A local weather change activist was arrested after spray-painting Apple’s fifth Avenue retailer as a part of a protest in opposition to Large Tech’s “local weather hypocrisy.” Protestors from the Extinction Rise up environmental group staged an illustration on the New York Metropolis storefront on Sunday, and one particular person spray-painted “Boycott” beneath the Apple brand on the constructing’s entrance, together with “Tim + Trump = Poisonous.”
In a press release posted after the demonstration, Extinction Rise up referred to as consideration to the looks of Large 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 Rise up identified that the executives “as soon as claimed to be large supporters of the Paris Settlement” however at the moment are “backing an administration that’s gutting environmental guidelines and funneling billions of {dollars} to fossil fuels.”
A pair of Extinction Rise up 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, and so they proceed to assist local weather denial, and ICE raids in your neighborhood,” one of many protesters shouted. “Tim Cook dinner lies and folks die.” The protestors adopted up with a chant: “Dump Trump, Apple!”
“In 2023, Tim Cook dinner called combatting local weather change one of the vital pressing priorities of our time,” Miles Grant, an Extinction Rise up spokesperson, stated 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 clients and the planet on the most important second in human historical past.”
Apple didn’t instantly reply to The Verge’s request for remark.