KENNEBEC JOURNAL • March 26, 2021
Your paper recently published a column by Greg Kesich, “Western Maine corridor vote would add new ways to say ‘no’.” It was based on the false premise that power generated by Hydro-Quebec, a foreign government-owned corporation, is clean and should be recognized as a solution to climate change. If this were true, top environmental organizations would support the NECEC Corridor project, but they don’t because this is greenwashed power. Based on analysis by Brad Hager, an MIT earth sciences professor who has a home in Mercer, Hydro-Quebec’s reservoirs are among the top carbon-emitting hydro facilities in the world, and its six dirtiest reservoirs have carbon emission levels ranging from twice as high as a coal plant to that of a modern natural gas facility. This power is not part of our climate solution. ~ Rep. Nicole Grohoski