It’s the second referendum drive aimed at stopping the project.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Environmental groups ask federal appeals court to stall CMP corridor project
But a judge denied their request for an injunction to stop the project from proceeding pending the appeal.
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Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Québec First Nations assert CMP’s corridor will trample ancestral lands
A coalition of three Québec First Nations are asserting that the hydropower to be transmitted through Central Maine Power’s New England Clean Energy Connect would be generated without their consent or consultation.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
CMP corridor project facing opposition on both sides of the border
A Maine-based no CMP corridor petition is underway while First Nations voice longstanding grievances with Hydro-Québec.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Opponents of CMP hydropower corridor launch new referendum drive
It would be the second referendum targeting Central Maine Power’s $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Judge won’t remove referendum on CMP corridor from November ballot
Superior Court Justice Thomas Warren rules that constitutional questions can be raised if the ballot measure to reverse regulatory approval is enacted.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Lawyers ask judge to pull referendum on CMP corridor from November ballot
Attorneys on both sides agree that the matter will go to the state supreme court regardless of how Justice Thomas Warren rules.
Posted inMaine
Lawyers clash – via video – over petitions to let Mainers vote on CMP power line
Maine’s supreme court says it will rule ‘expeditiously’ on disputed petitions needed to proceed with a November referendum on a $1 billion hydropower transmission corridor project.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Paul LePage says he was paid to advocate for hydropower corridor
Maine’s former governor says that he was paid by a lobbying firm to advocate for the proposed CMP hydropower corridor.
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
CMP criticizes fake signs posted on Farmington explosion site
Central Maine Power officials say signs touting its proposed $1 billion transmission line project were meant to sour the public’s view of the New England Clean Energy Connect plan.