Monday, March 11, 2013
The trains could bring 1.8 million gallons worth of ethanol through Somerville's borders twice a week.
Somerville is hosting a pubilc meeting on ethanol trains Monday. The meeting, organized by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, will provide information about plans to ship ethanol on trains—dubbed "bomb trains" by some activists—through Somerville, Cambridge, Boston, Chelsea, Everett and other communities on their way to the Global Oil terminal in Revere. Ethanol is used as a fuel additive in gasoline. The Somerville Board of Aldermen has opposed the trains, which could bring 1.8 million gallons of ethanol twice a week along Commuter Rail lines past dense neighborhoods in the city. Members of the Board of Aldermen and activists elsewhere have argued the trains are dangerous. Other communities have also opposed the trains. The …
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Dubbed "bomb trains" by some activists, the ethanol freight trains could roll through the heart of Somerville twice a week, each time with 1.8 million gallons of the volatile liquid on board.
Trains that would each carry about 1.8 million gallons of ethanol and might travel through the heart of Somerville at least twice a week are the subject of a study by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. MassDOT is holding a meeting about the trains, dubbed "bomb trains" by some activists, Wednesday night in East Boston. The trains would deliver about 187 million gallons of ethanol, a volatile and inflammable alcohol used as an additive to gasoline, each year to the Global Oil terminal in Revere. In doing so, the trains would travel through about 25 Massachusetts cities and towns, including Somerville, Cambridge, Boston, Chelsea and Everett. Somerville has joined Chelsea, Revere and other communities in opposing the ethanol …
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Somerville State Sen. Sal DiDomenico and activists in nearby communities met to oppose a plan for transporting ethanol on trains through Somerville, East Boston, Everett, Revere and other communities, according to the Chelsea Record.
Activists and elected officials from East Boston, Everett, Revere and Chelsea met in Chelsea Sept. 13 to oppose what some have called "bomb trains" that might travel through those communities and Somerville on their way to an oil terminal in Revere, according to the Chelsea Record. State Sen. Sal DiDomenico, who represents the southeastern corner of Somerville (though he'll be redistricted out of the city after November's elections) spoke at the meeting and said, "This is a regional issue that affects many cities and towns," according to the Chelsea newspaper. In May, the Somerville Board of Aldermen passed a resolution opposing the trains, which would carry ethanol to the Global Oil facility in Revere. The trains would each carry 1.8 …
Friday, May 25, 2012
The Somerville Board of Aldermen doesn't want an oil company to ship ethanol through the city on Commuter Rail lines.
The Somerville Board of Aldermen want to prevent an oil company from shipping 187 million gallons of ethanol through the city each year on Commuter Rail lines, according to proceedings from a Board of Aldermen meeting. Global Oil in Revere wants to use freight trains to ship the ethanol to its facilities, and those trains could come right through Somervile, aldermen said. At their Thursday night meeting, the aldermen passed a resolution opposing those plans. In doing so, Somerville has joined the cities of Chelsea and Revere, and the town of Shirley, in opposition to the ethanol freight trains. Speaking in support of the resolution, Ward 6 Alderman Rebekah Gewirtz, a member of the public health and public safety committee that reviewed the…
robert g
7:39 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
By federal law trains have the right of way. If the town doesn't like it they should move. The town has no choice. Of course it can always go by truck through the town. more ›