The climate activist group the Tyre Extinguishers has claimed its largest night of action yet against SUVs, with more than 600 vehicles “disarmed” across nine countries. Over the night marking six months since the launch of the campaign, which encourages people to covertly deflate the tyres of SUVs, activists took action in the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, the Czech Republic and Canada.
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Bless the Lentils: Get These Menaces Off Our Streets, and Deflate, Deflate, Deflate
Rankled by sluggish action on climate change, an anonymous collective of “tyre Extinguishers” around the world have taken to their polluted streets with acts of sabotage to “disarm” gas-guzzling SUVs – startlingly, the 2nd-biggest cause of soaring carbon dioxide emissions – by deflating their tires. For years, they argue, “politely asking and protesting for” clean air and safe streets has failed. Now, they “want to make sure you cannot ignore the crisis.” To anxious consumers asking, “If I buy an SUV, will it be vandalized by climate protesters?” their response: “Yes. Yes it will.”
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