Statement on the Fossil Free Books campaign against the Hay Festival - Mark Lynas marklynas.org · Originally posted on Pinboard

Hay was chosen as a soft target, in a campaign primarily relying on peer pressure and public moral intimidation, because the activists knew the festival management would have to give in, and so this was a campaign that could be won. But who really wins here? Not a dime has been divested from fossil fuels. Not a gram of CO2 has been reduced.