Bill would keep Harbor island from becoming LNG terminal

By adamg on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 11:50am

H.3806, filed by state Rep. Bruce Ayers of Quincy, would bar the state from leasing out Outer Brewster Island, now home to a long abandoned gun battery and lots of nesting birds and seals. In 2005, an energy company proposed building a $500-million LNG terminal on the island.

Via Friends of the Blue Hills.

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Comments

So does this mean that the

By NotWhitey on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 2:03pm.

So does this mean that the supply of natural gas to Quincy will be cut off? Apparently, Rep. Ayers thinks that natural gas appears magically in your stove and hot water heater.

Let's leave the parklands

By anon on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 2:43pm.

Let's leave the parklands alone. If you haven't taken trips out there to these pristine islands, you should.

The only reason why LNG wants this terminal is so they don't have to foot the bill of security costs every time a tanker comes in under the Tobin. I'm ok with he few extra pennies on the dollar on already cheap natural gas to save Brewster. Screw their greedy shareholders.

And don't give me crap about a 4 mile wide tanker explosions, when the facility will most likely be storing much more then a tanker holds.

I favor putting an LNG

By neilv on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 3:57pm.

I favor putting an LNG terminal at least several miles away from population centers, and then shutting down the Everett one.

Perhaps Everett doesn't mind being vaporized, but surrounding cities might.

You mean someone wants to

By anon on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 5:17pm.

You mean someone wants to actually GIVE us money? Oh no, lets send them away!

Can you bunch of poor tree huggers shut your mouth and get real jobs? Not everything has to be an ethics debate, just jam it, and go back to living in your Slumerville triple decker. Let the rest of us enjoy money that could benefit the state...you'll need it too once you're on welfare, because jobs at MassPerg don't have good pensions.

Nope, too stupid

By Kaz on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 7:08pm.

Back to the Herald with ye...