Four Years Since Somerset’s Brayton Point Towers Imploded
Somerset's Brayton Point Power Station's twin 500-foot cooling towers came tumbling down in a dusty mess of concrete and steel four years ago this month.
Brayton Point Power Station
Brayton Point's Future
Several environmental groups are pushing for clean energy uses at what used to be one of the region's dirtiest power plants.
The Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset is scheduled to shut down next year.
A recent study suggests the plant be re-powered with natural gas, but environmental groups like the coalition for Clean Air South Coast argue, there's plenty of natural gas in the region already
Brayton Point Sold
The Brayton Point Power Plant in Somerset has been sold.
Closing By 2017
A Southeastern Massachusetts power plant recently cited by Federal regulators as one of the state's heaviest polluters is planning to shut down.
Cases Dismissed For Brayton Point Protesters
Criminal trespassing charges against 44 people who protested outside a Somerset power plant last month have been dismissed.
A spokesman for the Bristol County district attorney's office says the protesters had their cases dismissed in exchange for paying $100 in court costs...
Health Impacts From Brayton Point Plant
A coalition of environmental groups and anti-coal activists say the continued operation of the Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset over the next ten years, will cost SouthCoast residents anywhere from $2-to-6 billion in health care costs.