HARVARD, MASS. (WHDH) - Four climate protesters were arrested Friday morning after blocking train tracks in Harvard as part of their push to close a coal plant in Bow, New Hampshire.
Timothy Dechristopher, 38, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Adam Rice, 30, of South Portland, Maine; Cody Pajic, 21, of Pembroke; and Gia Neswald, 50, of Turners Falls, is scheduled to appear in Clinton District Court for trespassing, walking or standing on railroad tracks, and obstruction of the passing of a train, according to state police.
Members of the “No Coal No Gas” campaign set up a three-story scaffolding overnight and suspended themselves above the Pan Am Railroad tracks with signs reading, “Decoalanize Your Mind,” in an attempt to stop a freight train from delivering coal to the power plant.
Harvard police reached out to Massachusetts State Police for assistance removing the demonstrators around 1:15 a.m.
The protesters refused to disperse and were taken into custody around 7 a.m., state police said.
Harvard fire rescue crews took down the scaffolding, allowing the train to continue to its destination.
The Climate Disobedience Center tweeted that this is the fifth time in less than a month that activists have blocked a coal train heading to the power plant in Bow, New Hampshire.
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