Harvard vs. Yale football game disrupted by climate change protesters
This football game is one of the most historic rivalries in the United States.
The annual Harvard vs. Yale college football game was delayed at the start of the second half by students, faculty, and alumni who were protesting the investments that the universities have made in oil and gas companies.
The protestors from both schools occupied the field in New Haven, Connecticut on Saturday and held signs that read “Nobody wins: Yale & Harvard are complicit in climate injustice.”
This movement within the Ivy League community has been gaining momentum over the past few years and influential graduates from Harvard, including Natalie Portman and Robert Kennedy Jr, have called on one of the world’s richest universities to divest from fossil fuels.
The Harvard vs. Yale football game is one of the most historic rivalries in the United States, which made it a prime opportunity for the protestors.
The protest lasted approximately 40 minutes before the field was cleared at about 2:40 p.m. Eastern Time and the football game resumed after that.
CBS News reports that at least 50 people were escorted off the field by police 30 minutes after the protests began.
