Press Release: 2022-01-21

Senator Markey Statement on FERC Decision Not to Rescind Weymouth Compressor Station Authorization

Senator Markey Statement on FERC Decision Not to Rescind Weymouth Compressor Station Authorization:

January 20, 2022

Washington (January 20, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, released the following statement today after Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard Glick announced that the Commission would not rescind authorization for the Weymouth Compressor Station.

“It is an understatement to say that I am deeply disappointed that FERC did not move to rescind the authorization for the Weymouth Compressor Station,” said Senator Markey. “While Chairman Glick acknowledged that the compressor station’s location should never have been approved, FERC failed to act to protect the families in Weymouth and surrounding cities that already bear the negative health and environmental impacts of multiple industrial facilities in their community. Doing better going forward isn’t going to help the people of Weymouth living right now in the shadow of this dangerous fossil fuel facility. We’re going to fight with legislation, with the agencies, and shoulder-to-shoulder with local leaders and grassroots activists to get the compressor station shut down once and for all.”