The Climate Resistance

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    The Resistance has a sense of humor.
    Batman to the rescue — masked men install protected bat boxes over ULEZ traffic cameras
    By Jo Nova

    Strange sightings of Batman and Robin have been occurring in London
    Thousands of ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) cameras have been installed to record numberplates of offending older cars so their owners can be charged £12.50 for daring to drive a non-compliant car in London. This usually means any diesel car made before 2014 or a petrol car made before 2006, so the fines especially hurt low paid workers, students and retirees.

    The two masked crusaders have been seen helping the local bat population by installing homes for them in front of ULEZ cameras. Since bats are a protected species (unlike motorists) once the bat boxes are installed they can not be tampered with nor disturbed by law. Batman and Robin helpfully also place legal notices on the poles so workers coming to fix the cameras know they risk a six month jail sentence or an “unlimited” fine if they so much as touch the bat box.

    The bat boxes cost £10.

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    Bat roosts have legal protection:

    Vigilante anti-ULEZ campaigners hang bat boxes on cameras to stop engineers fixing them
    By Adam Toms and Rom Preston-Ellis, The Mirror

    The £10 animal homes have been spotted attached to ULEZ devices in Chessington, Kingston upon Thames and North Cheam. ULEZ opponents say they are “positively contributing to London’s biodiversity and ecosystem”. One said: ”I’m sure whoever is behind it is extremely grateful to TfL for providing the poles to house this protected species.”



    Photos in the collage come from this twitter report, and the one above.

    h/t Bally
     
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