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Maine officials to review safety measures in wake of Massachusetts gas explosions

Maine public safety officials and natural gas companies said they will be reviewing safety measures in response to the series of explosions in Massachusetts that destroyed dozens of homes, killed one ... read more

Warren, Markey: Columbia Gas ‘woefully’ unprepared for gas explosions

Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey said Friday after a review of internal company documents. The Massachusetts Democrats said Columbia Gas didn’t have adequate safety and response measures in place before ... read more

Officials pressured for gas safety

More than 30 states, including Massachusetts, exempt public utilities from having a licensed engineer review plans ... monitoring the gas lines during pipeline repair and replacement jobs. Union ... read more

Natural gas system to undergo statewide review

BOSTON — The state Department of Public Utilities will hire an independent evaluator to examine the safety of the natural gas system across the state, the agency announced Wednesday. This comes in the ... read more

State regulators say gas lines safe; Massachusetts explosions prompts questions

Last month’s explosions in the Merrimack Valley communities of Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover, Massachusetts, prompted safety-related ... 20 miles of gas mains this year, company officials said. ... read more

State Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Natural Gas Safety

Columbia Gas CEO Stephen Bryant is among the utility company executives and state officials who speak at Tuesday's hearing. The explosions ... was picked to review the safety and integrity of the ... read more

Mass. disaster adds scrutiny to proposed local gas line

EXETER — Following more than 80 gas explosions ... review by the state PUC and SEC. "We are taking every measure to ensure that the Granite Bridge will be designed and maintained to the highest ... read more

Federal officials release initial findings on gas explosions

Thursday’s preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board says that Columbia Gas ... reviews environmental legislation. But the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, who's ... read more

Recent Massachusetts Explosions Can Happen in Any Gas System

that’s the tally after gas lines exploded September 13 in three communities in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts, north of Boston, leaving rubble in their wake. Columbia Gas, the utility serving ... read more

Hotplates, heaters to be given residents after gas disaster

(AP) — Hotplates and space heaters will be distributed to thousands of Massachusetts ... officials earlier this week that the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration had ... read more

Mass. investigators hunt for cause of ‘Armageddon’ gas explosions

The National Transportation Safety Board sent a team to help investigate the blasts in a state where some of the aging gas pipeline system dates to the 1860s. The rapid-fire series of gas explosions ... read more

Sens. Warren, Markey Say Columbia Gas Was 'Woefully' Unprepared for Gas Explosions

Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey said Friday after a review of internal company documents. The Massachusetts Democrats said Columbia Gas didn't have adequate safety and response measures in place before ... read more