Burning Man Festival Targeted by Climate Activists Over Private Jets And Single Use Plastics
The desert festival has built its reputation on minimalism, but climate protesters say it’s not doing enough to reduce the environmental impact as its celebrity following grows.
Revelers at the Burning Man festival in Nevada.
Photographer: Jim Rankin/Toronto Star/Getty Images
Four climate activists were arrested in Nevada, US, after they blocked the highway to Burning Man festival for over an hour, demanding that organizers ban private jets, single use plastics and unlimited power use at the event.
A group of protesters from Extinction Rebellion, Rave Revolution and Scientist Rebellion chained themselves to a trailer across the road, with signs reading ‘Burners of the world, unite!’, ‘Mother Earth needs our help’ and ‘System change’— triggering anger among festival-goers and police, and culminating with one officer driving his vehicle through the blockade, narrowly missing the activists, the Guardian reported.