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Q&A: The ‘Perfect, Polite Protester’ Reflects on Her Sit-in to Stop a Gas Compressor Outside Boston

Inside Climate News · By Danish Bajwa · last updated
Andrea Honore sat outside then-Gov. Charlie Baker’s office for more than 200 days and only saw him once in an elevator. The compressor, in Weymouth, is now fully operational.

By Danish Bajwa

To protest construction of the Weymouth Gas Compressor south of Boston, Andrea Honore sat outside the office of former Republican Gov. Charlie Baker for a total of 211 days over three years beginning in 2017. 

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Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates. 

Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.

The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21). 

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