A message from Mike Lang, FRRACS Board member and Environmental Coordinator of the East Braintree Civic Association:

This is a new area for us. However, I am sure that one of your friends or neighbors has this experience and could direct us in this matter. We are looking for a risk assessment based on existing documentation and a site visit. We already have all of the documentation. I am asking all of our supporters to shake the bushes and find a knowledgeable person that could help us. We need the neighborhood groups to send this request to their membership. We need local business people to consider if they have associates that might fill this need.

Please contact me at nocompressor@gmail.com. Time is of the essence.

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Just in case you missed the broadcast--Nathan went on Boston Public Radio with Jim and Margery today and told Gov. Baker to step up and oppose the Weymouth compressor station!

You can listen to the clip online here: WGBH - Nathan Phillips, Who Went On Hunger Strike To Stop The Weymouth Compressor Station, Calls On Gov. Baker To Denounce The Project (link)

Columbia Gas who is now being federally criminally charged for their gas explosion is giving residents of the Merrimack Valley trouble with insurance claims. Enbridge can not get insurance for the Weymouth Compressor because of site location and acreage.

A couple from North Andover share their story about the Columbia gas explosion and how they are still facing large repair costs.

The Fore River Bridge got stuck in an upright position today just commuters were heading home for the day. The closure of the Fore River Bridge at rush hour today makes it clear the need for an independent risk assessment for the Fore River Bridge and the MBTA Bus Routes because of the risk of an accident at the compressor station.

Read more:

Patch.com - Fore River Bridge Stuck In Upright Position Tuesday (link)

Boston 25 News - Fore River Bridge reopens to traffic after getting stuck (link)

Thank you Senator Markey, Senator Warren, and Congressman Lynch for writing to FERC and voicing your concerns. We need FERC to take our concerns seriously.

It came as little surprise that FERC denied the rehearing request from FRRACS and the Town of Weymouth on the 33 minute turn around time for an extension of Enbridge's permit in late 2018. What was a surprise was the dissension of FERC Commissioner Glick:

"Actions like these only lend further credence to those who view the Commission as a rubber stamp in pipeline proceedings. We can and must do better. The process of producing an order that is voted on by the full Commission may not be perfect—and the Commissioners may not always agree—but that process will almost certainly deliver more reasoned and considered decision making than the parties received here."

You can read the full document here.

Many thanks, again, to the South Shore delegation for forcing this common sense issue in front of Sec. Pollack. We NEED the MassDOT to conduct a risk assessment of the Fore River Bridge, given its close proximity to the proposed compressor station, existing pipes, and other industrial facilities.

Read more about this story from the Weymouth News - Risk study sought for Weymouth compressor area (link)

Now THIS is what we're talking about, Fore River Campers! Let's see if FERC shows their true colors once more.

Read more from the Patriot Ledger - Legislators ask federal regulators to inspect compressor site (link)

Paging Gov. Baker-- please call Gov. Cuomo on the pink phone. He can tell you how to untie your hands.

The Constitution pipeline is dead now that Williams has admitted to lack of financial support. Congrats to folks who fought this proposal for 8 years! Read more from the Stop the Pipeline website.

Marcy Reed, of locking out union workers from National Grid fame, wrote a disingenuous article for Commonwealth calling into question Nathan Phillips' Commonwealth article about his hunger strike that highlighted our situation with the DEP. But this counter argument to Reed's article is true and stunning. Many thanks to the doctors of PSR.

Read the full piece here: Commonwealth - Physicians critique National Grid official’s stance (link)

Today was a powerful day. We stopped construction completely. Hundreds of people gathered at the site and 13 people were arrested. We showed that we have something really powerful on our side: the power of people.

Early this morning, over 200 members of Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station (FRRACS) and allies gathered for a mass demonstration at Enbridge’s compressor station site to call on Baker and the DEP to immediately halt construction on the project. Multiple people were arrested for blocking the gate to the construction site., while two other people were arrested for locking to pieces of construction equipment on site. As a result of today’s action, construction was stopped and workers left the site.

There is so much to catch up on that, rather than bore you with minutiae, we're going to try to summarize, give you links to all of the information, and celebrate the Mighty Margaret all at the same time! Read below to get all of the details!

Thank you, Jessica Trufant for continuing to cover this health hazard. DEP has determined that asbestos is "not a contaminant of concern at the site." We disagree. We are demanding more testing.

The Patriot Ledger - State regulators won’t do more asbestos testing at the Weymouth compressor site (link)

Nathan Phillips shares his reflection on his hunger strike in CommonWealth magazine. Read it here.

Thank you so much to our legislators who sent a letter to MassDOT Secretary Pollack and MBTA GM Poftak requesting a risk assessment for the Fore River Bridge. There are serious vulnerabilities to this critical piece of transportation infrastructure.

You can read their letter below or here.

Gov. Baker visited Boston Public Radio for his monthly “Ask the Governor” segment. Our member, Margaret, got a question in live. She pressed him on the DEP’s lack of testing at the compressor site. Gov. Baker responded by saying, “I will talk to DEP and…if it’s something we can get done in a reasonably short time, we will do it.” What’s with the time crunch? Why can’t they just go in, dig a little, and collect samples. The analysis doesn’t take very long.

Margaret says she "will remind Gov. Baker that he said "we will do it" (asbestos testing)." You can listen here; conversation starts at about 17:50.

Fantastic article about our friend, Prof. Nathan Phillips. He's quite the human being, and we're so glad he's part of our FRRACS family.

Inside Climate News - Crossing the Line: A Scientist’s Road From Neutrality to Activism (link)

Call and email JF Price -- (781) 335-1021 : info@jfpriceco.com -- and urge them to put an end to their work with Enbridge.

JF Price is a local company that is working directly with Enbridge by supplying them with sand and gravel for the beginning stages of construction. We delivered a letter to JF Price last week, outlining the harms that the compressor station would pose, and urged them to cancel any remaining contracts with Enbridge. We asked them to respond to us by February 11, 2020. They have not responded.