A small group of protesters interrupted Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s scheduled speech at the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday in a bid to draw attention to the climate crisis. A handful of protesters stormed the stage while Powell was being introduced, holding banners that read “Fed is burning: money, futures, planet” and chanting “Stop fossil finance.”
The lights were dimmed after the protesters reached the stage and security worked to remove them from the building. Powell took the stage after a roughly eight-minute delay at about 12:15 p.m., and spoke about the state of the U.S. economy. It wasn’t clear if the protestors were able to speak to Powell.
