"I urge you to express my concerns and request an agency review of the issuance of residential permit," the Democratic Congressman writes in a two-page letter to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jared Golden is asking the Biden administration to reevaluate its approval of a presidential permit for a $1 billion project aimed at bringing Canadian hydropower
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Two massive projects, requiring hundreds of miles of transmission lines, have left Indigenous communities in Canada, and some U.S. activists, up in arms.
October 4, 2020
Duane Hanson and Sally Kwan live deep within Maine s North Woods and fear that construction of transmission lines for a project called New England Clean Energy Connect will destroy their idyllic existence. Credit: Sally Kwan
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As the sole residents of unorganized territory T5 R7 deep within Maine’s North Woods, Duane Hanson and his wife, Sally Kwan, have watched the land around them known for its natural beauty, diverse wildlife and recreational fishing transformed by decades of development.
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Our View: Pipeline rejection shows climate-related questions not always easy
In trying to reduce carbon emissions, communities throughout Maine will be faced will complex tradeoffs.
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It is important that residents and businesses in Maine and everywhere else reduce the use of fossil fuels in response to the growing climate crisis.
But as people in the Midcoast region found out this week, that’s not as simple as it sounds.
Less than a month ago, Summit Natural Gas of Maine announced plans for a $90 million pipeline expansion in the Belfast area.
The expansion, the company said, would cut carbon emissions by an estimated 263,000 metric tons over the first five years as customers switched from heating oil to natural gas. One business that wanted to switch, Dragon Products cement plant in Thomaston, would replace the high-carbon petroleum coke, along with shredded tires and carpet, that it now burns.