Lawmakers also turned out to protest Northern Pass and presented a petition signed by 100 House and Senate members.
Energy
NH News Roundup on Tuesday, July 18
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Former Pembroke Academy dean to be jailed until she gets drug treatment and other news around New Hampshire and the world.
Courts & Corrections
NH News Roundup on Monday, July 17
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Top officials removed at Manchester VA after allegations of poor care and conditions and other news from around New Hampshire and the world.
Energy
Quakers Plan Prayer, Civil Disobedience at Bow Coal Plant Saturday
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After walking for seven days from Portsmouth’s Schiller power station, praying for divine guidance in the face of climate cataclysm, Quakers and others will arrive for worship Saturday at the last coal plant in New England without a shut-down date.
Energy
Pressure Mounts As Northern Pass Hearings Continue
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The Pessamit Innu First Nation of Quebec will speak out against the controversial Northern Pass project and National Grid’s recently announced transmission project is holding “community meetings” hoping to also import electricity from Canada to the New England power grid.
Education
NH News Roundup on Wednesday, July 12
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Sununu’s first veto upholds zoning board procedures and other news from around New Hampshire and the world.
OP-ED: DOT Should Follow NH Law for Northern Pass Burial Route
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OP-ED: The selection of smaller state roads has been fraught with challenges that would be absent in the Route 93 corridor. Smaller roads such as Route 116 in Franconia and Easton are simply too narrow to accommodate burial of HVDC lines without encroachment upon private property.
SEC Members Quiz Northern Pass Experts On Wetland Protection
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CONCORD — Several members of the Site Evaluation Committee questioned whether more could be done to minimize harm to wetlands by the Northern Pass Transmission project.
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PUC Order Provides ‘Path For Clean Energy Development’
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CONCORD – The state Public Utilities Commission issued a major ruling Friday on the future of net metering and the development of clean energy in New Hampshire.
Northern Pass Opponents Dominate SEC Hearing
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Opponents outnumbered supporters among the 30 or so speakers, but not by the 10-to-one ratio in 1,300 plus written comments submitted to the committee.