DoomsdaysCW<p>Proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> in western <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> clears key hurdle</p><p>New rules recommended by the Board of Environmental Protection [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineDEP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineDEP</span></a>] would allow the testing needed to build an open-pit mine over a large lithium-rich deposit at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlumbagoMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlumbagoMountain</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Newry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newry</span></a>.</p><p>by Penelope Overton<br>February 29, 2024</p><p>"The provisional amendment – the result of a state law adopted last July intended to overhaul the mining law to allow for the extraction of non-reactive minerals like spodumene, the hard rock source of lithium – now heads back to the Legislature for final consideration.</p><p>"If adopted, these rules would allow Mary and Gary Freeman, retired rock hounds who split the time between Maine and Florida, to begin the rigorous testing needed to build an open-pit mi over a large lithium-rich mineral deposit they discovered while hunting for gemstones in New 2018.</p><p>"'This has been a big lift,' board Chair Susan Lessard, the town manager of Bucksport, said of regulation change. 'I think the department has done a very good job of trying to enact some rules to go along with what the Legislature adopted in the most protective way that they were able.”</p><p>"The Newry deposit is a potential piece in the global ramp-up of lithium production to make batteries for storing clean wind and solar energy and powering electric cars. Alternative lithiu batteries are being tested, but for now, lithium is still used in most electric vehicles and grid batteries.</p><p>"Despite government and industry interest in building up a domestic lithium market, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> currently has the country’s only operational lithium mine. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilverPeaMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilverPeaMine</span></a>, which began operating in the 1960s, pumps lithium-rich brine from underground into large evaporation pools.</p><p>"But the United States has at least a hundred domestic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiuMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiuMines</span></a> that are hoping to get the permits needed to compete with the likes of Australia, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chile</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Argentina</span></a>, which cur dominate the world market, according to conservation biologist Patrick Donnelly of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForBiologicalDiversity</span></a>.</p><p>"Unlike most U.S. deposits, however, the Freeman find is a hard rock deposit of lithium, similar those in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>. They form when hot magma intrudes into the crust and then cools into met rich crystals. Hard-rock lithium is costlier to mine, quicker to market and yields a more valuable form of lithium than brining.</p><p>"In a 2020 paper detailing the discovery, the Freemans claimed the 10 million metric-ton <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlumagoMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlumagoMountain</span></a> deposit had the highest average lithium content of any known spodumene deposit, including gigantic 36-foot-long crystals embedded deep inside the coarse brown and white rock face.</p><p>"Initially, the Freemans said they wanted to sell to the battery market, something that would lik require chemical processing on-site or nearby. Later, they said they wanted to sell raw spodum ore with the highest levels of lithium to scientific glass manufacturers, which could eliminate t need for processing.</p><p>"Neither the Freemans nor their attorney responded to emails and telephone requests for an interview.</p><p>"The provisional rule requires applicants seeking an open-pit mining exemption to prove the operation does not have the potential to violate state water quality standards or expose radioactive materials that would endanger human health or the environment.</p><p>"The applicant would have to conduct extensive testing and sampling to show the deposit would react when exposed to the air or water of an open-pit mine. Spodumene is non-reactive, but other metals like copper and silver will create a harmful acid discharge when exposed.</p><p>"For example, the Newry spodumene deposit is believed to contain some galena, the blue-black mineral that contains lead sulfide, which has the potential to leach lead and often occurs in combination with iron sulfide, the major culprit in causing acidic mine drainage.</p><p>"'We are uncertain if galena is present at levels that are dangerous, but the only way to know w be through detailed characterization of the deposit in the manner that these rule amendments propose,' said Nick Bennett, a staff scientist at Natural Resources Council of Maine.</p><p>“<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRCM</span></a> supported the provisional rule in part because the Board of Environmental Protection decided to add back in requirements that an applicant would have to conduct real-world testing, kinetic testing, to ensure there is nothing reactive in the deposit before a mining exemption is granted.</p><p>"'We are supportive of the proposed rules that DEP drafted and BEP approved because we beli they would only allow open-pit mining of metallic minerals when that extraction presents a very low risk to water quality and the environment,' Bennett said.”</p><p><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2024/02/29/state-environmental-board-adopts-new-mineral-mining-rule" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2024/02/29/sta</span><span class="invisible">te-environmental-board-adopts-new-mineral-mining-rule</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMining</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenPitMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPitMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewryMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewryMaine</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>Despite local opposition and a statewide vote, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CMPCorridor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMPCorridor</span></a> through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthWoods</span></a> is getting pushed through! