Our allies. Save The Bay is not alone in its fight to stop the proposed Weaver’s Cove LNG Terminal.  Below are some of those who have joined in our efforts to stop the proposed Weaver's Cove LNG facility.

Massachusetts
Governor Mitt Romney
Senator Ted Kennedy
Senator John Kerry
Representative Barney Frank
Attorney General Thomas Reilly

Rhode Island
Governor Donald Carcieri
Senator Jack Reed
Representative Patrick J. Kennedy
Representative James R. Langevin
Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch
Rhode Island Bridge and Turnpike Authority
Portsmouth Town Council
Middletown Town Council
Newport City Council
Newport Chamber of Commerce
Rhode Island Emergency Management Advisory Council

Senators Reed, Kerry and Kennedy sent a letter to the Secretary of Interior asking that the environmental impacts of the proposed Weaver’s Cove project be considered in the permitting process.  Download their letter. 

Senator Reed, and Representatives Kennedy and Langevin sent a letter to the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard expressing concerns about the security and limitations on use of Narragansett Bay posed by the Weaver’s Cove proposal.  (Link to pdf of letter).

Representative Barney Frank has accused officials of the U.S. Department of Interior and Weaver’s Cove partner Hess of collusion. Read the Fall River Herald report.

Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly and Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch filed a lawsuit asking the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston to order federal transportation authorities to adopt siting standards for LNG terminals in an attempt to block construction of the proposed Weaver’s Cove LNG Terminal. Their request was rejected by the appeals court on November 28. (pdf of ProJo article or decision?).

Rhode Island Bridge and Turnpike Authority passed a resolution in opposition to the proposed Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal citing safety and security issues of moving large amounts of LNG through coastal waters, economic drain of having to stop bridge traffic, and safety concerns of causing delays of emergency vehicles. Download.

Newport Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution against the proposed Weaver’s Cove LGN citing safety and tourism concerns. Download.

Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport passed resolutions opposing the siting of an LNG terminal in Fall River. Portsmouth. Newport.

Rhode Island Emergency Management Advisory Council passed a resolution opposing the Weaver’s Cove LNG Terminal citing “extraordinary environmental, economic and public safety concerns. Download.