Climate protesters are hoping to shut down the Congressional Baseball Game scheduled for June 12 at Nationals Park in Washington, they announced Monday.
Organizers with the group Climate Defiance plan to converge on this year’s annual game to demand an end to fossil fuel subsidies, the organization’s founder, Michael Greenberg, said Monday in an interview.
The activists are hoping to get Congress’ attention at the annual charity game that pits Republican lawmakers against Democrats. Proceeds from the game go to local charities.
The climate organization, which launched in 2023, has spent more than a year disrupting Biden administration officials, lawmakers, sports events and galas to draw attention to their cause. The group’s organizers last year charged onto the field at the Congressional Women’s Softball Game.
