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A secrecy-shrouded deadline looms for the future of the Connecticut River ecosystem here in Massachusetts and the three-state impacts implicit in relicensing the Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Project. After 51 years of unbridled disruption on the...

Several lawmakers are calling on FirstLight Power to do a full review of their facility in Turners Falls following oil leaks over the last three winters.

Living rivers don’t flow backward; they don’t falter and stop. They don’t consume their young. Northfield Mountain is the most lethal machine ever operated on the Connecticut.

On Jan. 12,Vince Yearick, director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Division of Hydropower Licensing, gave a new fat gift to FirstLight Power for its Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station in Massachusetts. Parent-owned by...

On Jan. 12, 2023, Vince Yearick, director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Division of Hydropower Licensing, gave a new fat gift to FirstLight Power for its Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station in Massachusetts. Parent-owned...

On this winter solstice I am reminded of a time in June, during the longest days, when the Connecticut River Defenders formed to be a resounding voice for the river we all love. A small eager lifeline was tossed.We cannot separate the demise of our...

Deep below the surface of a mountain in western Massachusetts is a key New England power source.

NYSE-listed Air Products, a Pennsylvania-headquartered global company specializing in the provision of essential industrial gas

It’s been heartbreaking to witness the non-defense of the essential properties of a living river. The Connecticut River is literally sucked backward, flushed like a toilet for huge energy resale profits.

FirstLight Power recently announced the expansion of a power purchase agreement with Energy New England (ENE). As part of the agreement, 13 Massachusetts-based public power entities have agreed to purchase over 110 gigawatt hours per year of hydroelectric power produced by two of FirstLight’s hydroelectric facilities in Connecticut.