More than 30 mayors have signed a statement urging the federal government and state legislatures to support local control of hydraulic fracturing (fracking). But the move was mostly a symbolic gesture because fracking isn’t performed in most of the cities and towns that the signatories represent.
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Five U.S. Mayors Propose Federal Fee for Oil-by-Rail Shipments
Mayors from five cities across the country are joining calls for greater regulatory oversight of the nation’s railways, following a spate of accidents in Canada and the U.S. involving train cars carrying crude oil.
January 27, 2014
Massachusetts Mayors Try to Block LNG Shipments in Wake of Federal Risk Report
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino on Tuesday said the city was studying the prospect of taking legal action to stop tankers laden with liquefied natural gas (LNG) from entering Boston Harbor following a new federal study that found that a terrorist attack on an LNG vessel could cause major injuries and structural damage from the intense heat.
December 23, 2004
Massachusetts’ Mayors Say NOAA Report Underscores Fire, Radiation Threat of LNG
A yet-to-be-published federal report that is unfavorable to liquefied natural gas (LNG) is causing quite a stir in Massachusetts, prompting Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino to renew his call for a ban on LNG tanker traffic in Boston Harbor, and the mayor of Fall River, MA, to claim the report adds fuel to his campaign to block a proposed LNG facility from being sited in his city.
November 17, 2003
Massachusetts’ Mayors Say NOAA Report Underscores Fire, Radiation Threat of LNG
A yet-to-be-published federal report that is unfavorable to liquefied natural gas (LNG) is causing quite a stir in Massachusetts, prompting Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino to renew his call for a ban on LNG tanker traffic in Boston Harbor, and the mayor of Fall River, MA, to claim the report adds fuel to his campaign to block a proposed LNG facility from being sited in his city.
November 12, 2003
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