An editorial in the Providence Journal notes that the Port of Providence in Narragansett Bay has long been host to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tankers which operate under the same safety and security procedures as LNG ships: Since 1990, there have been 320 transits of tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) into the Port of [...]

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 [...]

Save The Bay Leadership Council and Rhode Island Marine Trades Association member Michael Keyworth has publicly made a number of false and highly misleading statements regarding proposed LNG shipments in Narragansett Bay.  This LNG Fact Check Video documents Mr. Keyworth’s statements and sets the record straight regarding the safety, security, impacts on other bay users, [...]

Watch Weaver’s Cove CEO Gordon Shearer set the record straight on the safety, environmental, and economic impacts of LNG as he debates John Torgan of Save The Bay on 10 News Conference.

At a February 11, 2010 hearing before the Rhode Island state Senate’s LNG Task Force, Save The Bay Executive Director Jonathan Stone felt free to engage in pure speculation regarding the quality of dredged sediment in Mt. Hope Bay: The sediments churned up by the dredging may contain toxic materials that have accumulated on the [...]

The environmental extremists at Save The Bay have recently launched a high profile campaign to defeat Weaver’s Cove Energy’s offshore LNG berth project that would bring $700 million in investment to Southeastern New England and increase the region’s supply of clean-burning energy by up to 20%. In a series of billboards, newspaper and radio ads, [...]