Climate Activists Arrested at Citi’s NYC Headquarters

Scores of climate activists gathered outside Citigroup Inc.’s headquarters in downtown Manhattan on Monday, to mark what they say is the beginning of a months-long campaign to try to disrupt operations at the bank.

More than 20 protesters were arrested, according to a spokeswoman for the New York City Police Department. Citigroup employees were still able to enter the building.

Protesters have dubbed their campaign the Summer of Heat. On a website replete with slogans such as “Hot People Hate Wall St.” and “Eat the Rich,” the authors of the program say their primary goal is to get banks to stop financing coal, oil and gas projects. The website states that the group will be “going hard all summer long. Week after week. Month after month.”

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