Original sentence: On 12 January 2009, two days before the government gave the go ahead for a third runway at Heathrow, Climate Rush held a sit-in dinner at domestic departures, Terminal One.On 13 October 2008 Climate Rush held a rally in Parliament Square to celebrate the anniversary of the Suffragette Rush on Parliament.Over 700 Climate Suffragettes protested in the terminal.Protesters wanted Parliament to take action on climate change.The new runway would have made Heathrow the largest carbon emitter in the UK.Three days later Ed Miliband, Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, reformed climate policy pledging in the Climate Change Bill to cut UK emissions by 80 percent by 2050
Edited sentence: 100 years on and their focus was no longer votes for women but instead climate action now.A parachute was brought out and one hundred children stood around it, swirling it into the air and singing ‘we’ve got the whole world in our hands’.At 19:00 a string quartet struck up, picnic blankets embroidered with our protest slogans, were unfurled and a merry dinner began.If the runway was constructed it would have made Heathrow the largest carbon emitter in the UK.On 12 January 2009 two days before the government gave the go ahead for a third runway at Heathrow, Climate Rush held a sit-in dinner at domestic departures, Terminal One.On 13 October 2008 Climate Rush celebrated the centenary of the Suffragette Rush on Parliament by holding a rally in Parliament Square, with speeches by women including Rosie Boycott and Caroline Lucas MEP, which climaxed with a rush on Parliament.Our protest was covered by every national newspaper and appeared on Sky and BBC news channels.Over 1000 women joined the rally and were inspired at 19:00 to rush Parliament, forcing them to lock shut their doors and halt their business.Over 700 intrepid Climate Suffragettes hid their Edwardian costumes under coats and their picnics in carry-ons.Three days later Ed Miliband, Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, did indeed reform climate policy when he pledged in the Climate Change Bill to cut UK emissions by 80 percent by 2050.Three demands were emblazoned on their red sashes – ‘no new coal’, ‘no airport expansion’ and ‘reform climate policy’