Food & Water Watch - New England

Our OpEd in MassLive calling for the end to gas expansion projects.

Massachusetts should reject gas expansion projects (Commentary) Gov. Maura Healey should issue an executive order that halts new fracked gas expansion projects while the state creates a plan for a clean, green energy future.

Finally, a partial win!! Our Food & Water Watch - New England lawsuit will force the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to redo its environmental assessment of Tennessee Gas Pipeline's Agawam, MA compressor station to account for the downstream greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunate that the DC Court found that Berkshire Env. Action Team didn't have standing, so they didn't address the arguments on air pollution and safety.

Federal regulators to reconsider controversial Springfield compressor station - The Boston Globe Federal regulators will have to reconsider their approval of a controversial plan to expand natural gas infrastructure in Agawam, a federal court ruled on Friday.

Good news!!

Alton Gas project cancelled after years of opposition | CBC News After years of delays, court hearings and strong Mi'kmaw opposition, the project on the Shubenacadie River will be decommissioned, the company says.

Go, Michael Hayden!!

Oral Argument: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 AT 9:30 A.M. 20-1667 Karen Elizabeth Rivera-Medrano v. Merrick B. Garland21-1126 Arch Insurance Company v. The Graphic Builders LLC21-1131 City of Quincy, et al. v. Massa...

Well put by Senator Edward J. Markey!!

Senator Edward J. Markey is asking for the Weymouth compressor station to be shut down, after a 3rd unplanned gas release! !

Following Third Unplanned Gas Release at Weymouth Compressor Station, Senator Markey Urges FERC to Approve Rehearing Request, Calls on PHSMA to Immediately Investigate and Pause Operation of the Gas Station | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts Boston (April 6, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today...

Third unplanned gas release from the Weymouth compressor station!! And still no red alert from the town! The Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station are asking if there is a 3 strikes rule! PHMSA needs to come back in and rescind their permission for Enbridge to operate the facility, and FERC needs to rescind their Order allowing operation and the project approval. !

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Triple face-palm, Campers. We want to know from FERC and PHMSA if there is a three-strike policy. Once we find out how much they spewed into the Basin, we will let you know!

Here's the brief we filed with the Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station (FRRACS) and others. There are a whole pile of briefs filed by groups (and the industry) that intervened since the briefing Order was issued by FERC on February 18th. You can check them out at FERC.gov by going to docket CP16-9-012.

There are now 30 days for groups to file Reply Briefs with a deadline of May 4.

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Our FERC briefing is available online now. You can access the full document at this link: https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist?accession_num=20210402-5267

Senator Edward J. Markey came to Weymouth today to protest the compressor station! !

Great news! Baker signed the climate bill!

Governor Baker Finally Signs Climate Bill into Law | Conservation Law Foundation “Massachusetts is already seeing the impacts of the climate crisis so we must continue to lead on bold climate policy,” said Caitlin Peale Sloan, Interim Director of CLF Massachusetts. “As this bill becomes law, we can finally begin the essential work of slashing emissions and creating a safer...

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No Toxic Biomass! Springfield, MA, suffers some of the worst air quality in the nation. One in five children here has asthma, and the city has twice been designated the “Asthm...

FERC has opened a public comment period on the Weymouth compressor station. The DC Court has ruled in Allegheny v. FERC that they should answer rehearing requests in the 30 days that Congress allowed them. They have neither granted nor denied FRRACS and Food & Water Watch's rehearing request on their order to go into operation. The deadline for their response was November 23rd. The comment period is open for 45 days, and then there's a reply comment period for 30 days. So, they are "listening," but not acting, ie. fully admitting that their original review was inadequate.

FERC Establishes Paper Briefing to Examine Weymouth Compressor Station Concerns Docket No. CP16-9-012 Items C-4: Order The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today established a paper briefing to further examine public safety concerns associated with the operation of the Weymouth Compressor Station.