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeterMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterMills</span></a>, head of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineTurnpikeAuthority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineTurnpikeAuthority</span></a> and brother of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a>, is on the board of a corporation involved in the project! Nothing to see here, eh? No wonder MTA has no problem destroying woods, streams and farmland here in southern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CMPCorridor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMPCorridor</span></a> Proposal: A Bad Deal for Maine</p><p>"In April 2023, a Cumberland County jury ruled in CMP’s favor during a court case that very likely will decide the future of the company’s controversial transmission corridor. The decision was based on technical legal issues and not on the merits of whether or not this was a good project for Maine.</p><p>"We are disappointed with the outcome and remain sharply focused on achieving a just and equitable clean energy future that works for all Mainers. </p><p>"Maine has already shown there’s a better path forward than the CMP corridor. A path focused on regional collaboration and centered in Maine’s pragmatic approach to solving problems. </p><p>"Mainers are pursuing home-grown clean energy sources, like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KingPineWindProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingPineWindProject</span></a> in Aroostook County that will deliver new and verifiable reductions in pollution rather than a shell game that shifts existing energy for maximum profit. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineVoters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineVoters</span></a> got it right when they overwhelmingly passed a referendum rejecting the CMP corridor because it’s a bad deal for Maine and a bad deal for our climate. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRCM</span></a> is honored to stand with youth <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> activists, tribes in Maine and Canada, people across western Maine who rely on a vibrant outdoor recreation economy, and many others in opposing the CMP corridor. Thank you to everyone who partnered with us on this hard-fought campaign."</p><p>Top 4 Reasons NRCM Opposes the Corridor:</p><p>- Won’t reduce climate-changing pollution, and may actually increase it.<br>- Cuts 53 miles of new transmission lines through undeveloped <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> in Maine’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthWoods</span></a>, harming brook trout, deer, other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>, and the tourism economy.<br>- Jeopardizes the construction of new in-state <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> projects and creation of clean energy jobs.<br>- Generates billions of dollars of profit for CMP and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HydroQuebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydroQuebec</span></a> while offering very little to Maine people and businesses.</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.nrcm.org/programs/climate/proposed-cmp-transmission-line-bad-deal-maine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nrcm.org/programs/climate/prop</span><span class="invisible">osed-cmp-transmission-line-bad-deal-maine/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineTribes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamSpur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamSpur</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamConnector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamConnector</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineTribes</span></a> and Leading <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> Organizations Join Forces To Oppose Proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mine</span></a> in Shadow of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Katahdin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Katahdin</span></a></p><p>Proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ZincMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZincMine</span></a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PickettMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PickettMountain</span></a> being pursued by virtually unknown Canadian company</p><p>June 28, 2023</p><p>"Two Tribes in Maine today joined forces with leading environmental groups and a national public interest environmental law organization to oppose a proposed mine that would be located in the shadow of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BaxterStatePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaxterStatePark</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KatahdinWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KatahdinWoods</span></a> & Waters National Monument.</p><p>"The proposed zinc mine at Pickett Mountain is being pursued by a virtually unknown Canadian company, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WolfdenResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WolfdenResources</span></a>, that has never operated a mine before. A previous version of Wolfden’s request was widely opposed because the region holds enormous cultural and natural significance to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanaki</span></a> Tribes, outdoor recreation businesses, and Maine people.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoultonBandOfMaliseets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoultonBandOfMaliseets</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotNation</span></a>, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine</span></a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRCM</span></a>], represented by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earthjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthjustice</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brann</span></a>&Isaacson, joined the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConservationLawFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationLawFoundation</span></a> in petitioning to intervene in the review of Wolfden’s permit application to the Land Use Planning Commission (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LUPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LUPC</span></a>) to rezone the area for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> uses.</p><p>"'The Penobscot Nation strongly opposes the rezoning of this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecologically</span></a> important area. We share significant concerns over impacts to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> quality and f#isheries of the area, which our members rely upon,' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChiefKirkFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChiefKirkFrancis</span></a> of the Penobscot Nation. 