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Our View: CMP power-line saga needs to have a silver lining

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion April 21, 2023

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“Facing the emergency of climate change” this editorial board decided that the merits of the plan to develop an electric transmission line to bring Canadian hydropower to New England outweighed the demerits.  Almost 18 months on, that determination holds.  Since then, Mainers the New England Clean Energy Connect project. Far from putting the matter to rest, however, the 2021 referendum result has led to a series of labyrinthine legal... + full article



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