Climate Activists Deflate Tyres Of Over 900 Cars In 8 Countries. Here's Why
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An environmental protest group called Tyre Extinguishers claims to have deflated close to 900 SUVs and 4x4s worldwide.
The Tyre Extinguishers, an environmental activist group, claimed to have deflated the tyres of approximately 900 sports utility vehicles (SUVs) on Monday night and early Tuesday morning, according to The Guardian.
"Overnight, groups took action in Amsterdam and Enschede in the Netherlands, Paris and Lyon in France, Berlin, Bonn, Essen, Hanover, and Saarbrucken in Germany, Bristol, Leeds, London, and Dundee in the UK, Malmo in Sweden, Innsbruck in Austria, Zurich and Winterthur in Switzerland, and New York in the US," reported the news outlet.
"Last night (the evening of Monday, November 28 and the early morning of Tuesday, November 29), citizens in eight countries deflated the tyres on nearly 900 polluting SUVs," the activist group said in a statement.
"This is the biggest coordinated global action against high-carbon vehicles in history, with many more to come."
