Tyre Extinguishers: Tyre Extinguishers, a group of climate activists, took their “largest ever night of action against SUVs”, when they deflated tyres of over 900 Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) across the world. The highest number of SUV tyres were deflated in the United Kingdom (340 SUVs), followed by Switzerland (172), Germany (124), France (112), Sweden (72), United States (52) and Austria (11).
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The group took action in Amsterdam and Enschede in the Netherlands, Paris and Lyon in France, Berlin, Bonn, Essen, Hanover and Saarbrucken in Germany. They also were active in Bristol, Leeds, London and Dundee in the UK, Malmo in Sweden, Innsbruck in Austria. They also deflated tyres in Zurich and Winterthur in Switzerland, and New York in the US.
Biggest coordinated global action
“Last night (the evening of Monday 28th November and early morning of Tuesday 29th November), citizens in eight countries deflated tyres on nearly 900 polluting SUVs. This is the biggest coordinated global action against high-carbon vehicles in history, with many more to come,” the group said in a statement.
“This is the largest night of action yet,” the statement added.
“We want to show that anyone, everywhere, can take climate action to end the dominance of massive cars in the world’s cities. All they need is a leaflet and a lentil! Our movement will continue to grow – once the idea is out there, it can’t be stopped,” Marion Walker, Tyre Extinguishers spokesperson said.
Group was set up in March 2022
The Tyre Extinguishers, established in March this year, have criticised SUVs as unnecessary ‘luxury emissions’, by the wealthy and privileged as they consider the vehicle a climate disaster.
They say that SUVs are the biggest climate disaster as they cause air pollution and ‘make our roads more dangerous.’
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