Climate Protesters Disrupt GOP Murkowski’s Clean Energy Remarks

Sept. 17, 2025, 2:13 PM UTC

Pro-climate protesters disrupted remarks from Sen. Lisa Murkowski at the annual bipartisan National Clean Energy Week in Washington on Wednesday.

“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 ...

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