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SUMMARY:[Solidarity] No Eastie Substation Picnic
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DESCRIPTION:Event details: https://xrboston.org/action/solidarity-no-easti
 e-substation-picnic/\n\nJoin us in the Condor Street Urban Wild in East Bo
 ston for another peaceful and colorful rally protesting the construction o
 f the Eastie substation. **Despite promises to review the legal requiremen
 ts\, the Healey administration has not acted.** We continue our #NoEastieS
 ubstation campaign and are calling on Governor Healey and first-in-the-nat
 ion Climate Chief Hoffer to intervene on the local community's behalf. Thi
 s time we are going to picnic in the Urban Wild to enact the communities' 
 vision for the site. Bring your picnic blanket and basket. There will be s
 nacks\, lawn games and music. \n\n**Our Demands**\n\n1. We demand that the
  substation project be moved to Massport. They are the largest single user
  of electricity in East Boston.\n2. Explore options for community control 
 of energy infrastructure in East Boston to address systemic inequalities a
 nd promote environmental justice.\n3. Ensure a conservative design of the 
 facility for realistic climate crisis scenarios and compensate the communi
 ty commensurate with the waterfront and public use that they have lost.\n\
 n**Some Background: **\n\nA substation is a piece of infrastructure that a
 llows high voltage electricity to be dropped to a lower distribution level
  voltage that can be used in households. The proposed site is poorly chose
 n: Close to Chelsea creek\, in a densely populated community\, adjacent to
  a playground & soccer field and only a few hundred feet from a large stor
 age area for Massport’s jet fuel. Due to the location being a climate-in
 duced flood zone\, community members are [concerned about the possibility 
 of an explosive accident](https://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2019/08/22/evers
 ource-east-boston-substation-eagle-hill). \n\nNearly 84 percent of Boston 
 voters cast their ballots in opposition to an electric substation that Eve
 rsource plans to build along the Chelsea Creek in the Eagle Hill neighborh
 ood of East Boston. Unfortunately this ballot question is non-binding. Sho
 rtly afterward Eversource has filed a special request that supersedes 14 l
 ocal and state environmental review processes with the Executive Office of
  Energy and Environmental Affairs. That certificate was granted in Novembe
 r 2022 so that Eversource could start construction of the East Boston subs
 tation on January 10 \, 2023.\n\nProtests have intensified since the begin
 ning of the construction. Here some examples of coverage:\n\n* [CBS News J
 an 17\, 2023](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/several-people-arres
 ted-during-protest-at-east-boston-eversource-substation/)\n* [Eastie Times
  Jan 18\, 2023](https://eastietimes.com/2023/01/18/eversource-substation-s
 till-being-protested/)\n* [El Planeta Jan 26\, 2023](https://elplaneta.com
 /2023/01/26/locales/east-boston-pide-a-la-gobernadora-maura-healey-que-det
 enga-proyecto-de-eversource/)\n* [WinterFest Feb 11\, 2023](https://thesco
 peboston.org/8620/climate-justice/protests-continue-as-eversource-breaks-g
 round-on-the-eastie-substation/)\n\nFor more background information see [h
 ttps://xrboston.org/substation/](https://xrboston.org/wiki/substation/).
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LOCATION:Condor Street Urban Wild\, 300 Condor St\, Boston\, MA 02128
ORGANIZER;CN="Extinction Rebellion Boston":MAILTO:outreach@xrboston.org
URL:https://xrboston.org/action/solidarity-no-eastie-substation-picnic/
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