Climate Change Protesters Take Over Nancy Pelosis Office Again

(HotAir) A protest group made up of hundreds of students crowded into a Capitol Hill office building and took over Nancy Pelosis office today. Roll Call reports more than 140 people were arrested including 61 near Pelosis office: U.S. Capitol Police on Monday arrested roughly 143 activists including 61 outside the office of the likely next speaker California Rep. Nancy Pelosi. The mostly high school- and college-aged protesters demonstrated in or outside nearly 50 congressional offices to urge lawmakers to confront man-made climate change. The protests were organized by the Sunrise Movement a group that aims to promote policy action to address climate change and rid political campaign coffers of money from the fossil fuel industry… In recent weeks Ocasio-Cortez has prioritized the establishment of a new Select Committee for a Green New Deal with the goal of meeting 100 percent of national power demand through renewable sources" in the next decade.