Bury or Stop Northern Pass

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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Why is this important?

  • Marion Millerabout 11 years ago Auburn NH
    To keep NH beautiful. Also we are taking away habitats for our wildlife. Everyday we are encroaching on our wildlife. We are destroying the habitat for the whipporwill. We no longer hear them in our yard. Please save them from the loss of the forest.
  • Andrew Ziehlabout 11 years ago Seattle WA
    I grew up in New England and used to spent most of my weekends enjoying the beauty of NH
  • THOMS LUCKabout 11 years ago CHARLESTOWN NH
    I DONT WANT TO SEE NH BE AHIGHWAY FOR POWER LINES AS IT HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT ALREADY
  • Kristie Ferreira, NDabout 11 years ago Guilford CT
    Natural landscapes and esthetics are an important key to the health and well-being of all organisms on earth, esp. humans.
  • Christopher Monaghanabout 11 years ago Glenview IL
    Do the right thing. The bottom line cost is not always the most important thing.
  • Gillian dentabout 11 years ago reading MA
    There needs to be a better way to do this besides cutting a swath thru Forrest's..we can 't destroy forrests
  • Kathleen Kerrabout 11 years ago Tiverton RI
    Keep our forests and the people free from oil spills and leaks. Educate not enable the excessive use if oil and use natural wind, water and other sources for energy
  • Andrew Turchonabout 11 years ago Salem MA
    I'm an avid outdoorsman and lover of wild nature. New Hampshire's natural beauty and the tourist dollars that it creates far outweigh the benefit of electricity and the visual and potential health impacts of such a project.
  • Tatiana Watermanabout 11 years ago Exeter NH
    We need to put the long term benefits ahead of short term profits. The real cost calculation should be done over the long run for the state, the environment and the humans.
  • Stephen Payneabout 11 years ago Worcester MA
    Find a different way to move the electricity or find a different source. There is no point in protecting wilderness areas if they are the first places considered when rights-of-way are needed. They should NEVER be considered. Full Stop.
  • Rob Coburnabout 11 years ago New York NY
    I am 51 years old, and have spent more than 1000 days since the age of 1 vacationing, hiking, skiing, and bringing friends to NH. I continue coming back because of the natural beauty you have and the work you hae done to preserve and celebrate it.
  • Robert Rossabout 11 years ago Boston MA
    I am a regular visitor across the wilderness and park regions of the Northeast and this will unnecessarily disturb the area and threaten wildlife.
  • Geoff Summaabout 11 years ago Chebeague ME
    I'm all for infrastructure improvement but not at the expense of health, safety, the environment and common sense.
  • Elizabeth Taylorabout 11 years ago Boston MA
    I recently inherited a home in Glen NH. I have come to know the exquisite pristine beauty of the White Mountains. It's precious and We need to protect and preserve what's left.
  • Mel Kleimanabout 11 years ago Cornwall-on-Hudson NY
    Keep America beautiful! Thank you
  • Laurie Corkeyabout 11 years ago Reston VA
    As a frequent visitor, I have found inspiration in New Hampshire's pristine, breathtaking mountains all my life. Once those views are marred/defaced, they will be gone forever. Please bury the line, to preserve this precious gift.
  • Adam Rourkeabout 11 years ago Rochester NH
    This is important to me because I love the New Hampshire Wilderness and burying the power lines will help keep this Wilderness looking like Wilderness. Burying the power lines is a very fair compromise for both sides.
  • Albert Martinabout 11 years ago Elizabeth NJ
    As an AMC volunteer, I am very aware of how fragile and unique the environment of New Hampshire's Mountains and "North Country" is. It should be preserved, not just for the tourists who bring in jobs, but because it is unique and irreplaceable.
  • Olivia McCulloughabout 11 years ago Providence RI
    We are avid hikers and skiers of this area. Tourism is such a vital part of the New Hampshire economy and feel it will be negatively affected by these transmission lines.
  • Penelope Conlonabout 11 years ago Bridgewater MA
    We have property in RUmney, NH. It is a beautiful area and I don't want it ruined by the towers. I have no problem with them being buried!!
  • Timothy Dowabout 11 years ago Shirley MA
    I enjoy spending time in the WMNF with friends and family and do not want to see new power lines cutting across it.
  • Susan Leesonabout 11 years ago Syracuse NY
    I hike in New Hampshire's White Mts every year. We are blessed with a pristine wilderness that should be kept that way.
  • Nancy Kneeabout 11 years ago Concord NH
    NP as proposed would spoil the major resource that NH has; also NP electricity is not going to NH;no benefit to our high electicity bills
  • Nancy & James Schibanoffabout 11 years ago Franconia NH
    Undergrounding IS possible, safe, clean and unobtrusive. Please protect NHs beauty, for the sake of future generations.
  • Gretchen Mikeskaabout 11 years ago Scarborough ME
    protecing the natural and cultural environment in the NE

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