by Sam Dallaire | Oct 3, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, News & Updates, Protecting Our Environment
NBC-10 Boston By Chris Lisinski Investigators still have not determined what triggered an automatic shutdown and natural gas release at the Weymouth compressor station on Wednesday, and Congressman Stephen Lynch said the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be asked...
by Sam Dallaire | Oct 2, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, News & Updates, Protecting Our Environment
WATD Radio After recently receiving final approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, Enbridge was scheduled to put the Weymouth Compressor Station into service Thursday, but on Wednesday there was an emergency shutdown, due to what they called a...
by Sam Dallaire | Sep 30, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, News & Updates, Protecting Our Environment
WHDH-TV/ State House News Service Crews at a natural gas compressor station in Weymouth triggered an emergency shutdown and vented an unspecified amount of natural gas Wednesday morning, marking the second such incident in three weeks. The incident prompted new calls...
by Sam Dallaire | Sep 30, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, News & Updates, Protecting Our Environment
WBUR By Miriam Wasser For the second time this month, something triggered the Weymouth Natural Gas Compressor Station’s emergency shutdown system and caused an “unplanned release” of at least 10,000 standard cubic feet (scf) of natural gas into the nearby area. The...
by Sam Dallaire | Sep 30, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, News & Updates, Protecting Our Environment
The Boston Globe By Jeremy C. Fox The state’s two Democratic senators and a South Shore congressman called for the federal government to block the planned opening Thursday of a controversial gas compression station in Weymouth after equipment failures led to emergency...
by Sam Dallaire | Sep 30, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, News & Updates, Protecting Our Environment
WBZ-TV BOSTON (CBS) – Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren are calling for an immediate stop of work at the Weymouth gas compressor station. It comes after another emergency shutdown Wednesday. “An emergency leak is unacceptable, and we ask that you fulfill your...
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