On September 8th, a a “Congress of Councils” for area elected officials will be hosted by the Jamestown LNG Threat Committee.  Because representatives of Weaver’s Cove Energy have not been invited to participate in either the LNG Threat Committee meetings or the upcoming Congress of Council sessions, the letter and video fact check below are [...]

In part II of our LNG Fact Check Video of Save The Bay Executive Director Jonathan Stone, Weaver’s Cove Energy sets the record straight regarding Mr. Stone’s factually incorrect and highly misleading claims regarding the supposed use of private security forces for LNG transits, bay closures, bridge closures, unannounced LNG ship visits, and the impact [...]

Save The Bay Executive Director Jonathan Stone has publicly made a number of factually incorrect and highly misleading statements regarding proposed LNG shipments in Narragansett Bay. This LNG Fact Check Video is the first of a series that documents Mr. Stone’s public statements and sets the record straight regarding the safety, security, environmental impacts, and [...]

Watch Hess LNG President & CEO Gordon Shearer respond to the many misleading claims about LNG shipments in this 10 News Conference “Special Assignment” segment hosted by Frank Coletta.

In August 2005, the Aquidneck Island Planning Commission released two reports claiming negative economic, tourism, and traffic impacts due to LNG transits in Narragansett Bay.  The reports have been frequently cited in the media and by opponents of the Weaver’s Cove LNG project. The conclusions in these reports are, however, based on fundamentally flawed assumptions [...]

In a February 23rd Warwick Beacon article, “Stokes outlines ‘game changers’ to turn around state’s economy,” Rhode Island Economic Development Director Keith Stokes makes a number of inaccurate claims regarding Weaver’s Cove Energy’s LNG project. First, Mr. Stokes claims that “he hasn’t heard or read anything as how it would benefit Rhode Island gas supplies.” [...]

Testimony of Gordon Shearer, CEO, Weaver’s Cove Energy Before the Rhode Island Senate LNG Task Force March 9, 2010 Ladies and gentlemen: Thank you for allowing me to come before you today and discuss our LNG project in Fall River, Massachusetts. In my testimony today, I will cover three areas. First, I will talk about [...]

Today’s Providence Journal has an op-ed from Ted Gehrig, chief operating officer of Weaver’s Cove Energy, responding to false and misleading claims made by by Rhode Island State Rep. Douglas Gablinske: In their Feb. 6 Commentary piece (“Safety, convenience and flounder all argue against LNG”), Rep. Douglas W. Gablinske and four other state representatives claimed [...]

Members of the General Assembly recently introduced a bill, H-7014, purportedly to protect the safety of local bridges by banning any ship with hazardous cargo from passing under any Rhode Island bridge without a 25-foot clearance. The bill, in fact, has absolutely nothing to do with “bridge safety,” but is rather a thinly disguised attempt [...]

On January 22nd, the Providence Journal published an article titled, “R.I. bill would stop LNG tankers from traveling under Mount Hope Bridge.” The reporter quotes a number of individuals in the article and we want to ensure that information regarding our project is factually correct. It is telling that the individual with the most relevant [...]