Disney Heiress Arrested While Protesting Private Jets and Climate Change
- Abigail Disney, heiress to the Disney fortune, was arrested for blocking a small airport servicing private jets in the Hamptons.
- Disney joined climate activists to protest wealthy fossil fuel investors' reliance on luxury private jets and resulting greenhouse gas emissions.
- The protesters formed a blockade at the East Hampton Airport to disrupt vacations and call for the wealthy to address the climate crisis.
- Disney acknowledged the privilege of private jet travel but stated it's time for change in light of the urgent threat of climate change.
- The protest was part of a series of actions planned by climate activists targeting the affluent community in the Hamptons.