Yeah, it’s pretty clear none of this makes any sense to anyone with common sense and a bit of knowledge on the subject. From the article:

> ProPublica and the Guardian asked Maria Doa, a scientist who worked at the EPA for 30 years, to review the document laying out the risk. Doa, who once ran the division that managed the risks posed by chemicals, was so alarmed by the cancer threat that she initially assumed it was a typographical error. “EPA should not allow these risks in Pascagoula or anywhere,” said Doa, who now is the senior director of chemical policy at Environmental Defense Fund. [emphasis mine]

Which fuel, you might ask?

> The Environmental Protection Agency recently gave a Chevron refinery the green light to create fuel from discarded plastics as part of a climate-friendly initiative to boost alternatives to petroleum. [emphasis mine]

And the cancer risk:

> According to agency records obtained by ProPublica and the Guardian, the production of one of the fuels could emit air pollution that is so toxic, one out of four people exposed to it over a lifetime could get cancer. [emphasis mine]

For more context:

> That risk is 250,000 times greater than the level usually considered acceptable by the EPA division that approves new chemicals.

> Aside from the chemical that carries a 25% lifetime risk of cancer from smoke-stack emissions, another of the Chevron fuels ushered in through the program is expected to cause 1.2 cancers in 10,000 people – also far higher than the agency allows for the general population.

> The EPA division that screens new chemicals typically limits cancer risk from a single air pollutant to one case of cancer in a million people. [emphasis mine)

> The one-in-four lifetime cancer risk from breathing the emissions from the Chevron jet fuel is higher even than the lifetime risk of lung cancer for current smokers.

I highly recommend reading the article, there’s a lot more there than I covered in this comment, including the people who are disproportionally affected.

For those behind the paywall:

> In a tweet Tuesday, the MBTA said it will shut down the Orange Line in both directions between Ruggles Station and North Station and the Green Line between Government Center Station and North Station “for work on the Government Center Garage” on Jan. 28 and 29. In response to questions from the Globe about why the Orange Line will be shutdown outside of the immediate area where the garage is located, T spokesperson Joe Pesaturo said crews will perform “additional track work, including the replacement of rail fasteners, between Back Bay and Ruggles Stations” unrelated to the private garage.

Here is the image attached to the tweet.

They have one in Providence that's fairly popular with the summer tourists

You can right click (desktop) or long press (mobile) and select "Measure Distance" to get distance as the crow flies :)

This. T-Mobile will give you a free trial too if you’ve got a modern phone - 3 months to test out their network alongside your existing carrier, with no contracts or whatever required.

Verizon doesn’t offer a free trial directly, but Visible (a prepaid brand of Verizon’s) does.

AT&T doesn’t offer one either, but you can get a cheap SIM for a month from someone like Boost (make sure to use my.boostmobile.com and not www.boostmobile.com or you will get T-Mobile) or H2O.

Given how much these providers ask for every month, it’s worth spending a little time to make sure you’re getting good value for your money, IMO.