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DOE
ATTENTION: Department of Energy Environmental Impact Statement Public Scoping Meeting on Northern Pass Transmission Line Project.
DOE Announcement
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· Project Maps
· Scoping Process
· Scoping Comment Form

For more information,
See | Contacts


Federal Register Notice
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ATTENTION: Land Owners - is your land in jeopardy? Take a stand with us & read over the following documents for help.
Things to Consider if Contacted by PSNH
PDF
Legal Help for Land Owners from the NH Bar Association
PDF

No Power Lines

STOP THE TOWERS
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A CALL TO ACTION
for all residents of New Hampshire. Let's form a united front against this common threat and protect our lands for future generations to come.


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to The Power Line Education Fund and help educate the community about the harms of high voltage power lines and help protect our lands for the future.
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New Hampshire’s total energy consumption and per capita energy consumption are among the lowest in the Nation.
New Hampshire Energy Consumption

US Energy Information Administration Independent Statistics

Newsletter
North Country Power Line Digest Newsletter

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The Northern Pass project: A New Boa Constrictor in the White Mountains?
written by Rebecca Weeks Sherrill More, a descendent of John Wingate Weeks, a man who was instrumental in legislation that established the National Parks.
More_Boa Constrictor_2010
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Many conservation organizations in NH have now filed petitions to intervene in the Presidential Permit process.

· The Society for the Protection of NH Forests

· The Appalachian Mountain Club
· VIEW THIER PETITION PDF
Other friends
fighting to
protect their land . . .

notowersinwv.org
stoptowersnow.com
sawcreektowers.blogspot
stopthelines.com

Bury The Northern Pass

burynorthernpass.blogspot


Concerned Citizens
in Opposition to the NSTAR
High Voltage Direct Current Power Lines
through New Hampshire


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Northern Pass Transmission Scoping Meetings


Pembroke NH
Pembroke Academy cafeteria 209 Academy Road Pembroke, NH 03275
Monday March 14, 6-9 pm

Franklin NH
Franklin Opera House 316 Central Street Franklin, NH 03235
Tuesday March 15, 6-9 pm

Lincoln NH
The Mountain Club on Loon, Hancock Room 90 Loon Mountain Road Lincoln, NH 03251
Wednesday March 16, 6-9 pm

Whitefield NH
Mountain View Grand Hotel and Resort, Presidential Room 101 Mount View Road Whitefield, NH 03598
Thursday March 17, 6-9 pm

Colebrook NH
Colebrook Elementary School 27 Dumont Street Colebrook, NH 03576
Saturday March 19, 1-4 pm



Where and who should you write to?

 
It is extremely important that we as citizens voice our concerns to the right people. Write to your local newspapers, tv stations and officials until your voice is heard. Below is a list of documents outlining who and where we should be directing our comments to.

PDF Downloads
Write a Letter to the Editor
Talking Points
Members of the Site Evaluation Committee
Coos and Grafton County Officials
Federal and State Officials to Contact


PETITION FOR TOWN MEETING PDF


WHO'S TAKING OUR LAND?

Northern Pass Utility Conglomerate
Northernpass.us
Proposed Route map

Learn more about the merger.
Northeast to Buy NStar

Eminent Domain
Who's land is it? Learn more about the process invoked by NE Utilities/NStar to take peoples land.
Eminent Domain - New Hampshire Board of Tax & Land
Eminent Domain Procedure Act

The Public Utilities Commission has been designated by our legislature to conduct any eminent domain proceedings under New Hampshire RSA Section 371.1. The following sections are the pertinent ones: RSA 371.1 through 371:24. Eminent Domain PUC statutes.pdf

NH Constitution Bill of Rights

Is your Land in Jeopardy?
Legal Help for Land Owners from the NH Bar Association PDF
Things to Consider if Contacted by PSNH PDF



Important Information
Health Hazards
High voltage power lines pose a serious health risk to any human living or working nearby.

· Childhood leukemia risk doubles within 100 meters of high voltage power lines. Read more here & here
· Power Lines and Cancer. Study here & here
· Electro Magnetic Fields and your Health. Powerline Facts

YouTube Video 1
YouTube Video 2

Ionization

The ionization of particles near high voltage power lines can have serious affects on both humans and the environment.
Technical Summary
Power Lines and Disease
Energy Matters AMP
Economic Impact
The impact of high voltage power lines on both the local and national economies will be extremely negative.

LOCAL

· Home and property Value Depreciation. Read more
· Destruction of Potential Logging and Farm Lands.
· Drop in Tourism due to visual pollution and destruction of vital hunting, hiking and recreational land.

NATIONAL
· Increasing our dependency on foreign energy.
· Keeping jobs outside the country instead of creating new jobs within.

Environmental Impact
The towers pose a serious risk to local land and wildlife.

· Destruction of local wildlife habitats and migration routes.
· EMF / Radiation Pollution
· Visual Pollution
· Audible Pollution
YouTube Video

    High Voltage!

High voltage power lines can discharge violently when sagging and over loaded.

YouTube Video 1
YouTube Video 2
Links to Affected Communities, Lands & Businesses

· Nature Conservancy NH
· The White Mountains
· Poore Family Homestead
· NH Tour Guide
· Kancamagus

Towns

· Columbia
· Colebrook
· Allenstown
· Bethlehem
· Clarksville
· Concord
· Dalton
· Easton
· Lancaster
· Northumberland
· Pittsburg
· Stewartstown
· Stratford
· Sugar Hill
· Whitefield
· Landaff
· Haverhill
· Lincoln
· Woodstock
· Piermont
· Thornton
· Campton
· Plymouth
· Orford
· Wentworth
· Dorchester
· Groton
· Holderness
· Ashland
· Bristol
· Hill
· Rumney
· Warren
· Bath
· Bridgewater
· Canterbury
· Chichester
· Deerfield
· Epsom
· Franklin
· Littleton
· Loudon
· New Hampton
· Northfield
· Northwood
· Pembroke
· Pittsfield
· Rumney




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