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?

  • JoAnne Watersabout 11 years ago Newbury MA
    The natural beauty of the land will be spoiled for our children and grandchildren. This land should be held in it's creation, as is, for future generations.
  • Lori MacDonaldabout 11 years ago Lisbon NH
    we should not be the "extension cord" for Connecticut or other states to benefit. This does not help NH, only hurt it and it would not create permanent jobs. This would only destroy the beautiful landscape of New Hampshire.
  • John Hewittabout 11 years ago New London NH
    Preserve New Hampshire's unique and priceless scenery.
  • Anne Sharpabout 11 years ago Winchester MA
    I am a hiker and do not want to see power lines when I am trying to get away from everything.
  • Marketa Roseckaabout 11 years ago Westborough MA
    My kids love outdoor trips, it gives them balance from overloading technology in everyday life.
  • ken mosedaleabout 11 years ago franconia NH
    a few should not ruin the NH State beauty and property
  • Mark Lennonabout 11 years ago New London NH
    Northern NH, all of NH, is very beautiful. Towers and their right of way are a HORRIBLE blight on the landscape. Electric lines do not need to be that. Bury the lines, but NO TOWERS.
  • ann loebabout 11 years ago New york,NY NH
    I own property in ME not to far from the NH border,I think it would be very unsightly and a better solution could be found.
  • camilla camilla lockwoodabout 11 years ago temple NH
    Hastening the urbanization of New Hampshire's vistas is not in anybody's (or almost anybody's) interest.
  • Deirdre Hendersonabout 11 years ago Chatham Center NY
    The White Mountains are one of the few large unspoiled natural areas in the northeastern United States--a place to introduce our children to the wonders and beauty of nature. Please make protecting this area part of your proud legacy as a political leader.
  • Frank Diekmannabout 11 years ago Bedford NH
    While there is an every increasing need for electricity I think it can be delivered by burying the lines and not ruining the visual landscape.
  • Grace Bartlettabout 11 years ago Bangor ME
    As a NH born person away on work, I still return to NH and love NH and the natural spaces. I hike the Whites and love the unspoiled vistas.
  • L K Lyn O'Callaghanabout 11 years ago New Hampton NH
    One of NH's great assets is its natural environment. Residents and visitors enjoy the beauty of its unspoiled landscape. Northern Pass will destroy much that NH values and will offer little to nothing in return. I urge you to stop Northern Pass.
  • Mary Fishabout 11 years ago Walpole NH
    I will send you a paper I wrote.
  • Gail O'Keefeabout 11 years ago Lexington MA
    This land is non-renewable, for energy delivery that will be obsolete in a few decades. Unknown cost associated with digging lines under, also shortsighted. Large corporations should not be allowed to ruin our national treasures.Period.
  • Michael Horvathabout 11 years ago Phoenixville PA
    Bury the towers under interstate 93.
  • Elizabeth Monacoabout 11 years ago Grantham NH
    I would like to see the lines buried. Why not preserve the beauty of our land? Also, it is this beauty that brings lots of revenue in tourism into the state every year.
  • Steve Bachandabout 11 years ago Merrimack NH
    Our wilderness lands will suffer if these towers are built. These lands have been protected for many years for a reason.
  • Irmgard Schrempp Arrudaabout 11 years ago Lanesboro MA
    The beauty of the North East is worth preserving.Technology is available to bury these lines underground. It can be done and it most be done. Why not follow the same path that Maine and Vermont is taking?
  • Kate Gerneabout 11 years ago Cambridge MA
    Please keep this beautiful space pristine.
  • Betsy Loughranabout 11 years ago Wonalanct NH
    I want my grandchildren to inherit the same beautiful forests that we had
  • Alix Prattabout 11 years ago Center Ossipee NH
    I live in New Hampshire for its beauty and outdoor opportunities. If the cable can't be buried, please stop it, for the sake of my 6 grandchildren and yours!
  • Richard Vargasabout 11 years ago Dorchester NY
    There is plenty of clean alternative sustainable options that these mogul energy companies can afford and implement vs.pinching pennies to the dollar and using these prehistoric wasteful, inefficient,industrial, and pathetic methods.
  • Erik Schutzabout 11 years ago Sheffield MA
    Why cant we start putting power lines under ground????
  • Robin Libowabout 11 years ago New City NY
    Please leave the precious and treasured white Mountains wild and free -- NO NORTHERN PASS.

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