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?

  • Scott Taylorabout 11 years ago Sanbornton NH
    The power transported via Northern Pass won't even directly benefit NH. Why should we pay the price (of permanent impact) for something that will be a temporary fix for Southern NE energy needs.
  • Joe Drinonabout 11 years ago Bow NH
    I am a NH native and I abhore what NP will do to our natural beauty.
  • Bill Polinoabout 11 years ago Meriden CT
    The natural beauty of our National Forests is vital to preserve for future generations.
  • Leah Kovitchabout 11 years ago Nashua NH
    New Hampshire's forests are our state's most treasured asset; we cannot pollute or degrade them for they do not belong to us, but to this Earth and this land's future.
  • Donna Morrisabout 11 years ago New Haven CT
    I've always spent a lot of time in the White Mountains. Short term expediency should not be allowed to destroy the beauty that nourishes so many. I would no longer go to New Hampshire. Bury the lines!!! Or better yet, find sustainable alternatives!
  • Nancy Marashioabout 11 years ago Newbury NH
    Responsible balance between environmental respect and energy supply is key.
  • Isabel Sloaneabout 11 years ago Gloucester MA
    The wonderful wild scenic areas of Northern New England need to be protected for now & in the future. Even burying the power lines would cause disruption to natural areas, but it would be better than than these intrusive tall towers.
  • Robert Rouleauabout 11 years ago Columbia NH
    New Hampshire is a beautiful state of wilderness splendor. Why scare her face with hug tension power lines.
  • Jessica Phillipsabout 11 years ago Annapolis MD
    I was born & raised in the White Mountains. I have hiked with my family begining as an infant on my father's back and now enjoy far too infrequent hikes with my own son. I love New Hampshire .and want the forests to stay!
  • Nancy Mitiguyabout 11 years ago Twin Mountain NH
    Protected lands need to stay protected. The transmission line would be owned by a Canadian company, and large hydro is anything but green. Even burying the lines doesn't change how the energy is produced.
  • Robert Ziegelabout 11 years ago Bristol NH
    Once New Hampshire's natural beauty is defiled it will be impossible to restore it. There is a way to bring power from Quebec without impacting our scenic beauty. Tell PSNH to do it right or not at all.
  • Bill Burtisabout 11 years ago Stratham NH
    Hiker
  • George Corbettabout 11 years ago Franklin Sauare NY
    I love hiking and enjoying nature, especially pristine wilderness. There's not much left in the northeast. Let's keep what we have safe!
  • Marla Blankenshipabout 11 years ago Easton NH
    Beauty in the woods. Money for local vendors. Wildlife. Dont want to lose my home.
  • Lieza Donnellyabout 11 years ago Campton NH
    Tourism is a staple of New Hampshire economy, this project as proposed, will effect in a very negative way. All efforts to minimize that should be taken. Burying the lines makes sense in so many ways that it is inconceivable to do this any other way.
  • Dale Duganabout 11 years ago N Woodstock NH
    Too many reasons to list why it is important that these towers do NOT come to pass.
  • Jessica Perkinsabout 11 years ago Frisco CO
    As a brand new Colorado resident I look forward to coming "home" to the whites when I visit. Please don't allow the amazing vistas I know to be ruined.
  • Dylan Bengstonabout 11 years ago Brewster MA
    I go to school in that area, and grew up going there. I love to ski, hike, and bike those mountains and love the views. I'd hate to have that view ruined. Its a place to escape the real world, the Mountains were put there for a reason.
  • Edward Cutlerabout 11 years ago EASTON NH
    Example of corporate imperialism pushing an unwanted and unnecessary, for profit, project without any regard to mitigation, or even interest, in the physical, emotional, environmental, and personal and community financial damage they are producing.
  • allison Poulinabout 11 years ago Canaan VT
    we take for granted what we currently have, for lest we forget what the landscape of this area looked like a the turn of the last century...deforested and plagued with wildfires...please don't yet again mar it with the work of human hands...
  • Joan LeBelabout 11 years ago West Roxbury, MA
    Blight to the landscape of our NH forest and wild areas that should be protected
  • Michael Henryabout 11 years ago Newburyport MA
    Benefits few, hurts many. It's not the right thing to do
  • Carolyn Crensonabout 11 years ago Pinehurst ND
    As a former resident of Holderness, NH the beauty of NH is dear to our hearts. This project is wrong!
  • Gary Waterfieldabout 11 years ago St.Lazare,Quebec,Canada NH
    We have to protect the mountians and the forest while creating innovative methods to transmit energy
  • Edward Allardabout 11 years ago West Ossipee NH
    Useless cost, negative environmental impact.

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