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  1. More Proof That Trump’s War On Renewable Energy Is Failing

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    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #arizona #Avangrid #California #environment #NewMexico #Science #SunZia #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/537294/

  2. #NewHampshire said "No!" to #HydroQuebec #Massachusetts scheme!

    Massachusetts to continue talks with #HydroQuébec for #NorthernPass project
    Historic $680M electricity project was 1st approved in January, but rejected a week later by New Hampshire

    The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 16, 2018

    "Despite a rejection in New Hampshire, Massachusetts will continue negotiations on a conditional basis with Hydro-Québec and its American partner #Eversource for the Northern Pass project.

    "Hydro-Quebec is counting on the Northern Pass to supply Massachusetts for 20 years, starting in 2020, as part of a historic contract signed with the state in January.

    "It is estimated that the #CrownCorporation could pocket $10 billion in revenue if an agreement is reached.

    "The project was rejected by the New Hampshire Site Review Board, which refused to grant a licence essential to Northern Pass's completion in the state.

    "The Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs says talks on the project could end by March 27.

    "In the meantime, conditional negotiations may be conducted for another project, the #NewEnglandCleanEnergyConnect [#NECEC] , which would be carried out by Hydro-Quebec and #CentralMainePower."

    cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ma

    #AvanGrid #HydroQuebec #CMPCorridor #PeterMills #JanetMills #Corruption #NorthWoods #SaveTheNorthWoods #SaveTheForests #BigElectricity #MainePol #NewHampshirePol #ProtectTheNorthWoods #QuebecHydro

  3. #CMPCorridor Proposal: A Bad Deal for #Maine

    "In April 2023, a Cumberland County jury ruled in CMP’s favor during a court case that very likely will decide the future of the company’s controversial transmission corridor. The decision was based on technical legal issues and not on the merits of whether or not this was a good project for Maine

    "We are disappointed with the outcome and remain sharply focused on achieving a just and equitable clean energy future that works for all Mainers.

    "Maine has already shown there’s a better path forward than the CMP corridor. A path focused on #regional collaboration and centered in Maine’s pragmatic approach to solving problems.

    "Mainers are pursuing home-grown clean energy sources, like the #KingPineWind project in Aroostook County that will deliver new and verifiable reductions in pollution rather than a shell game that shifts existing energy for maximum profit.

    "#MaineVoters got it right when they overwhelmingly passed a referendum rejecting the #CMP corridor because it’s a bad deal for #Maine and a bad deal for our climate.

    "#NRCM is honored to stand with youth #ClimateJustice activists, #tribes in Maine and Canada, people across #WesternMaine who rely on a vibrant outdoor recreation economy, and many others in opposing the CMP corridor. Thank you to everyone who partnered with us on this hard-fought campaign.

    What is the CMP Corridor?

    "Central Maine Power (CMP) is building a 145-mile transmission line through the heart of Maine to send hydropower from Quebec to electricity customers in Massachusetts.

    "The CMP corridor is a bad deal for Maine. It will permanently damage #undeveloped #forest and #wildlife habitat, stifle the #LocalRenewableEnergy industry, and jeopardize the creation of clean energy jobs. The corridor won’t reduce global greenhouse gas emissions or create sustainable jobs for Maine people.

    Top 4 Reasons NRCM Opposed the Corridor:

    - Won’t reduce climate-changing pollution, and may actually increase it.
    - Cuts 53 miles of new transmission lines through undeveloped forests in Maine’s #NorthWoods, harming brook trout, deer, other #wildlife, and the tourism economy.
    - Jeopardizes the construction of new in-state renewable energy projects and creation of clean energy jobs.
    - Generates billions of dollars of profit for CMP [#Avangrid] and #HydroQuebec while offering very little to Maine people and businesses."

    nrcm.org/programs/climate/prop

    #NorthWoods #SaveTheNorthWoods
    #SaveTheForests #BigElectricity
    #MainePol #ProtectTheNorthWoods #QuebecHydro

  4. Electricity for #Massachusetts! Why not run it through the #Berkshires?! Too many rich white folks, I guess!

    #CMP parent company ready to energize controversial corridor by end of year

    by Brad Rogers,WGME
    Thu, November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
    Updated Fri, November 21, 2025

    PORTLAND (WGME) -- "CMP's parent company, Avangrid, is about to flip the switch and turn on a controversial power corridor through western Maine.

    "After years of legal battles and regulatory hurdles, Avangrid now has its final permit for the New England Clean Energy Connect, linking Canadian hydropower to Massachusetts and going right through Maine."

    wgme.com/news/local/cmp-parent

    #AvanGrid #HydroQuebec #CMPCorridor #PeterMills #JanetMills #Corruption #NorthWoods #SaveTheNorthWoods #SaveTheForests #BigElectricity #MainePol #ProtectTheNorthWoods #QuebecHydro

  5. #VineyardWind1 just became the US's largest operating #offshore #windfarm
    Sustainable energy company #Avangrid and green investors Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners today announced that at #VineyardWind 1 project five more #windturbines came online so Vineyard Wind 1 is now delivering more than 136 megawatts (MW) to the electric grid in #Massachusetts. (#NewYork’s #SouthForkWind, the US’s first complete utility-scale #offshorewind farm, is 132 MW.)
    electrek.co/2024/06/25/vineyar

  6. A pattern of government and corporate abuse! Who are they looking out for? Why profit! Don't believe the spin! #Greenwashing is just a PR gimmick!

