Boston (October 15, 2024) – GreenRoots’ Executive Director Roseann Bongiovanni, Director of Climate Justice & Waterfront Initiatives John Walkey, and Waterfront Initiative Organizer Noemy Rodriguez will speak at a press conference hosted by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today, Tuesday October 15, 2024 on the impacts of recent extreme weather events in North Carolina and Florida and their direct connection to the federally designated environmental justice communities of Chelsea and East Boston.
CHELSEA, MA–GreenRoots members will meet with Transportation Secretary Gina Fiandaca and MassDOT Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver on Thursday, April 13th, 2023 to address the community’s public health concerns on recent findings of toxic amounts of lead found from paint chips falling from the Tobin Bridge in the backyards, playgrounds, streets and sidewalks of Chelsea residents.
BOSTON–Boston City Councilors: Julia Mejia, Gabriela Coletta, Kendra Lara, Ruthzee Louijeune, Ricardo Arroyo and #NoEastieSubstation activists held a press conference to announce the passage of a Boston City Council Resolution in support of the ongoing opposition of the Eversource electric substation in East Boston.
EAST BOSTON–Hot on the heels of recent targeted arrests of #NoEastieSubstation activists, GreenRoots, Extinction Rebellion Boston and dozens of environmental justice allies rallied at the East Boston Eversource substation site Wednesday morning to say “no” to the construction of a dangerous substation in the majority immigrant and working-class community of East Boston.
