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West Roxbury Residents Protest Spectra Energy Plans For A Hi-Pressure Pipeline in Their Community
West Roxbury Committee of Residents Cites The Danger In Placing the Hi-Pressure Gas Pipeline Adjacent to Homes & An Active Quarry
Paul Horn, Correspondent
On Thursday, December 18, from Noon to 1 PM, members of several New England environmental organizations will be gathering outside Spectra Energy’s New England Regional Headquarters, 890 Winter St, Waltham, to protest the Texas-based company’s plans to locate a high pressure natural gas line through a densely settled residential neighborhood.
On Friday, December 19, from noon to 1 PM, environmentalists will continue their protest at the JFK Federal Building in downtown Boston where delegations will meet with the staffs of Senators Markey and Warren to insist that the Senators take action against the pipeline.
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Organized by the Committee to Stop Spectra’s West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline, the protest is part of a week of actions happening Dec. 13-19, all along the route of Spectra’s entire “Algonquin Incremental Market” (AIM) pipeline expansion, which cuts though New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as Massachusetts.
Spectra Energy Regional Offices
Boston
Suite 300
890 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451
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Locally, West Roxbury residents were alarmed to learn of plans to locate a portion of this high pressure pipeline in a densely settled neighborhood along Centre St., near schools, a nursing home and across from blasting at the local quarry. Natural gas safety expert and local resident Mark McDonald, who spoke to a community meeting on December 3 and urged action against the West Roxbury Lateral plan, said the proposal was clearly too dangerous for a residential area.
The actions are planned in anticipation of the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) by the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) which was postponed for one month this week, partly in response to numerous rallies, vigils, meetings and call-in campaigns that have been happening across the states for the past several months. FERC must approve the project before it can move forward.
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For further direct action information contact:
David Ludlow: davidludlow1@gmail.com