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.
christopher gobeilleabout 12 years ago moultonborough NH
Bury the lines, like they do in Maine
Ainslie Gilliganabout 12 years ago Brattleboro VT
Our entire landscape deteriorates and deteriorates. We must protect, visually as well as in all other ways, the natural beauty that is left to us for future generations.
Bill Whiteabout 12 years ago Ithaca NY
I grew up hiking that area.
There must be alternatives.
Darren Lynnabout 12 years ago Windham CT
Keep nature as it should be and keep the beauty if the mountains safe.
Mary McCluskeyabout 12 years ago Newfields NH
Doesn't the picture say it all. As a Realtor, I can't sell houses that look at power lines. They devalue the landscape. It is as simple as that. Do we want to devalue our greatest landscape?
Brenda Ryanabout 12 years ago Amherst NH
My entire family loves the outdoors and my best childhood memories are of hiking in NH. We moved here because we love the mountains and have a cabin in northern NH. It would be devastating to destroy the beauty of northern NH with power lines.
Richard Parkerabout 12 years ago West Newbury MA
I spend considerable time & money in the White Mountain region on outdoor activities. Northern Pass would significantly impact the region's aesthetic & ecological values. NP's a bad idea with net negative economic and environmental impacts on NH.
Greg Careyabout 12 years ago Medford MA
I come to NH and and the White Mountains more than 10 times a year for vacation and hiking. This will reduce the tourism dollars that NH brings in and damage New England's finest ecosystem.
Bob Schillingabout 12 years ago South Deerfield MA
We hike the New Hampshire Whites and visit New Hampshire regularly because of its beauty. Don't allow this beauty to be defaced.
Kara Bohnsackabout 12 years ago Moultonborough NH
We moved to NH for the pristine outdoors - an experience that sets NH apart from many other states. Please don't let a company defile it for some short-term job considerations. Blackrock will do the project and bury the lines.
Tricia van Oersabout 12 years ago Pawling NY
Don't destroy the land's natural beauty forever for the temporary 'needs' of people.
We should know better by now!
Nancy and Howard Brownabout 12 years ago Nyack NY
We are hikers and love hiking in New Hampshire mountains.
Darleen Placeyabout 12 years ago COLEBROOK NH
We need to preserve the natural beauty of NH for my son and generations to come! We depend on this land for our livelihoods! We love NH and don't want big private corporations making money for themselves at the expense of NH. Please save NH!
Karen Goddardabout 12 years ago Nashua NH
I hike the White Mountains on a regular basis. The beauty is indescribable: must be experienced (without wires overhead.) Hikers are the nicest, most conscientious people I know. I believe that is because we absorb serenity from the mountains.
Keith Watling Southboroughabout 12 years ago Southborough MA
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees." John Muir, 1901 -
"Let's keep it that way and stop the Northern Pass." Keith Watling, 2014
Rachel Clevelandabout 12 years ago Holderness NH
Because nature is beautiful!
dave coulterabout 12 years ago sanbornton NH
I am of a generation that actually hikes,hunts,fishes and loves being outdoors rather than taking part by using an electronic device.
Michael Charpentierabout 12 years ago Saunderstown RI
The last thing scenic NH needs is another human scar. Vermont has done such a good job not allowing billboards, it makes that state so nice to drive in. Don't ruin NH!
Nancy Walshabout 12 years ago bridgton ME
I have three wonderful adult children who are avid out door enthusiast as am I. None of us want to see anything marr the natural beauty of our mountains
Scott Livingstonabout 12 years ago Bolton CT
We enjoy NH because there is less infrastructure and more beauty.
Suzanne Fournierabout 12 years ago Milford NH
We should not destroy nature and natural beauty when there are alternatives, such as burying power lines.
William Horneabout 12 years ago Salisbury MD
I hike often in New Hampshire.
Prentice Weathersabout 12 years ago Newport RI
It's a one way street. If towers are erected, the wilderness feel is lost forever in a footprint that vastly exceeds that of underground cables. Burying cables protects them from ice storms etc.
John Kerrickabout 12 years ago Peterborough NH
Scenic beauty is one of the main reasons that I live in NH.
Tim Tim Sposatoabout 12 years ago Gorham NH
My family moved to Maine because of the outdoors, the beauty of of the mountains, woods lakes and oceans in Maine and New hampshire. We visit NH multiple timea a yer to take advantage of the outdoors. DO not squander New Hampshires future.
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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