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The Maine PUC's conclusion that NECEC would prevent the release of 3 million metric tons of GHG emissions per year ignores peer-reviewed science from independent and Hydro-Québec scientists that proves all of HQ's reservoirs emit CO2 and methane.
bangordailynews.com/2021/10/26/opi…
bangordailynews.com/2021/10/26/opi…
Ignoring peer-reviewed science is dangerous and will only drive the world deeper into the climate crisis.
"Yet a paper published this year, co-authored by a Hydro Québec scientist, estimates that their methane emissions have a climate impact that is significantly greater than their already substantial CO2 emissions."
North American Megadam Resistance Alliance and our international network urges Mainers to vote YES on Referendum Question 1 on November 2 to reject the New England Clean Energy Connect hydropower transmission corridor.
Full press release: mailchi.mp/fd908586f5ef/i…
Full press release: mailchi.mp/fd908586f5ef/i…
To generate electricity for NECEC, Hydro-Quebec will use 61 dams and 28 reservoirs that have flooded and destroyed tens of thousands of square miles of boreal forests, wetlands, and taiga.
Hydropower destroys rivers and forests, violates Indigenous rights, and harms the climate.
Hydropower destroys rivers and forests, violates Indigenous rights, and harms the climate.
Most of the dams are built on the ancestral lands of Indigenous Peoples in Canada without their consent and without compensation. The Innu, Atikamekw, and Anishinabek First Nations in Quebec oppose NECEC and are suing Hydro-Quebec for violations of their constitutional rights.
Importing Canadian hydropower via New England Clean Energy Connect = supporting environmental racism and destruction. This energy source is a climate injustice on every level.
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"It is essential to highlight that we are not advocating for a different corridor pathway, as we believe hydropower does not have a place in the future of clean energy transition."
"Beyond the physical corridor, one of the most glaring environmental injustices of this project is the irreparable harm that Hydro-Quebec’s megadams are causing to Indigenous communities,"
Voting YES on Maine's Question 1 on November 2nd means standing with Indigenous communities in Canada that have been exploited and abused for hydropower generation.
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A coalition of five hydro-impacted Indigenous communities where the power for New England Clean Energy Connect (CMP Corridor) would be sourced from vehemently oppose this project.
According to the coalition, "36% of the total hydroelectric power installed by Hydro-Quebec has been stolen from us since it is produced in our respective ancestral territories from reservoirs, dams, power plants and various other installations, without prior consultation,"
THIS IS TODAY. 5 pm. Hear from the Chief of the First Nation fighting #SiteC in BC Supreme Court, Chief Roland Willson of West Moberly FN @dunnezaman, as well as geotechnical expert on #SiteC's unsafety & more. Please join! #bcpoli #Covid19BC #cdnpoli #theDamTruth #UNDRIP
@dunnezaman ..I'll try to live tweet parts of this webinar. If you would like to donate to West Moberly's court challenge to the #SiteC dam, the link is here. #bcpoli
Increasing level of chatter about the safety of the Three Gorges dam, whose construction was plagued by corruption, shortcuts & rushing (sound familiar?). China is experiencing serious floods & smaller dams have already failed. No clear picture of what's going on.
"Central and southern China are being ravaged by floods
The massive Three Gorges Dam is no cure for the woes of people further down the Yangzi" -
@economist economist.com/china/2020/07/… #thedamtruth
The massive Three Gorges Dam is no cure for the woes of people further down the Yangzi" -
@economist economist.com/china/2020/07/… #thedamtruth
@economist "Climate change may have caused extreme weather unusually early in the year, producing more rain than hydro-engineering can handle." The "unusual" is becoming usual. See WAC Bennett dam's reservoir filling faster than expected & inconveniently having to spill water down to #SiteC
I'm trying to livetweet this webinar but it's going so fast I don't want to miss anything. Point is to inform the US that Canadian hydroelectricity is dirty (methylmercury/enviro devastation), rights-violating, environmentally racist & shouldn't be classed as green #SiteC #bcpoli
..A growing number of figures in Canada are speaking out about the extreme impacts on Indigenous peoples, downstream communities and climate from hydro dams. Here Senator Mary Jane McCallum, & slide from Denise Cole of @protectlabrador #bcpoli #SiteC #MuskratFalls @resistmegadams
@protectlabrador @resistmegadams ..As if that's not bad enough, the group wanting to build transmission lines to move Hydro Quebec's dirty Canadian hydroelectricity to New York is BLACKSTONE, built out of remains of Lehman Bros, whose board features Brian Mulroney. #NoDamWay #TheDamTruth @resistmegadams #cdnpoli
This dam conference on hydro-impacted communities starts today! It's actually named "Ki Ta Ski Naw" or 'rise up' in Cree. For those interested in following along, I think hashtags will be #hydroimpacted #hydrojustice & I'll also try to use #SiteC #bcpoli hydroimpacted.ca/conference-age…
Looking forward to the first panel which will be moderated by BC journalist @sarahcox_bc. Opening welcome now. Starting to regain feeling in my face from the walk here, hi Winnipeg!
We're in Treaty 1 territory for the #hydroimpacted conference. Welcome by local elder Dave Scott in Cree language. Speaking now about the treaty relationship, its history, the 'doctine of discovery', Trudeau's White Paper & ongoing devolution process.. cc #SiteC #treaty8
