The state Energy Facilities Siting Board hosted a hearing Wednesday night at the Abigail Adams Middle School in Weymouth, regarding a proposal to build a natural gas compressor near the Fore River Bridge.
Weymouth Mayor Sue Kay said the neighborhood could be severely impacted in the event of an emergency at the compressor station
Read MoreFor more than three hours, speakers explained to representatives of a state board why they oppose a proposed natural gas compressor station near the foot of the Fore River Bridge in Weymouth.
Read MoreOpposition from residents against Spectra Energy’s proposal to construct a natural gas compressor station near the Fore River Bridge was strongly voiced to the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board during a public hearing Wednesday, May 27.
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Read MoreI have lived in Weymouth, MA for most of my life. I grew up in the area and have fond memories of playing on the beach during the summer and eating seafood at local restaurants with my parents. It’s a densely populated area with mostly small businesses crowded along Route 3A which ferries people from the South Shore to Boston. The areas beyond 3A are mostly residential until you get to the next town square.
Having grown up here I thought I was always I knew what was happening in the area. So it came as a shock to me when I heard a Natural Gas Compressor station was being planned right next to the busy Fore River Bridge. Even more shocking is that I first heard about it not through the town or the company building it, Spectra Energy, but from a 350MA newsletter. So to learn more about this Compressor station I went to Spectra’s Open House for Weymouth residents on March 19th.
Read MoreFrom StateImpact, a reporting project of NPR Member Stations:
"...compressor stations can stay noisy for years– even decades. The facilities are necessary to process and transport gas through pipelines. When it comes to noise regulations, they’re governed by a patchwork of local, state, and federal rules."
Read MoreARTEMAS, PA - Volunteer firefighters work at the Columbia Gas Transmission compressor station in Artemas, Pa., Thursday morning where an explosion and fire forced the evacuation of several dozen residents.
Read MoreSEARSMONT — A team of engineers remains at a Spectra Energy pipeline compressor station in Searsmont attempting to determine why a pressure valve blew Dec. 31, sending a tower of gas 100 feet into the cold night air. Meanwhile, the station has been shut down, while gas continues to run through the pipeline to other compressor stations in Maine.
“Engineers are on the ground reviewing it,” said Spectra spokeswoman Susan Waller, from the company’s Houston corporate office, almost a week after the incident shook residents awake within a 10-mile radius just before midnight New Year’s Eve.
Read More(KTVI) - An explosion rocked a natural gas plant near Houstonia, Missouri halfway between Kansas City and Columbia.
Read MoreCompressor stations in the eastern United States have been plagued by an outbreak of fires and public protests over the past two months.
Read MoreFrom Livingston, NJ Patch.com:
A planned natural gas released by Williams/Transco resulted in emergency calls in neighboring towns and counties. The schedule release of 150 pounds of natural gas lasted from 7:30am to 10pm, and attempts to mask the odor with an orange-smelling agent did not prevent alarm.
Read MoreBRANCHBURG — A flash fire at a natural gas pipeline compression facility sent two construction workers to local hospitals and caused minor injuries to about 13 persons, authorities said.
"At about 7 p.m. (Thursday) we had a flash fire at a construction project at our natural gas compression station," Chris Stockton, a spokesman for the Williams Corporation, operator of the Transco Pipeline. "Two individuals were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, there was no damage to the station, and it occured on a non-active piece of pipeline."
Read MoreBrooklyn Township, PA (WBNG Binghamton) Pennsylvania DEP officials say there is evidence of an explosion at a gas compressor station that caught fire late Tuesday night in Brooklyn Township.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has sent air quality inspectors to look at the Williams Compressor Station.
The compressor station in the 100 block of Turnpike Road in Brooklyn Township, near Montrose, caught fire shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday.
Read MoreWELLSTON, Oklahoma - We're learning more about an explosion at a large natural gas compressor in Logan County, Thursday night.
Wellston, Okla. residents have seen big grassfires before, but not anything like the blaze at the DCP Midstream compressor plant around 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
Read MoreFrom Van Buren County Democrat
A compressor caught fire Monday afternoon at a natural gas well site on Oakland Road.
The fire, at a BHP Billiton site, began after a compression station engine exploded. The fire lasted for about an hour before BHP employees arrived to shut off a feeder line.
About 35 to 40 people in 20 or more homes were evacuated during the event. They were allowed to return home within about 90 minutes, according to Van Buren County Office of Emergency coordinator Jeana Williams.
Sheriff Scott Bradley said the homes were evacuated due to concerns about the dangers from a gas fire.
Read MoreTwo workers were hospitalized after a Compressor Station in Carbon County exploded. Fire crews from four towns were called in, but in the end allowed the fire to burn itself out.
Read More"I come upstairs, because I like to watch the lightning and the storms," said Engler. "I was up in the picture window watching the lightning hit the hill and everything and then all of sudden, the lightening just hit the compressor station and there were flames, hundreds of feet up in the air."
State Police, Windsor Fire, and Broome County Fire all responded, and immediately called an evacuation.
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SPRINGVILLE TWP. - An explosion at a natural gas compressor station in Susquehanna County on Thursday morning blew a hole in the roof of the complex holding the engines, shaking homes as far as a half-mile away and drawing emergency responders from nearby counties.
Read MoreMassive stores of natural gas that lie underneath big portions of the United States offer a cleaner source of electricity to a country that relies heavily on coal, but producing all that gas also can pump lots of pollution into the air.
Read MoreHealth and environmental concerns are prompting regulators to take a closer look.
"The mayor repeatedly complained to state regulators about smell, noise and health problems that his residents were reporting, but nothing happened. So last summer, Dish spent 15 percent of its $70,000 annual budget on a private environmental consultant."
Read MoreLocal opposition to the proposed Natural Gas Compressor Station abutting a dense residential community
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