Climate protesters march on Wall Street

Hundreds of protesters marched through New York City’s financial district yesterday and blocked streets near the stock exchange to denounce Wall Street’s role in raising money for businesses that contribute to climate change.

Protesters stopped traffic on Broadway, south of the New York Stock Exchange. Occupying about two blocks, some were standing while others sat. Two were arrested after trying to cross a police barricade.

The demonstration, called Flood Wall Street, came on the heels of Sunday’s international day of action that brought some 310,000 people to the streets of New York City in what activists was said was the largest protest ever held on climate change.