West End News - Weymouth Compressor Station should be of regional concern

If built, the impacts of the compressor station would extend far beyond Weymouth and the South Shore. The compressor station would connect to existing pipelines that run through multiple other states and into Canada. The methane emissions that would be released from the compressor would further contribute to the local and global climate crisis. This isn’t a NIMBY issue. Adam Rice, a Maine resident and member of Extinction Rebellion Maine, is trying to draw those connections. Adam wrote a piece about the compressor and it’s regional impacts. You can read it below. Many thanks to Adam for helping to spread the word about this issue!

West End News - The Weymouth Compressor Station should be of regional concern (link)

Excerpt: “The organizing group F.R.R.A.C.S. (Fore River Residents Against The Compressor Station) recently made a short documentary revealing the health issues that exist in this area and how they are being exacerbated by the compressor project. If the construction material is allowed to potentially drive as far as Norridgewock while ignoring safety measures as they have been at the site, this could lead to significant pollution along its route. I for one am concerned about what long term health effects this waste could have on these communities. Likewise, if this compressor is not stopped, this pipeline expansion could be operational by later this year. Instead of our state resolving environmental issues by transitioning to clean, renewable energy sources our state would be doubling down on fossil fuels and fracked gas.

Between the ongoing issue with the Sprague fuel tanks in South Portland, the CMP corridor, this compressor, and the coal plant in Bow we certainly have our work cut out for us. Luckily grassroots efforts have already begun tackling many of these things in different ways. Between organizing and continually raising awareness, it is quickly uniting people from all over New England to demand change in countless places. We are all in this together and there is no end to what can be accomplished when we come together in this way. Despite challenges facing groups organizing behind each of these issues, all are building welcoming communities ready to act. Seeing things as interconnected, what is going on in Massachusetts affects Maine and vice versa. The more we collaborate as a region, the more we can begin to affect positive change on a broader level.”