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April 24, 2006

Updated: Kerry joins Fall River rally against LNG / Photo

Journal photo / Bob Thayer
U.S. Sen. John Kerry joins the rally at the entrance to the proposed Weaver's Cove terminal.

FALL RIVER, Mass. -- U.S. Sen. John Kerry joined a crowd of roughly 300 people gathered outside the proposed site of a liquefied natural gas facility earlier today, condemning the plan as an unwanted public safety risk.

Besides the Massachusetts Democrat and despite rain, the rally attracted several local politicians and many Massachusetts and Rhode Island residents who donned orange T-shirts with the words "I am not an acceptable risk." Many others carried "NO LNG" signs.

Local police closed portions of a road to accommodate the protest of plans by Weaver's Cove Energy.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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