Climate activists arrested after disrupting traffic in downtown Boston
Climate activists with Extinction Rebellion demanded a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure during a protest that blocked traffic downtown.
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Climate activists with Extinction Rebellion demanded a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure during a protest that blocked traffic downtown.
Photos and videos posted on social media by Extinction Rebellion Boston show “rebels” being arrested, including some in the area of Purchase and Summer streets. The group says it blocked “rush hour traffic for almost 30 minutes.”
Around 7:50 a.m., demonstrators in neon safety vests stopped traffic at a busy intersection outside the train station, causing backups along Summer Street and several roads in the area.
Climate activists briefly disrupted the morning commute in Boston to put pressure on the state's governor to ban fossil fuel infrastructure. The 15-minute protest blocked a roadway Thursday outside South
A protest over fossil fuel infrastructure has blocked a roadway in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, for 15 minutes. Arrests were made in Thursday’s demonstration, according to police.