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Often called a “climate champion”, Rhode Island's Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse faced criticism in New Haven, Connecticut on Saturday for his strong support of fracked methane gas. During Whitehouse's keynote address at Yale University's “New Directions in Environmental Law” conference, members of the Connecticut-based climate justice collective Capitalism vs. the Climate interrupted the Senator with a “laugh riot”. Each time the Senator suggested he was a climate champion, the demonstrators roared with hearty laughter. When an audience member questioned what they found so funny, the demonstrators stood up and replied, “It's a joke that Senator Whitehouse is an environmentalist. He needs to stop supporting Spectra's fracked gas pipeline expansion. He's not a climate champion. He's a climate clown.” Demonstrators then walked to the stage and held a banner reading "Fracked Gas Kills" in front of the Senator.

When asked to leave by security guards, the protesters left the auditorium chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, ha ha, ha ha!” Prior to the Senator's speech, about thirty demonstrators from 350-Connecticut and Capitalism vs. the Climate protested outside the conference, in opposition to his support of fracking.

Read more at capitalismvsclimate.org.