A local weather change activist was arrested after spray-painting Apple’s fifth Avenue retailer as a part of a protest in opposition to Massive Tech’s “local weather hypocrisy.” Protestors from the Extinction Rebel environmental group staged an illustration on the New York Metropolis storefront on Sunday, and one particular person spray-painted “Boycott” beneath the Apple emblem on the constructing’s entrance, together with “Tim + Trump = Poisonous.”
In a press launch posted after the demonstration, Extinction Rebel referred to as consideration to the looks of Massive Tech CEOs at President Donald Trump’s inauguration, together with Apple’s Tim Cook dinner, Google’s Sundar Pichai, and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. Extinction Rebel identified that the executives “as soon as claimed to be massive supporters of the Paris Settlement” however are actually “backing an administration that’s gutting environmental guidelines and funneling billions of {dollars} to fossil fuels.”
A pair of Extinction Rebel activists additionally stood contained in the Apple retailer to name out the corporate’s relationship with the “tyrant” Trump administration. “Apple claims to assist local weather motion. Apple claims to be good for the setting, they usually proceed to assist local weather denial, and ICE raids in your group,” one of many protesters shouted. “Tim Cook dinner lies and other people die.” The protestors adopted up with a chant: “Dump Trump, Apple!”
“In 2023, Tim Cook dinner referred to as combatting local weather change one of the vital pressing priorities of our time,” Miles Grant, an Extinction Rebel spokesperson, mentioned within the press launch. “Quick ahead to 2025, and he’s donating to Trump—the person main the cost to roll again all local weather progress. They’ve betrayed their prospects and the planet on the most crucial second in human historical past.”
Apple didn’t instantly reply to The Verge’s request for remark.
