#neversource

Yesterday morning, 4 climate activists from XR Boston and @greenrootschelsea were arrested at the Eversource East Boston substation construction site. We climbed over the site's chain link fence to arrange a picnic, complete with picnic baskets and a classic Americana-styled picnic blanket spray-painted with "No Eastie Substation." We disrupted construction while demonstrating what the site was originally supposed to be - a green space for the community. #noeastiesubstation activists are calling on Governor Healey to move Eversource's substation from Eagle Hill to Logan Airport.

At 5 that afternoon, we gathered in Maverick Square for a community parade opposing the East Boston substation. #environmentaljustice activists and East Boston community members sang, chanted, and held colorful signs with the messages “No Eastie Substation” and “Pull the Plug on Eversource”. This morning's arrestees joined the festivities in high spirits. Several activists dressed in clown costumes and juggled, calling on Governor Healey to "stop clowning around" with the lives of East Boston and Chelsea residents.

Yesterday, we unfurled the many-textured blanket of the #NoEastieSubstation community for the world to see: Steadfast arrestees and joyful clowns, disruption without malice. A colorful parade in the unyielding pursuit of justice. Picnic blankets spread across an environmental war zone. Hands clasped in the path of Goliath.

The people of East Boston will not go away. We only grow stronger.

It's hot. My 99 year old grandmother cannot breath in the heat. Ironically our lizards aren't doing well in the heat cause technically they have no heat (lamps off, hot rooms don't warm tanks well). We have a generator for half the kitchen (including fridge, toaster, and microwave) and running water but no AC.

I am grateful we have what we do but I know others have nothing. No generators, spoiled food, people who need to use medical equipment/need refrigerated medicine that (by now) has gone warm and it's ridiculous.

We knew for like a week this was coming. Everscam only called in extra crews TODAY, at first they said Sunday now they're saying Tuesday "11:59pm" (like YEAH NO you mean by Wednesday then) and everyone (at least on Twitter) is stuck at "evaluating" and almost no one has actually seen any trucks and when they do, they're parked.

Like legit some people only have a single tree on a wire that took their power and it's been 3 days. And now they're saying it's gonna be 8 total.

Saying this was worse than Superstorm Sandy, uh no it wasn't. It lasted like less than an hour.