Climate Protesters Storm the Field at Congressional Baseball Game

Eight apparent climate protesters were arrested after storming the field at the annual Congressional baseball game Wednesday night and hit with federal charges, U.S. Capitol police confirmed.

The group Climate Defiance took credit for the action on X, formerly Twitter, writing that all eight people were taken into custody and were “behind bars” just after 9 p.m.

“We are not here to watch Congress play games while the planet burns to ash and subsidies add fuel to the fire,” the group wrote. “We are here to disrupt and shut down fossil-fueled business as usual.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.