BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 29, 2021
Opponents of the Central Maine Power corridor have found a major supporter in their fight against the $1 billion project in controversial Fox News personality Tucker Carlson. The “conservative” TV news host featured No CMP Corridor leader Tom Saviello and others opposed to the project in an online original short segment to talk about the project. Carlson owns a home in Bryant Pond. Carlson likened CMP’s project to a “corrupt green energy scam” that could “destroy the last large standing forest east of the Mississippi.” While most of the 145-mile line will run along an existing utility corridor in western Maine, 54 new miles will have to be cleared. Jon Breed, executive director of a CMP-funded political committee, said, “Carlson was either misled by project opponents or is a willing partner in helping opponents spread more misinformation about the Clean Energy Corridor.”