News
Progressive Labor Party Organizes Solidarity March With Harvard Yard Encampment
News
Encampment Protesters Briefly Raise 3 Palestinian Flags Over Harvard Yard
News
Mayor Wu Cancels Harvard Event After Affinity Groups Withdraw Over Emerson Encampment Police Response
News
Harvard Yard To Remain Indefinitely Closed Amid Encampment
News
HUPD Chief Says Harvard Yard Encampment is Peaceful, Defends Students’ Right to Protest
Part of the reason for high heating costs in New England is the lack of a local oil refinery and the subsequent high costs of transporting fuel oil into the area.
There have been several plans to build oil refineries in Southern New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts, but they have all been dropped--usually due to local opposition.
This non-binding question asks whether the voters approve of building a refinery and a deep-water port alongside it to allow supertankers to bring in crude oil.
Because the question is non-binding, there are no major campaigns for or against its passage. Arguments in favor of it are primarily economic--a refinery could reduce the local cost of fuel oil and gasoline and eventually provide new jobs by attracting new industry. Against it stand questions about the environmental impact of a refinery and port.
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.