'The West Branch of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MattawamkeagRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MattawamkeagRiver</span></a> contains abundant, high-quality, cold-water fish habitat and Designated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalHabitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalHabitat</span></a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlanticSalmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlanticSalmon</span></a>, identified as necessary for the recovery of Atlantic salmon in the Penobscot River. This mine would impact our traditional territories and forever alter our ability to maintain our relationship to this place.'</p><p>"The area Wolfden wants to mine is next to three State Heritage Fish Waters and is a centerpiece of the region’s growing outdoor economy. It contains the headwaters of the West Branch of the Mattawamkeag River, which is sacred to the Penobscot Nation and provides key, federally designated critical habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon.</p><p>"'The Katahdin region’s wild beauty and clean water are extraordinary. One look at this landscape demonstrates that this is no place to put a mine,' said Nick Bennett, staff scientist at the Natural Resources Council of Maine. 'Wolfden’s claims that it will treat <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wastewater</span></a> more effectively than any mining company on earth are not credible. This is too big a risk for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>.'</p><p>"'The legacy of metallic mineral <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> in Maine is one of empty promises of economic development, acid mine drainage <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> waters and killing fish, and multi-million dollar c#leanups funded by taxpayers and not the fly-by-night mining companies like Wolfden,' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeanMahoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeanMahoney</span></a>, vice-president and senior counsel at the Conservation Law Foundation. 'Rezoning this area to allow mining would fail to recognize the cultural and spiritual importance of the land to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiTribes</span></a> and threaten the natural resources and experiences valued by generations of Maine citizens.'</p><p>"After withdrawing its initial request because it was riddled with errors, Wolfden submitted a second rezoning petition in January that sparked another review by the LUPC. Comments by Wolfden’s CEO disrespecting Maine tribes and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MininLlaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MininLlaws</span></a> have prompted outrage from the Penobscot Nation, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a>. The company has lost tens of millions of dollars over the past decade.</p><p>"'This is one of the absolute worst areas to rezone for a mine,' said Aaron Bloom, a senior attorney with Earthjustice. 'The region is known for its vast contiguous forest, pristine streams, high-quality lakes, and aquatic species like wild brook trout and landlocked salmon. Why would we risk that, along with the outdoor economy that depends on it, on a half-baked proposal from an unproven mining company? The Commission must put Maine’s unique natural resources, and the well-being of the people of Maine and Maine’s Wabanaki Tribes, before short-term industry profits.'</p><p>"More than 700 hundred Mainers and local businesses, including Bradford Camps, Chandler Lakes Camps and Lodge, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineWildernessGuidesOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineWildernessGuidesOrganization</span></a>, have spoken out against Wolfden’s plans. In May 2022, residents of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pembroke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pembroke</span></a> voted overwhelmingly to ban industrial-scale metallic mineral mining in their town in response to Wolfden’s plans to develop a mine there."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://earthjustice.org/press/2023/maine-tribes-and-leading-environmental-organizations-join-forces-to-oppose-proposed-mine-in-shadow-of-katahdin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">earthjustice.org/press/2023/ma</span><span class="invisible">ine-tribes-and-leading-environmental-organizations-join-forces-to-oppose-proposed-mine-in-shadow-of-katahdin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMining</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Hmmmm... Looks like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewHampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewHampshire</span></a> was able to say "No" to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HydroQuebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydroQuebec</span></a> </p><p>From 2018: "Until recently, Central Maine Power’s proposal was considered an also-ran to a similar plan in New Hampshire, called Northern Pass, the initial choice of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> Governor Charlie Baker’s administration to import clean energy.</p><p>"But in February, New Hampshire regulators rejected Northern Pass, saying it would despoil the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMountains</span></a> and hurt tourism. In March, the Baker administration announced it would instead negotiate an agreement with Central Maine Power for 1,200 megawatts of hydropower, enough to power roughly 1.2 million homes."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hydropower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hydropower</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRCM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Avangrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Avangrid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheForests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveMaineForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveMaineForests</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nrcm.org/news/will-transmission-line-run-wilds-maine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nrcm.org/news/will-transmissio</span><span class="invisible">n-line-run-wilds-maine/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2020. Don't believe that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QuebecHydro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuebecHydro</span></a> are for preserving nature, or the will of the voters, or respecting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> rights. They are all about making a buck!</p><p>Indigenous group launch $4B lawsuit over huge hydro power project</p><p>by Marc Montgomery, October 7, 2020</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Innu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innu</span></a> say the project, begun in the late 1960’s and completed in the 1970’s, has flooded a vast area of ancestral lands causing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> harm to their people.