Mayor Hopes Town Will Be Eligible for Federal Security Funding for LNG Deepwater Ports
Gloucester, Mass., Mayor Carolyn Kirk will be in Washington, D.C., this week to press U.S. officials to designate Gloucester as a high-risk urban terrorist target because two LNG deepwater ports, GDF Suez’s Neptune LNG and Excelerate’s Northeast Gateway, are located off its shores. If Gloucester is designated as a terrorist target, it will be eligible for federal homeland security funding. Read more in the Gloucester Times.