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Gov. Baker skewed the Health Impact Assessment for the Weymouth gas compressor

September 15, 2020 By Charley on the MTA

In response to residents of the South Shore complaining about the proposed Enbridge gas compressor, in 2018 Gov. Baker threw them a bone: A Health Impact Assessment, to be finished before the permitting process in January 2019. In a weird … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, clean-air-act, gas, massdep, natural-gas, weymouth

A request for your help: Prof. Nathan Phillips goes on hunger strike for safety in Weymouth

January 29, 2020 By Charley on the MTA

Friends, this is urgent, and I'd respectfully request you to take action, and then spread this around to your networks. BU professor Nathan Phillips has gone on hunger strike, in protest of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: massdep, Nathan Phillips, weymouth, Weymouth compressor

Weymouth compressor: MassDEP’s Chewbacca Kafka Humpty-Dumpty Up-Is-Down Catch-22

January 19, 2020 By Charley on the MTA

Added: Nice story and interview by CBS-4 with Alice Arena of FRRACS, one of the compressor station resistance leaders: They're down to this: Physical blockades of the gas compressor construction site in Weymouth. Nine folks from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, climate, FRRACS, gas, massdep, nocompressor, pollution, weymouth, Weymouth compressor

Cough-cough-Kafka: The #WeymouthCompressor runs out of gas?

May 23, 2019 By Charley on the MTA

The Weymouth Compressor case added a few new wild plot twists in the last fortnight. On substantive, process, and political grounds, this is a growing embarrassment for MassDEP — and for Baker himself.  This case is a big deal, for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, FRACCS, gas, massdep, natural-gas, weymouth, Weymouth compressor

Nickels for Recycling and Water Ratepayers

January 28, 2009 By laurie-burt

As we all know, the state is facing serious budget challenges amid an unprecedented nationwide recession. While reflecting some tough choices, the Fiscal Year 2010 budget Governor Patrick filed today with the Legislature still holds some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bottle-bill, massdep, recycle

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