PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 26, 2023
Central Maine Power is greenwashing when it promotes the New England Clean Energy Connect as a way to bring “clean” energy from Quebec to Massachusetts. Hydropower is not clean energy. The true reason CMP supports building the corridor is for financial gain. The United States has begun including dam emissions in U.N. climate reporting. The corridor is not the “clean energy” alternative it is described as. Research has found that “reservoirs can emit significant amounts of methane.” Yet hydropower continues to be incorrectly regarded as a clean, emissions-free energy source. CMP needs to stop promoting NECEC as transmitting clean energy from Hydro-Quebec to Massachusetts. Study the facts. Stop the New England Clean Energy Connect before more environmental damage occurs. ~ Linda Woods, Waterville