PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 30, 2021
Questions about whether two federal agencies each conducted deep enough reviews of Central Maine Power’s controversial power line project in western Maine, and whether those agencies should have worked more closely together, dominated testimony Tuesday in a complex case before the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. At issue is whether the appeals court should reconsider the rejection in December of an injunction request in U.S. District Court aimed at blocking construction on a segment of the New England Clean Energy Connect project. Sierra Club Maine, the Natural Resources Council of Maine and the Appalachian Mountain Club sued the Army Corps last October in hopes of blocking the 145-mile corridor.