Demonstrators say they will stay until they are arrested or their demands are met.
Climate protesters chained themselves to the State House gate on Monday and Tuesday, promising to block the Hooker entrance until their demands are met or they are removed by police.
Extinction Rebellion Boston members stationed themselves at the gate until the Massachusetts government declares a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure.
“This specific demand, no new fossil infrastructure, is pretty modest,” Paul Shorb, a demonstrator who locked himself to the gate and a retired environmental lawyer, told Boston.com. “It’s one of the first steps towards all the changes we need to make.”…