Lisa Finn never expected that, at age 58, she would find herself in handcuffs in the U.S. Capitol.
But that’s where she was Feb. 8 after disrupting a Senate Energy and Commerce Committee hearing while wearing an “LNG Kills” shirt and chanting a song about keeping it in the ground.
Finn and 13 other activists were charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct after they protested at a hearing chaired by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) as he sought to remove President Joe Biden’s pause on liquefied natural gas exports.
Finn represents a potentially powerful constituency of older climate voters, who are spending their retirement getting into climate activism. The growing bloc could boost the reelection campaign of President Joe Biden, providing a foundation of reliable support in some swing states.
