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- Eastern Canadian Premiers And New England Governors Meet Amid Energy Protests (7/14/14)
New Hampshire is hosting the latest summit between the governors of the New England states and the Premiers of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. The conference takes place Monday at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, and follows a similar meeting held in Quebec last September.
- Supporters call for Keystone XL pipeline approval at N.H. State House rally (4/30/14)
What can the Keystone XL pipeline do for New Hampshire? A lot, said a mix of union representatives, business people, lawmakers and U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown at a barbecue rally in front of the State House in Concord yesterday
- National Wildlife Federation sues for release of tar sands documents (4/25/14)
The nonprofit group is seeking a 2008 letter detailing a plan Portland Pipe Line Corp. had to reverse the flow of its Portland-Montreal pipeline to carry tar sands to Maine.
- South Portland Planning Board backs extension of tar sands moratorium (4/9/14)
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Planning Board on Tuesday endorsed an 180-day extension of the moratorium on tar sands developments, which is set to expire May 5.
- Conservation Law Foundation seeks records on New England governors’ plan to build new gas pipeline (3/19/14)
BOSTON — The Conservation Law Foundation wants to get a behind-the-scenes look at how governors in the six New England states came up with the idea of using ratepayer money to finance construction of a new natural gas pipeline into New England.
- Construction of 66-mile natural gas pipeline begins (5/2/14)
Summit Natural Gas of Maine has started construction of its 66-mile natural gas pipeline for the towns of Falmouth, Cumberland and Yarmouth
- Waterville activists holding fewer tar sands pipeline protests (4/27/14)
With a decision on the $5.4 billion project not expected for several months, the need for their efforts is less urgent, they said.
- South Portland adds 6 months to tar sands moratorium (4/24/14)
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Wednesday extended a moratorium on tar sands and approved a transfer of $15,000 additional funds to the city property tax assistance program.
- LNG official says no need to build pipeline (4/3/14)
The president of New England’s largest distributor of liquefied natural gas says the region’s governors are barking up the wrong tree in calling for a ratepayer-funded pipeline to expand the flow of natural gas into the six states.
- Owner disputes report that Maine oil pipeline has exceeded life span (3/13/14)
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Environmentalists are pointing to a New Hampshire court document as evidence the Portland-Montreal pipeline has exceeded its life span and can’t be trusted to safely transport so-called tar sands oil.