Judge rejects bid to keep CMP from starting work on transmission corridor
CMP says construction of the 145-mile corridor will likely begin sometime in January.
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A federal judge has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction that would have prevented Central Maine Power Co. from beginning construction on a 145-mile transmission line project to bring hydropower from Quebec to the New England power grid.
U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker issued his 49-page ruling Wednesday afternoon, rejecting the civil action filed by plaintiffs Sierra Club Maine, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and the Appalachian Mountain Club.
The groups filed the motion for an injunction last month in an effort to delay any tree clearing until the court can fully consider a lawsuit filed by the three groups challenging the Corps for what they allege was a flawed and inadequate environmental review of a project they contend will cause irreparable harm.
Franklin Planning Board OKs solar project
FRANKLIN The Planning Board last Thursday unanimously approved two plans for solar energy generation facilities and accepted as complete an application for a third farm.
The approved plans for sites on Hog Bay Road and Cards Crossing were presented by Dale Knapp of Boyle Associates on behalf of applicant Con Edison Clean Energy Business (Con Ed). Approval is pending two conditions required by the board. The meeting was held in person and via Zoom.
A third application for a solar farm presented by Hog Bay Solar 1, LLC, care of Borrego Solar Systems Inc., was unanimously voted as complete by the board, with a public hearing tentatively scheduled for Jan. 7.
Trash from Northern Ireland will continue to wash up on our shores for weeks
After bales of shredded plastic were dumped into the Penobscot Bay Mainers are asking, why are we taking out-of-state trash? Author: Sam Rogers (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:42 PM EST December 16, 2020 Updated: 7:42 PM EST December 16, 2020
SEARSPORT, Maine When you visit Sears Island, you expect to explore walking trails and beaches, not stumble upon trash. But that s exactly what island-goers saw on the shoreline last week.
“I saw a picture that someone had posted, and I was like wow, that is horrifying, Sally Brophy said.
Brophy is part of the Upstream Watch advocacy group that fights to preserve and protect rivers in the mid-coast. Brophy and members of the group spent days picking up trash after an off-loading accident dumped two bales of shredded plastic into the water.
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A federal judge has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction that would have prevented Central Maine Power Co. from beginning construction on a 145-mile transmission line project to bring hydropower from Quebec to the New England power grid.
U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker issued his 49-page ruling Wednesday afternoon, rejecting the civil action filed by plaintiffs Sierra Club Maine, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and the Appalachian Mountain Club.
The groups filed the motion for an injunction last month in an effort to delay any tree clearing until the court can fully consider a lawsuit filed by the three groups challenging the Corps for what they allege was a flawed and inadequate environmental review of a project they contend will cause irreparable harm.
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