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Octopus Energy urged to cut ties with Tesla
Octopus Energy promotional toys at the headquarters of Octopus Energy in London

OCTOPUS customers have called on the green energy group to abandon its partnership with Tesla.

Tesla Takedown UK said that its CEO and largest shareholder Elon Musk using its funds to bankroll climate-denying agenda including US  President Donald Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” approach and Germany’s AfD.

John Gorenfeld, an organiser of grassroots campaign group, said: “People who care about global heating know that Trump is the biggest threat to green policies on earth. 

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