does not use them herself:

In a statement made before her arrest, Disney explained: “As a person who has been privileged enough to use private jets, I know it’s hard to give up a luxury that is special. But I also know that the time has passed for spewing greenhouse gases like this merely for our personal comfort.”

At 63 I still had not popped my fingerprint/mug shot cherry so I did this. Because the last thing this planet needs is billionaires spewing greenhouse gases to get to their palatial beach homes. Just so wrong. https://t.co/lkGxmXBfwK

— Abigail Disney (@abigaildisney) July 14, 2023

Amen, sister:

She cited the recent deadly heat wave scorching the southern U.S., the flooding in Vermont, and the sizzling Florida ocean temperatures as proof that we need “real change.”

The devastating heat wave has extended well past the US, hitting Europe and as far as Japan. Meanwhile, South Korea and India have seen intense flooding, leaving multitudes of people destitute and hurt.

The heiress accurately concluded that the world’s wealthiest 1% creates twice as much planet-heating pollution as the poorest 50%.

“It is time for real change, and this is the most obvious place to start,” she said.

[source:thecooldown]