We applaud your efforts to date to defend New Hampshire's natural and cultural heritage from the proposed Northern Pass transmission line. Please join us in making sure that our children and grandchildren can pass this vital heritage on to their children and grandchildren. Please ask Northeast Utilities and Hydro-Québec either to bury the entire project in New Hampshire or stop it altogether.
Everywhere we look we see proposals for new high-voltage, direct current transmission lines. In Maine, Vermont, and New York, new north-south high-voltage direct-current lines are being proposed completely underground or underwater; even Hydro-Québec itself is advancing an underground transmission project to connect with New York. Everywhere we look we see new, innovative underground transmission technology proposals. Everywhere except New Hampshire.
Governor Hassan, before you host the New England Governors and the Eastern Canadian Premiers here in New Hampshire this July, please make it clear that New Hampshire welcomes each of them to our magnificent state. But please also convey the message that we will insist on smart, well-planned energy projects that advance a clean energy future and we will not welcome any overhead extension cords like Northern Pass that provide little benefit to the state, at the expense of our natural and scenic resources.
While I live in VT, I love NH, too. Keep our forests safe and clean and clear for future generations and for the animals.
zellene sandlerabout 11 years ago bloomfield CT
As a hiker and as President of the Hartford Audubon Society, I strongly object to erecting towers in this unspoiled area. Please, bury these lines or do not build them!
Leo Cristofarabout 11 years ago Branford CT
I visit NH to hike and am attracted by the spectacular UNSPOILED scenery in the mountains.
Nicholas Fadisabout 11 years ago Astoria NY
I enjoy the beauty of the area every summer and the devastating effects would ruin the experience.
Gerald Wilsonabout 11 years ago Roxbury MA
If cheaper energy in NE means destroying much of what makes NH great, then we need to find another way. Let's face it, MA and Boston especially tax the energy systems far more than the rest of NE. NH shouldn't be paying the price for our energy needs.
tim harveyabout 11 years ago Campton NH
We should NOT sacrifice OUR environment for foreign profit! If we destroy our forests, why will people come here to "get away from it all?" They won't!
George Gilmanabout 11 years ago Holliston MA
From N.H. and moving to Bridgewater this summer. Former US Forest Service employee and current member of the AMC. Do not ruin our scenic state with above ground lines!! Stop this now!!
Judy Hoolabout 11 years ago Edgewater MD
Our forests are our most valuable green spaces providing a clean environment for our children. They are what make "America the Beautiful."
Loretta Lavoieabout 11 years ago Rumford RI
The White Mountains are beautiful. Let's keep them that way for now and future generations. At the very least, the lines must be buried.
charlie wagarabout 11 years ago keene,nh NH
Private interests in this country do environmental actions such as destroy mountain tops and frack in the interest of whom? Destroying environment assets must stop.
Warren Diehlabout 11 years ago Dublin OH
Please don't spoil the beauty of creation for selfish reasons.
Brenda Ellisabout 11 years ago Middlebury VT
I vacation in NH because of the unspoiled beauty. They did this in a section of VT near me and it is an eyesore!
Janet Healeyabout 11 years ago Waterford ME
I go to the trails for peace and quiet. I go to be away from wires and towers. The mountains are pure simple beauty.
Cynthia Randabout 11 years ago Grantham NH
Power sources should be local, produced by NH, for NH, and not a gateway for a private company.
Tourism is #1 and should be protected.
John Brosciousabout 11 years ago Pittsburgh PA
We've returned to the Presidential Mountains five of the past 10 summers to hike and enjoy the raw beauty of this part of New Hampshire - we have a responsibility to preserve the way God gave them to us.
Selma Bartlettabout 11 years ago Franconia NH
Hydro Quebec should not be able to do this to our state...a foreign entity making a profit off from our loss of natural beauty. I have lost 8 homes sales because of this nonsense...I am a Realtor in the White Mountains....
John Hunter 13 Bennett Avenueabout 11 years ago Huntington Station NY
My family has been vacationing in the White Mountains since the 1930s. Please bury the line at least
Dr. Roy & Andrea Hittabout 11 years ago Winhester Center CT
We treasure the hours our family spend in this beautiful area, hiking, walking. Our adult children continue to explore the Appalachian Trail and its environs.Keep the Pass pristine.
Phil and Joyce Krillabout 11 years ago Franconia NH
Once this is completed it cannot be reversed. If Northern Pass has enough money to promote their project, they have enough to bury the lines.
Edward Eachoabout 11 years ago Kingston NH
We should be focused on PRESERVING the rich beauty that we have, not helping others get rich at the expense of our world. The CITIZENs of THIS state do not want this monster, why are YOU NOT listening?????
R Laurence Davisabout 11 years ago Wentworth NH
We have a line running through town. The thought of one going through the heart of the mountains frightening. Is this the way we treat our heritage? I want the renewable energy this would bring, but bury the line using I-93.
Evelyn Sawyerabout 11 years ago Freeport ME
Destroying one of the most beautiful areas in the north east for short term gain is all wrong!
karon whiteabout 11 years ago eliot ME
it is our land! don't destroy it!!!!
Meghan McPhaulabout 11 years ago Franconia NH
Our natural landscape, especially in the northern part of the state, is critical to our economy of tourism and outdoor recreation.
I encourage our legislators to take a drive to Quebec or Montreal and see how ugly these towers are.
Michelle Moodyabout 11 years ago Topsham ME
Our view sheds and wild places are important for all of us to have and enjoy and to protect the environment for all the creatures who don't have a voice in this.
Dear Governor Hassan,
We applaud your efforts to date to defend New Hampshire's natural and cultural heritage from the proposed Northern Pass transmission line. Please join us in making sure that our children and grandchildren can pass this vital heritage on to their children and grandchildren. Please ask Northeast Utilities and Hydro-Québec either to bury the entire project in New Hampshire or stop it altogether.
Everywhere we look we see proposals for new high-voltage, direct current transmission lines. In Maine, Vermont, and New York, new north-south high-voltage direct-current lines are being proposed completely underground or underwater; even Hydro-Québec itself is advancing an underground transmission project to connect with New York. Everywhere we look we see new, innovative underground transmission technology proposals. Everywhere except New Hampshire.
Governor Hassan, before you host the New England Governors and the Eastern Canadian Premiers here in New Hampshire this July, please make it clear that New Hampshire welcomes each of them to our magnificent state. But please also convey the message that we will insist on smart, well-planned energy projects that advance a clean energy future and we will not welcome any overhead extension cords like Northern Pass that provide little benefit to the state, at the expense of our natural and scenic resources.
Sincerely,
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