-
In a letter sent last week to the Somerset select board, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Kathleen Theoharides outlined a plan to address residents’ concerns about metal dust and excessive noise generated by the operation.
-
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined Brayton Point LLC, which owns the Brayton Point Commerce Center in Somerset, for depositing construction materials into a pond on the company’s property.
-
Somerset residents are calling on Governor Charlie Baker to shut down the scrap metal operation at Brayton Point. They point to property records that indicate Commercial Development Company is running its business illegally on state-owned land—though Baker has said publicly he’s not sure whether the state in fact owns the parcel. Residents say the operation generates metal dust and nuisance noise, putting their health at risk.
-
Clouds of dust and the clash of metal have become part of daily life in Somerset’s Brayton Point neighborhood, says Kathy Souza.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCaML38MENg A deep and earthy rumble signalled the falling of Brayton Point powerplant’s two cooling towers that have…
-
The Brayton Point powerplant on the South Coast is a monument to a source of energy Massachusetts once heavily relied on: coal. The plant closed in 2017,…