2006 on Outer Brewster
Photos courtesty of Dave and Marie Wentling
Accesing Outer Brewster
Multiple nests wtih eggs
Sumac-loving birds
About Save the Brewsters
Save The Brewsters is a Hull-based citizens' action group that formed in opposition to the proposed siting of an LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) terminal on Outer Brewster Island. Our reasons for opposing it are numerous, but the main concerns we have are:
- Outer Brewster is a national park, meant to be preserved for all and not sold for short-term interests;
- An LNG site will destroy natural habitat and wildlife on and surrounding Outer Brewster island;
- A second LNG site would not replace the existing Everett facility, but would be built in addition to it (by a completely different company), and thereby have no impact on the frequency of LNG tankers traversing Boston Harbor;
- A new facility would financially benefit AES, but do so with no guarantee of lower gas prices for the people of New England. An LNG site will create an immediate off-limits area which will impact boating recreation and commercial fisheries and lobstering, as well as have a long-term impact on the surrounding waters and marine life;
- An LNG site will require construction of more pipeline, seriously disrupting the habitat of marine life during its construction and thereby affecting the livelihood of those in the lobstering and fishing industries;
- The safety of off-shore LNG terminals is not proven and is likely to pose serious safety concerns for Hull residents, as well as the whole local ecosystem.
The Brewster Archipelago, the jewel in the Harbor Islands crown, is not an industrial site. The concept that Outer Brewster Island serve as an LNG offloading terminal is deeply offensive. This wilderness is not an empty wasteland, but a well-protected refuge teeming with flora and wildlife. National Parks and Recreation Areas serve all and defend timeless, precious places from private, short-term interests. The notion that Outer Brewster Island be sacrificed to protect metropolitan Boston from a terrorist threat is ill-conceived and misleading. While not offering Bostonians the security it implies, this proposal also promises to thoroughly degrade a precious natural environment and pose a variety of dangers to a myriad of species, human and otherwise.
Save the Brewsters Public Service Announcement
Listen to Save the Brewsters PSA (mp3 format)
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Please feel free to download this PSA for your web site and/or radio station. This PSA is courtesy of Allen Roche Group.
Important News
List of representatives and senators opposed to LNG on Outer Brewster
59 representatives and 16 senators have signed letters addressed to Senate President Robert Travaglini and Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, stating that they are opposed to House Bill no. 4500 and any efforts to sell off park land for industrial use.
What Can I Do?Concerned citizens have several options for voicing their opinions. See the "What Can I Do?" page to sign a petition, send letters to local officials, and print out a petition to gather signatures.
If you would like to be involved in Save the Brewsters, email us at savethebrewsters@comcast.net.
Natural Features and Ecosystems of the Boston Harbor Islands, National Park Service
