PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 23, 2021
The EPA requested a full environmental impact study of the Central Maine Power corridor in Maine asking for it to specifically consider underground and other options. The Army Corps of Engineers is being sued for opting for a less rigorous “environmental assessment.” For a project that establishes a new cut of 53 miles – crossing over 250 streams and the Appalachian Trail – why was a full study not completed? NECEC is not about getting clean energy to New England and helping the environment. They could already have the lines in place through Vermont if that were the case. NECEC is about Hydro-Quebec profiting an additional $600 million. As residents of Maine, we don’t owe them that opportunity at all. ~ Eric Bakke, York