Calls for action, preservation headline Boston-area Earth Day events

Environmental activists will call on Gov. Maura Healey to halt the building of fossil fuel infrastructure in Massachusetts on Monday, as organizations celebrate Earth Day and promote conservation across the globe. Members of Extinction Rebellion, a movement focused on creating a national dialogue surrounding ecological preservation and climate breakdown, protested a proposed expansion of 17 new hangars at the Hanscom Airfield on Saturday. “It’s incredibly frustrating that, even with an administration that has said that climate is a priority, fossil fuel infrastructure that will be in use for decades is...