Climate Activists Arrested After Storming Interior Department

Climate Activists Arrested After Storming Interior Department
Climate activists during a protest on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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A group of activists protesting against fossil fuels were arrested after staging a sit-in at the Interior Department in Washington on Oct. 15.

The protesters stormed the Stewart Lee Udall Main Interior Building on Thursday afternoon, with “multiple injuries” reportedly sustained by federal police and one officer hospitalized, according to a statement from Interior Department Communications Director Melissa Schwartz.