Cordgrass has already put up a diary on today's action to close down the Brayton Point (Mass.) coal-fired plant, so I'll just add some of my photos from today.
Buses at Providence Amtrak station to shuttle people to the site
Vermonter with her banner
A busload came down from Maine.
People planning to risk arrest wore red shirts, and gathered here before leading the march.
Peter Malagodi of Melodeego leading the crowd: "We will rise up, rise up, rise up!"
Chuck, retired underground coal miner from West Virginia and activist with Keepers of the Mountains, stressed the national movement to shut down coalfired plants. "What profits are worth putting suffering onto your neighbors?"
Smokestacks at Brayton Point spewing out CO2, mercury, arsenic, lead, and soot.
Paula from West Virginia's Keepers of the Mountains leads us in chants, as red-shirted participants behind her prepare to cross the police line.
Plenty of enthusiasm and energy in the crowd, as participants prepare to cross police lines
Red-shirted participants crossed police lines in small groups, then waited calmly while the police politely handcuffed them and led them away.