Pro-climate protesters disrupted remarks from Sen.
“You are a climate criminal,” one man yelled before the Alaska Republican could even begin her speech, criticizing Murkowski for voting for the GOP tax-and-spending law which slashed and eliminated several clean energy incentives.
Other protesters chanted “Alaska Burns, Lisa Earns,” before the livestream cut out.
“I can remember a time when energy wasn’t necessarily political,” Murkowski said, as she restarted her remarks shortly after the disruption.
Murkowski, a key lawmaker on energy issues, acknowledged “this isn’t exactly the happiest ...