Disney heiress arrested protesting private jets in ritzy New York community
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A heiress of the Disney fortune was arrested in New York on Friday after she was protesting the use of private jets alongside climate activists near a ritzy community.
"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," Disney said in a statement Friday. "But I also know that the time has passed for spewing greenhouse gasses like this merely for our personal comfort." Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"The events of the past week alone, with Earth’s average temperature hitting an all time high, drought and fatal heat waves across the country, floods in Vermont and New York, and ocean temperatures around Florida well over 90 degrees, should remove all doubt once and for all," she added. "The wealthiest 1% uses as much greenhouse gas as the entire bottom 50%. It is time for real change and this is the most obvious place to start."