Daily News | Climate protesters target a Pennsylvania Society tradition
Pennsylvania Society, the 123-year-old gathering of the Keystone State’s business and political elite in Manhattan, is a series of invite-only receptions and cocktail parties.About a dozen activists with Pennsylvania Action on Climate traveled to New York on Saturday morning to protest the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association annual event, chanting, “You take bribes! The planet dies!” as attendees filed into the Metropolitan Club.
Michael Bagdes-Canning, who lives in Butler County, said the protesters targeted Pennsylvania Society because it’s a place where the rich and powerful meet with elected officials behind closed doors. “It’s a way for the plutocrats to bribe our legislators,” Bagdes-Canning said. “They can wine and dine them here, and then they throw money at them. And then they do awful legislation.”He added that there is broad support in Pennsylvania for the fossil fuel industry among Democrats and Republican elected officials.The Manufacturers’ Association lobbies in Harrisburg on behalf of a range of industries across the state, including natural gas.
This year, U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey were scheduled to speak, as well as Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and Pennsylvania House Democratic leader Joanna McClinton of Philadelphia. The protesters briefly entered the Metropolitan Club and sang a protest song before being asked to leave. They then lined up outside the club’s red carpet entrance to chant at people entering.
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