EXTINCTION Rebellion used a 14-tonne diesel lorry with a 6.7 litre engine to host one of its protest events in London yesterday, GB News can reveal.
The large vehicle was used by the group to stage one of their demonstrations as part of four days of action taking place across the capital this month.
Records of the lorry on the Gov.UK website indicate that the vehicle has a 2017 registered diesel engine.
The gas-guzzling lorry produces 404 grams of CO2 every mile, with diesel fuel widely considered one of the dirtiest sources of energy in the world.
Use of the lorry comes despite XR warning on its website that: “Every part of society must act now to reduce greenhouse emissions to net zero by 2025.”
Chair of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group of MPs, Craig Mackinlay, said: “Extinction rebellion, their activists are ‘do as we say not as we do’.
“Now they are organising events using one of the most polluting lorries, if they want us to comply with their new religion it might be a good idea if they were to practise what they preach.”
In the face of anger caused by the use the lorry, an Extinction Rebellion spokesman told GB News: “Hypocrisy is not existing in a world that we are trying to change, hypocrisy is declaring a climate emergency, approving a hundred new oil and gas projects, and then going and using a tree for your party-political logo.
“XR protestors do their utmost to individually save the planet and save its resources, but we need leadership in order to make it happen as anything else is futile.”
The Conservative Party has used a tree as part of its official logo since 2006.
There were fears the protests being carried out by XR over the weekend would lead to disruption of the London Marathon.
But leaders of the activist group were eager to avoid damaging their reputation by causing havoc with the major event.
Despite not disrupting the marathon, a deadline for Government ministers to respond to XR demands has been set for 5pm today.
The group has pledged to step up its campaigns across the country if a satisfactory response is not received.