</p><p>"In a statement, Innu Grand Chief Etienne Rich said, 'Over 50 years ago, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HydroQu%C3%A9bec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydroQuébec</span></a> and the provincial utility in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Newfoundland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newfoundland</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Labrador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labrador</span></a> now called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NalcorEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NalcorEnergy</span></a>, through the Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation, stole our land and flooded it in order to take advantage of the enormous hydro potential of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChurchillFalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchillFalls</span></a>,' adding, 'This project was undertaken without consulting us and without our consent'.</p><p>"The Innu leaders said the flooded area of over 5,000 sq/km has covered traditional <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BurialGrounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurialGrounds</span></a>, hunting areas, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/caribou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caribou</span></a> migration paths and habitat for wildlife they depend on. They also said there was no <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> assessment of the mega project, the second largest power generation project in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, and among the biggest in the world."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hydropower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hydropower</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRCM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Avangrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Avangrid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheForests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveMaineForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveMaineForests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Innuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innuit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2020/10/07/indigenous-group-on-4b-lawsuit-hydro-quebec-over-huge-hydro-power-project/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rcinet.ca/en/2020/10/07/indige</span><span class="invisible">nous-group-on-4b-lawsuit-hydro-quebec-over-huge-hydro-power-project/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Maine energy: Much delayed US-Canada hydro project gets go-ahead</p><p>By Robin Levinson-King, BBC, April 20, 2023</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> groups also challenged the permits over concerns about the project's impact on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthWoods</span></a>.</p><p>"In November 2021, the state held a referendum on whether the project should be cancelled. More than 400,000 people showed up to vote - a huge turnout for a state with a population of 1.3 million.</p><p>"Last August, the state's Supreme Court weighed in on the case, ruling that the referendum could not be retroactively applied if CMP had vested rights, kicking it back to a lower court to determine the extent of those rights.</p><p>"Thursday's ruling sided with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMP</span></a>, who had already spent $450m on construction before the project was halted."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hydropower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hydropower</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRCM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Avangrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Avangrid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveMaineForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveMaineForests</span></a> </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65341572" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-6</span><span class="invisible">5341572</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Who cares what the voters want -- it's all about what BIG CORPORATIONS want! Destroy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> forests to provide energy for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a>? Why not build the damn line through the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Berkshires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berkshires</span></a>? Oh, because rich New Yorkers live there!</p><p>Voters said no, but developers have right to finish $1B Maine power line, jury says</p><p>The decision could be appealed to the state Supreme Judicial Court for the final say</p><p>by David Sharpe, AP, April 21, 2023</p><p>"The Natural Resources Council of Maine, which opposes the power line, said in a statement on Thursday that it was disappointed in the outcome and remains , 'sharply focused on achieving a just and equitable clean energy future that works for all Mainers.'</p><p>"'We’re pursuing home-grown clean energy sources, like utility-scale <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OffshoreWind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OffshoreWind</span></a>, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KingPine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingPine</span></a> wind project in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aroostook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aroostook</span></a> County that will deliver new and verifiable reductions in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> rather than a shell game that shifts existing energy for maximum <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> profit,' the council said."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hydropower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hydropower</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRCM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Avangrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Avangrid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveMaineForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveMaineForests</span></a><br><a href="https://www.concordmonitor.com/Developers-have-right-to-finish-$1B-power-line-jury-says-50710261" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">concordmonitor.com/Developers-</span><span class="invisible">have-right-to-finish-$1B-power-line-jury-says-50710261</span></a></p>
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