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SUMMARY:[Solidarity] No Eastie Substation
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DESCRIPTION:Event details: https://xrboston.org/action/no-eastie-substatio
 n-action-mar10/\n\nJoin us in the Condor Street Urban Wild in East Boston 
 for another peaceful and colorful rally protesting the construction of the
  Eastie substation. It already has been **2 months since Eversource has br
 oken ground\, but the Healey administration has not acted.** We continue o
 ur #NoEastieSubstation campaign and are calling on Governor Healey and fir
 st-in-the-nation Climate Chief Hoffer to intervene on the local community'
 s behalf.\n\n**Our Demands**\n\n1. We demand that the East Boston substati
 on project be moved to Massport. They are the largest single user of elect
 ricity in East Boston.\n2. Explore options for community control of energy
  infrastructure in East Boston to address systemic inequalities and promot
 e environmental justice.\n3. Ensure a conservative design of the facility 
 for realistic climate crisis scenarios and compensate the community commen
 surate with the waterfront and public use that they have lost.\n\n**Some B
 ackground: **\n\nA substation is a piece of infrastructure that allows hig
 h voltage electricity to be dropped to a lower distribution level voltage 
 that can be used in households. The proposed site is poorly chosen: Close 
 to Chelsea creek\, in a densely populated community\, adjacent to a playgr
 ound & soccer field and only a few hundred feet from a large storage area 
 for Massport’s jet fuel. Due to the location being a climate-induced flo
 od zone\, community members are [concerned about the possibility of an exp
 losive accident](https://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2019/08/22/eversource-eas
 t-boston-substation-eagle-hill). \n\nNearly 84 percent of Boston voters ca
 st their ballots in opposition to an electric substation that Eversource p
 lans to build along the Chelsea Creek in the Eagle Hill neighborhood of Ea
 st Boston. Unfortunately this ballot question is non-binding. Shortly afte
 rward Eversource has filed a special request that supersedes 14 local and 
 state environmental review processes with the Executive Office of Energy a
 nd Environmental Affairs. That certificate was granted in November 2022 so
  that Eversource could start construction of the East Boston substation on
  January 10 \, 2023.\n\nProtests have intensified since the beginning of t
 he construction. Here some examples of coverage:\n\n* [CBS News Jan 17\, 2
 023](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/several-people-arrested-durin
 g-protest-at-east-boston-eversource-substation/)\n* [Eastie Times Jan 18\,
  2023](https://eastietimes.com/2023/01/18/eversource-substation-still-bein
 g-protested/)\n* [El Planeta Jan 26\, 2023](https://elplaneta.com/2023/01/
 26/locales/east-boston-pide-a-la-gobernadora-maura-healey-que-detenga-proy
 ecto-de-eversource/)\n* [WinterFest Feb 11\, 2023](https://thescopeboston.
 org/8620/climate-justice/protests-continue-as-eversource-breaks-ground-on-
 the-eastie-substation/)\n\nFor more background information see [https://xr
 boston.org/substation/](https://xrboston.org/wiki/substation/).
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LOCATION:400 Condor St\, East Boston
ORGANIZER;CN="Extinction Rebellion Boston":MAILTO:outreach@xrboston.org
URL:https://xrboston.org/action/no-eastie-substation-action-mar10/
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