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Lawmakers Push For Gas Pipeline Safety In Climate Bill
In this Nov. 8, 2018, photo, natural gas contract workers repair underground gas lines in Lawrence, Mass. Following a gas line failure in Lawrence, federal investigators confirmed that over-pressurized lines were the source of a series of explosions and fires in communities north of Boston on Sept. 13, 2018.
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With a compromise climate policy bill still under negotiation and time winding down in the legislative session, gas workers and nearly 50 lawmakers have been pushing to get new pipeline safety provisions enshrined into law. With limited time left in this unusual legislative session, the climate change bill in conference offers the best opportunity for us to accomplish significant improvements on a pressing public safety issue, the bipartisan group of 46 lawmakers wrote in a letter sent in October. Recent lobbying efforts have focused on the same topics.