#savemaineforests — Public Fediverse posts
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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: https://rover.substack.com/p/power-grab-quebec-vs-the-innu-nation
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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
https://www.nrcm.org/news/will-transmission-line-run-wilds-maine/
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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
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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
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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
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Developers-have-right-to-finish-$1B-power-line-jury-says-50710261