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Reports
Updates and Statements
Letter to FERC Urging Halt in Operations
January 25, 2021
Letter from Dr. Philip Landrigan urging a halt in operations of the compressor station in Weymouth.
Request to FERC to Halt Construction, Order Additional Health Impacts Review
Sep 17, 2020
Letter to FERC from GBPSR and partner groups on recent gas leak at compressor site.
Letter of Support for Nathan Phillips
Jan 29, 2020
Letter to Gov. Charlie Baker expressing support for the demands Dr. Nathan Phillips, who has initiated a hunger strike in opposition to the project.
Letter to Gov. Baker
Dec 19, 2019
Letter from Greater Boston PSR to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker re Enbridge Environmental Health Violations.
Request for Congressional Hearings on Weymouth
Dec 13, 2019
Greater Boston PSR, Boston College, and Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station submitted this request for an emergency hearing by the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives
Dr. Regina LaRocque Statement
November 1, 2019
Statement from Greater Boston PSR’s Dr. Regina LaRocque from the Nov. 1 GBPSR rally against the proposed compressor station. Watch the video below.
Warren, Markey, and Lynch Letter to Enbridge
October 8, 2019
Sen. Warren, Sen. Markey and Rep. Lynch use Greater Boston PSR as a source in their letter to Enbridge in regards to the proposed Weymouth compressor station.
GBPSR Letter to House Chair Linsky
October 7, 2019
Greater Boston PSR letter to House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight Chair David Paul Linsky, asking the committee to open formal legislative hearings into the air quality permit process for the proposed compressor station.
GBPSR Letter to Senate Chair Keenan
October 7, 2019
Greater Boston PSR letter to Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight Chair John Keenan, asking the committee to open formal legislative hearings into the air quality permit process for the proposed compressor station.
Letter to DEP from Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, FAAP
October 5, 2019
Dr. Philip Landrigan, Director of the Program in Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College, wrote this letter to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection expressing strong opposition to the proposed compressor station.
Greater Boston PSR Opposes Dangerous New Methane (“Natural Gas”) Infrastructure Plans
June 27, 2019
News update
Greater Boston PSR Calls for Governor Baker to Extend Air Quality Appeal for Proposed Weymouth Compressor Station
May 20, 2019
Press release
Compressor station threatens Weymouth’s health and safety
April 12, 2019
Op-ed in The Patriot Ledger by Greater Boston PSR’s Anna Linakis Baker and Dr. Regina LaRocque.
GBPSR letter to Governor Baker
March 28, 2019
Greater Boston PSR sent this letter to Governor Charlie Baker on the proposed siting of compressor station in Weymouth, stating that the compressor station would pose an immediate threat to the health of the community.
Video: Boston College Press Conference with Presentations From Public Health Experts
May 13, 2019
Public health experts presented on the public health dangers of the proposed compressor station in Weymouth.
Greater Boston PSR Challenges State’s Health Impact Assessment
January 12, 2019
GBPSR press release in response to the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) released in early January 2019 by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health of the proposed natural gas compressor station in the Town of Weymouth.
Greater Boston PSR Letter to Mass DEP on Air-Quality Monitoring in the Fore River Basin
December 10, 2018
Greater Boston PSR Board Chair Dr. Matthew Bivens sent this letter to the Massachusetts Department of Health Air Assessment Branch asking for additional air-quality monitoring in the Fore River Basin.
GBPSR Letter on Proposed Natural Gas Compressor Station in Weymouth, MA
November 7, 2018
Greater Boston PSR’s Steering Committee sent this letter to the Massachusetts Department of Health regarding the health impact assessment for the Weymouth Natural Gas Compressor Station.
Local News Coverage
In Weymouth, a brute lesson in power politics
December 12, 2020
Boston Globe
The Controversial Natural Gas Compressor In Weymouth, Explained
October 13, 2020
WBUR
Court throws out air permit for Weymouth compressor station
June 3, 2020
Patriot Ledger
In Weymouth, echoes of Flint
May 23, 2019
Boston Globe
Compressor Station Permit Based On Incomplete Air Tests, State Admits
May 21, 2019
Earthwhile / WBUR
DEP threatened with sanctions, ordered to produce emails
May 20, 2019
State House News Service
State regulators blasted for withholding Fore River Basin air data
May 20, 2019
The Patriot Ledger
Charlie Baker’s Muzzling Of State Scientists Hurts Us All
May 17, 2019
Commentary by Miles Howard, WBUR
DEP introduces new air quality data in compressor case
May 17, 2019
State House News Service
Two Days Into Weymouth Gas Compressor Hearings, Safety Of Emissions Disputed
May 16, 2019
WGBH
Report From Weymouth Gas Foes Warns Of Pollution And Explosion Danger
May 13, 2019
WGBH
Audio: Dr. Philip Landrigan radio interview on Bloomberg Baystate Business
May 13, 2019
Bloomberg Baystate Business
(Relevant portion begins at minute 48:00)
Natural gas facility opponents gain support
May 12, 2019
Boston Globe
Three takes on natural gas
March 1, 2019
CommonWealth Magazine
Fore River residents raise questions about compressor station study
November 15, 2018
The Patriot Ledger