Extinction Rebellion (ER) activists dressed as clowns demonstrate on the site of the TotalEnergies refinery in Donges, Loire-Atlantique, March 23, 2024 (AFP/DAMIEN MEYER)
Around sixty activists from Extinction Rebellion (ER) entered the TotalEnergies refinery in Donges (Loire-Atlantique) late Saturday morning for a little less than an hour, journalists from the AFP.
Disguised as clowns to denounce the “clowneries” of the oil giant, in checkered shirts, red wigs or caps and pointy hats, the activists entered the site at the end of the morning through a cut fence. They left the scene and dispersed shortly after noon.
On a concrete tank about twenty meters high, the activists projected colorful paint and unfurled a large banner on which was written: “End your crimes and your clowning”.
“Total has been knowingly polluting for 100 years and putting us all in danger. We are here to make the climate emergency heard, on the site of a criminal enterprise,” Louise, 28, told AFP. Extinction Rebellion activist.
Between the tanks, in the smell of gasoline, the activists danced while brandishing flags bearing the Extinction Rebellion logo.
Several TotalEnergies employees were on site at the end of the morning. The police were also present.
Activists from Extinction Rebellion (ER) dressed as clowns on the site of the TotalEnergies refinery in Donges (Loire-Atlantique) on March 23, 2024 (AFP/DAMIEN MEYER)
An action by the same organization, with activists also disguised as clowns, took place at the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville-l’Orcher (Seine-Maritime), according to the regional press.
Furthermore, on Saturday noon, five members of Extinction Rebellion attached to a bridge overlooking the A7, near the TotalEnergies refinery in Feyzin (Rhône), a large banner where one could read: “100 years that Total has think they’re clowns.”
The activists, dressed in white overalls, wore multi-colored curly wigs and their faces were made up like clowns, according to photos provided to AFP by the organizers.
Activists from Extinction Rebellion (ER) dressed as clowns on the site of the TotalEnergies refinery in Donges (Loire-Atlantique) on March 23, 2024 (AFP/DAMIEN MEYER)
An international organization, Extinction Rebellion campaigns in particular for “recognition of the seriousness and urgency of current ecological crises” as well as for “the immediate reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to achieve carbon neutrality in 2025, thanks to reduction in consumption.
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