DAILY BULLDOG • May 2, 2023
I was disappointed to see in the news that a recent jury ruling in favor of CMP and Avangrid overturning the votes of Mainers to reject the CMP Corridor. It seemed obvious CMP was speeding up its building of the corridor, anticipating a loss at the polls, so it could claim it already had a “vested right” to build. What has not been in the news (at least in Maine) is the mounting evidence that corridor advocates were making claims about corridor climate benefits that were untrue. With the corridor, there will be more dams, more methane, and no climate benefit. There might even be a climate cost. Maine legislators have an opportunity, with LD 1658, to ensure climate benefit claims are verified and, when they prove to be false, levy fines. LD 1658 would ensure accountability when companies make false climate claims to win votes. ~ Ed Buzzell, Maine Guide, Moxie Gore