Washington, D.C., police officers arrested a group of climate protesters Monday morning for blocking rush hour traffic in an effort to push climate action.
District of Conservation podcast host Gabriella Hoffman discusses TikTok and Biden's energy crackdown.rush hour traffic in Washington, D.C.,Six members of the climate activist group Declare Emergency were filmed sitting on a city crosswalk, preventing vehicles from moving forward and angering a series of commuters, according to video captured by the group and independent filmmaker Ford Fischer of the independent media outlet News2Share.
The protest, which lasted about 25 minutes, ultimately created a massive blockade of vehicles. As the protesters remained steadfast sitting on the ground, drivers continuously honked their horns. Eventually, several Metropolitan Police Department officers arrived, handcuffed the activists and detained them in a police van."Unfortunately, we need to do this," one of the protesters said as he was being arrested."We are only trying to get the attention of President Biden and of the media to raise this issue to the highest degree. It's dismal how much news is out there about the climate crisis. It is happening around the world right now.
, he has yet to formally declare it a national emergency. A climate emergency declaration would enable Biden to bypass Congress and take a number of regulatory steps not normally authorized to the White House.
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