On March 8, 2006 there was a legislative hearing on House Bill 4500, the bill to lease Outer Brewster Island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area to AES Corporation of Arlington Virginia to site what they have described as the “largest LNG terminal and storage depot in the country”.

Click here to download the testimony. [13,829 KB]

We have established a strong coalition of more than two dozen organizations, including Mass Audubon, the Sierra Club, The Environmental League of Massachusetts, Mass PIRG, the Conservation Law Foundation, The Island Alliance, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, The Mass Lobsterman’s Association, Mass Boating, and the Massachusetts Marine Trades Association.

An important part of our strategy was to let our Legislators hear from us with a personal phone call or letter expressing our opposition to this bill. Download a sample telephone script [26 KB] and/or letter to your senator and representative. [28 KB]

To find out who your State Representative or State Senator is: Just visit http://www.wheredoivotema.com and enter your street address.

For a complete list of legislators telephone numbers and addresses, visit
http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenu.htm

Please Note: Only the room numbers are listed in the directory. The full mailing address is:
Senator X (or Representative Y)
State House, Room xxx
Boston, MA 02133

Learn about the seventeen (17) proposed LNG import terminal projects in the northeast! [29 KB]

DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE LEGISLATION [1,338 KB] that would, if passed by a 2/3 vote of both the House and the Senate, authorize the lease of Outer Brewster Island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park for use as the largest LNG terminal and storage facility in the nation.

Click here to download the Joint Statement [17 KB] in opposition to the proposed LNG terminal on Outer Brewster Island.

Click on the link below to read why Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is opposed to the proposed LNG facility in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park.
Position Paper [2,352 KB]

Click on the links below to download recent Press Articles on the proposed LNG facility in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park.
Boston Globe 2/16/06 [32 KB]
Boston Herald 2/19/06 [34 KB]
Boston Globe 10/18/05 [727 KB]
Associated Press 10/18/05 [14 KB]
Boston Metro 10/18/05 [4,202 KB]
Patriot Ledger 10/17/05 [1,687 KB]
Boston Globe 9/17/05 [17 KB]
Boston Globe 9/23/05 [12 KB]

Following is the list of those who have joined together in opposition to the AES plan to convert Outer Brewster Island into an LNG terminal:

3A Marine Service, Inc.
Bay State Cruise Company and New England Fast Ferry Co.
City Water Taxi
Conservation Law Foundation [271 KB]
Environmental League of Massachusetts
Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands Inc. [120 KB]
Harbor Express
Hull Lifesaving Museum [791 KB]
Island Alliance [24 KB]
Island Moorings, LLC
Massachusetts Audubon Society [16 KB]
Massachusetts Bay Lines, Inc. [21 KB] Massachusetts Boating & Yacht Clubs Association, Inc.
Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, Inc. [148 KB]
Massachusetts Marine Trades Association [214 KB]
Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG) [335 KB]
Massachusetts Sierra Club
Odyssey Cruises
Piers Park Sailing Center
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
Russo Marine
Safe Waters in Massachusetts (SWIM)
Save The Brewsters [158 KB]
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay [28 KB]
Seaside Environmental Alliance
Surfrider Foundation