Climate change protesters bundle up. | Composite image by POLITICO Snow brightens climate protests in D.C.

Most people described it using just one word: Ironic. On the day that Washington woke up from its biggest snowstorm in three years, Capitol Hill was chock full of events and protests on the subject of ... climate change.

The frigid temperatures and snow accumulation made for difficult messaging for thousands of activists marching outside to bring attention to climate change and other environmental causes.

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