Climate activists were arrested at a protest at the Energy Department’s Washington headquarters Thursday, the group Climate Defiance announced.
Thirteen people were arrested during the protest as activists sought to blockade the department, the group’s founder Michael Greenberg said Thursday. The climate group is pressing the Biden administration’s Energy Department to cancel pending authorizations for new liquefied natural gas export terminals.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said last month that the Biden administration will meet its self-imposed deadline to release a long-awaited study on liquefied natural gas exports this year. President-elect Donald Trump has pushed for a resumption of gas export approvals that were halted under President Joe Biden.
About 100 activists protested at the Energy Department on Thursday, Greenberg said.
