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...
by Sam Dallaire | Sep 16, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, News & Updates, Protecting Our Environment
WBUR By Barbara Moran and Miriam Wasser Elected officials are calling on state and federal authorities to suspend construction and operations at a still-unfinished natural gas compressor station in Weymouth, after a gas leak and emergency shutdown last week. The...
by Sam Dallaire | Sep 15, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, News & Updates, Protecting Our Environment
WWLP-TV By Chris Lisinski, State House News Service BOSTON (SHNS) – Congressman Stephen Lynch demanded the “immediate suspension” of operations at a compressor station in Weymouth, arguing that significant damage or injury could have occurred during a Friday incident...
by Sam Dallaire | Jul 2, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, Essential Infrastructure, News & Updates, Protecting Our Environment
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, a sweeping piece of legislation that invests more than $1.5 trillion to rebuild America’s infrastructure, address disparities throughout America, create millions of jobs and combat the...
by Sam Dallaire | Jun 18, 2019 | 8th Congressional District, News & Updates, Protecting Our Environment
WGBH Activists opposing the natural gas compressor station in Weymouth rallied outside Monday’s hearing. Craig LeMoult/WGBH News By Craig LeMoult The hearings and arguments over the proposed natural gas compressor station in Weymouth have focused in...
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