    Power Grab: #Quebec vs. the #Innu Nation

    Behind the scenes, Quebec has fought for years to weaken Indigenous authority over their own land. Now that battle is spilling out into the public.

    by Christopher Curtis, Mar 13, 2023

    "The Innu territory is a sprawling landmass home to a rapidly declining herd of #caribou, some of the best #salmon fishing in North America and a people who’ve thrived there since time immemorial. It also happens to have vast deposits of rare metals and rivers wide enough to power our cities for generations."

    #IndigenousNews #IndigenousRights #CulturalGenocide #Hydropower #NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine #NRCM #Avangrid #CMP #CleanEnergy #Forests #SaveTheForest #SaveMaineForests #Canada #FirstNations #Maine #QuebecHydro

    Read more: rover.substack.com/p/power-gra

  7. Hmmmm... Looks like #NewHampshire was able to say "No" to #HydroQuebec

    From 2018: "Until recently, Central Maine Power’s proposal was considered an also-ran to a similar plan in New Hampshire, called Northern Pass, the initial choice of #Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s administration to import clean energy.

    "But in February, New Hampshire regulators rejected Northern Pass, saying it would despoil the #WhiteMountains and hurt tourism. In March, the Baker administration announced it would instead negotiate an agreement with Central Maine Power for 1,200 megawatts of hydropower, enough to power roughly 1.2 million homes."

    #Hydropower #NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine #NRCM #Avangrid #CMP #CleanEnergy #Forests #SaveTheForests #SaveMaineForests

    nrcm.org/news/will-transmissio

  8. From 2020. Don't believe that #QuebecHydro are for preserving nature, or the will of the voters, or respecting #NativeAmerican rights. They are all about making a buck!

    Indigenous group launch $4B lawsuit over huge hydro power project

    by Marc Montgomery, October 7, 2020

    "The #Innu say the project, begun in the late 1960’s and completed in the 1970’s, has flooded a vast area of ancestral lands causing #environmental and #cultural harm to their people.

    "In a statement, Innu Grand Chief Etienne Rich said, 'Over 50 years ago, #HydroQuébec and the provincial utility in #Newfoundland and #Labrador now called #NalcorEnergy, through the Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation, stole our land and flooded it in order to take advantage of the enormous hydro potential of the #ChurchillFalls,' adding, 'This project was undertaken without consulting us and without our consent'.

    "The Innu leaders said the flooded area of over 5,000 sq/km has covered traditional #BurialGrounds, hunting areas, #caribou migration paths and habitat for wildlife they depend on. They also said there was no #environmental assessment of the mega project, the second largest power generation project in #Canada, and among the biggest in the world."

    #IndigenousNews #IndigenousRights #CulturalGenocide #Hydropower #NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine #NRCM #Avangrid #CMP #CleanEnergy #Forests #SaveTheForests #SaveMaineForests #Innuit

    rcinet.ca/en/2020/10/07/indige

  9. Maine energy: Much delayed US-Canada hydro project gets go-ahead

    By Robin Levinson-King, BBC, April 20, 2023

    "#Environmental groups also challenged the permits over concerns about the project's impact on #Maine's #NorthWoods.

    "In November 2021, the state held a referendum on whether the project should be cancelled. More than 400,000 people showed up to vote - a huge turnout for a state with a population of 1.3 million.

    "Last August, the state's Supreme Court weighed in on the case, ruling that the referendum could not be retroactively applied if CMP had vested rights, kicking it back to a lower court to determine the extent of those rights.

    "Thursday's ruling sided with #CMP, who had already spent $450m on construction before the project was halted."

    #Hydropower #NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine #NRCM #Avangrid #CMP #CleanEnergy #Forests #SaveTheForest #SaveMaineForests

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-6

  10. Who cares what the voters want -- it's all about what BIG CORPORATIONS want! Destroy #Maine forests to provide energy for #Massachusetts? Why not build the damn line through the #Berkshires? Oh, because rich New Yorkers live there!

    Voters said no, but developers have right to finish $1B Maine power line, jury says

    The decision could be appealed to the state Supreme Judicial Court for the final say

    by David Sharpe, AP, April 21, 2023

    "The Natural Resources Council of Maine, which opposes the power line, said in a statement on Thursday that it was disappointed in the outcome and remains , 'sharply focused on achieving a just and equitable clean energy future that works for all Mainers.'

    "'We’re pursuing home-grown clean energy sources, like utility-scale #solar, #OffshoreWind, and the #KingPine wind project in #Aroostook County that will deliver new and verifiable reductions in #pollution rather than a shell game that shifts existing energy for maximum #corporate profit,' the council said."

    #Hydropower #NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine #NRCM #Avangrid #CMP #CleanEnergy #Forests #SaveTheForest #SaveMaineForests
    concordmonitor.com/Developers-