New Extinction Rebellion action against Total in front of the courthouse last night
“Total in court”, “Total lie”, “Total criminal” …Extinction Rebellion got together for an action before the Toulouse Court of Appeal on Monday, November 22, 2021 In the evening. Dressed in long red dresses and their faces smeared with white, they denounced “Total’s lies”. “Since 1971, Total has known the impact of its activities on the climate. spreading false information in order to deceive civil societies and destroy any serious political attempt to prevent climate chaos “, underlines the international environmental social movement.
According to Extinction Rebellion, the company promises to “achieve carbon neutrality in 2050 while it continue to develop gigantic infrastructure projects in Argentina, Uganda, Mozambique, the Arctic “and TotalEnergies “spends tens of millions of euros each year on lobbying to prevent any concrete progress in the fight against the climate emergency”. Faced with all this, the activists of the movement demand “the cessation of polluting activities”, but also “a public inquiry into the actions of the multinational Total”.
An action within the framework of “Collapse Total”
Extinction Rebellion Toulouse demands that it be “brought to justice for her many crimes against humanity and the living. “” Total is destroying the lives and livelihoods of millions of indigenous communities “, supports the movement. According to him,” 100,000 people have been expropriated from their lands in Uganda and Tanzania ” Founded in the UK in 2018, the movement is also worried about the future. claim the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the years to come“, estimates Extinction Rébellion.
The activists were a few dozen yesterday to denounce the actions of the multinational. Their mobilization is part of “Collapse Total”. This call was launched by the Glasgow Accord, signed by 200 organizations from 54 countries. From November 15 to 22, 2021, several actions have been organized around the world, especially in Spain, Denmark and Congo. The objective: “to stop one of the most powerful and environmentally friendly actors on the planet”. Extinction Rebellion Toulouse adds: “We must collapse Total to avoid a total collapse”.