Holding signs reading “Vicki Kills The Planet” and “Fossil Fuels Out of Harvard,” activists rushed the stage at a climate symposium at Harvard University on Friday, disrupting a panel discussion with Vicki Hollub, the chief executive officer of oil and gas company Occidental Petroleum.

Hollub was invited to the conference, which was part of “Climate Action Week” at the university, to discuss the role of oil and gas companies in the transition to low-carbon energy.

“When I say transition, I’m not talking about transitioning out of oil and gas,” Hollub said before the disruption. “I’m talking about transitioning in a way that would make oil and gas OK to still produce, meaning finding a way to offset the carbon footprint that we were creating as an industry.” • ICN Weekly Saturdays Our #

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