Show thread@[email protected]Feb 9, 2023

@amywestervelt #ExtinctionRebellionBoston 20 members of XRB are sitting in MA Governor Healey's office as she has ignores please for her to follow MA environmental laws so far. Healey has refused to stop projects she can easily direct her agencies to stop using current laws. Environmental Justice, or Nah, Healey? #mapoli

Pictured: the view from outside of the Governor's office looking in... you can see some of the XRB folks sitting on the floor.

@[email protected]Feb 9, 2023

Bwaaaahahahahaaa, Governor “climate” Healey of MA is getting fully protested RIGHT NOW for not doing a damned thing about unneeded and unjust gas infrastructure. #mapoli

UPDATE: 14 members of #ExtinctionRebellionBoston were arrested last night! Story by Samantha Gross:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/09/metro/climate-protesters-occupy-healeys-office-lobby/?camp=bg%3Abrief%3Arss%3Afeedly&rss_id=feedly_rss_brief&s_campaign=bostonglobe%3Asocialflow%3Atwitter

Cc @amywestervelt

Fourteen climate protesters arrested after occupying Healey’s office lobby

The protesters, who were part of the local chapter of activist group Extinction Rebellion, occupied the office for several hours before the building officially closed at 5 p.m. Thursday. Healey is in Washington, D.C. at a governor's conference.

The Boston Globe
Show thread@[email protected]Jan 18, 2023
Yesterday's #ExtinctionRebellionBoston action thread here, taken from Twitter :
https://better.boston/@grumpygrumpyowl/109704493344731634
Andrea Honore (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image #ExtinctionRebellionBoston has breaking news: /🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨: Climate activists from the local community & Extinction Rebellion Boston are blockading entrances to the East Boston substation construction site, using their bodies to protest Eversource’s construction. #Neversource #NoEastieSubstation / #mapoli

Better Boston
Show thread@[email protected]Jan 18, 2023
From #ExtinctionRebellionBoston - update:
/UPDATE: Two peaceful climate activists have been arrested for trying to place two signs on the construction site for a disaster in the making. We are still chanting, we are still singing. #Neversource #NoEastieSubstation /
Show thread@[email protected]Jan 18, 2023
Press release for today's #ExtinctionRebellionBoston action is at this link:
https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/qFa8S6+Ynr6h-5KOIGljFR6W87bqhdFtt7EzGsTfdXk/
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Show thread@[email protected]Jan 18, 2023
/STAYING POWER. “We are here disrupting construction out of desperation. No other form of protest has had an effect on stopping Eversource’s substation. Governor Healey: Do the right thing. Bring Eversource & MassPort to the table, move the project to Logan Airport” - John Walkey. #NoEastieSubstation #ExtinctionRebellionBoston
@[email protected]Jan 18, 2023
Another action this morning at the #NoEastieSubstation from #ExtinctionRebellionBoston
/David & Goliath standoff continues at the East Boston substation construction site. Yesterday 6 were arrested on arrival. This time we came in greater numbers, and we brought a brass band. #Neversource / #mapoli
Lita Xú Líng KelleyJan 17, 2023

more news on today's #ExtinctionRebellionBoston #climateaction to halt construction of Eversource substation in East Boston.

Unfortunately the arrests happened prior to my arrival. I was told to come at 7, but the arrests happened at 6:45

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/several-people-arrested-during-protest-at-east-boston-eversource-substation/

You can check out my photos at https://www.litakelley.com/blog/extinction-rebellion-boston-calls-on-governor-healey-to-move-the-east-boston-substation-to-logan-airport/

#massachusetts #EastBoston #photojournalism #news #ExtinctionRebellion #NoEastieSubStation

Several protesters arrested at East Boston Eversource substation construction site

Police arrested a handful of protesters at the entrance to Eversource's substation in East Boston Tuesday.

CBS Boston
Lita Xú Líng KelleyJan 17, 2023

Photos from today's #ClimateAction with #ExtinctionRebellionBoston

https://www.litakelley.com/blog/extinction-rebellion-boston-calls-on-governor-healey-to-move-the-east-boston-substation-to-logan-airport/

#NoEastieSubStation #ClimateCrisis #photography #photojournalism #EastBoston #Chelsea #eversource #protest #protestphotography #BostonProtest #climateactivist #Boston #ExtinctionRebellion #ClimateEmergency #activism

Extinction Rebellion Boston Calls on Governor Healey to Move the East Boston Substation to Logan Airport - Lita Xú Líng Kelley Photography: Beverly MA Photographer North Shore Boston

Climate activists stop construction of the East Boston substation, calling on Governor Healey to intervene on behalf of the local community. Move the substation to Logan Airport. Governor Healey must place the health of Massachusetts communities above the interests of Investor-owned Utilities like Eversource. We call on her to intervene on the Eastie Substation issue and to stop building dangerous infrastructure in low-income and communities of color. Extinction Rebellion decries placing an electric subst

Lita Xú Líng Kelley Photography: Beverly MA Photographer North Shore Boston
Show thread@[email protected]Jan 17, 2023
From #ExtinctionRebellionBoston on twitter
/UPDATE: Boston Police are towing a peaceful activist's car from the East Boston substation to Roxbury, scrambling to obtain a search warrant. A clear intimidation tactic. We're trying to keep their neighborhood safe from electrical explosions #NoEastieSubstation #Neversource / #mapoli cc @mayorwu @wutrain