*update. Nathan Phillips ended his hunger strike on Feb. 12 at the recommendation of his doctor.
A Boston University earth and environment professor was 10 days into a hunger strike on Feb. 7 to protest a planned compressor station for a natural gas pipeline in North Weymouth, Mass. and raise awareness about what he claims are “serious public health and safety violations” at the construction site.
Algonquin Gas Transmission began construction site activities on a hazardous waste site in early December for the controversial 7,700-hp Weymouth Compressor Station that will serve the $452-million Atlantic bridge pipeline project extending from New England to Canada. It will be in service in the second half of 2020, according to Enbridge, the energy company that owns the pipeline.