Join Connecticut River Defenders for a free showing of the documentary film, A Beast Touch the Mountain, featuring the decade long fight to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline at Bent Mountain, Virginia. We aspire to bring others together to share thoughts, experiences and responses to this rural resistance and how these might apply to our own situations here in Western Massachusetts and beyond. Panel, including the film’s Director, James Mottern, to follow the film. See you there!
ONGOING ACTIONS:
Things we can do NOW to SAVE the Connecticut River from destruction:
#1 Send letters to FERC to let them know you strongly oppose relicensing NMPS. Let them know what a living river means to you. SEND e-comments to FERC, www.ferc.gov. Go to: eFile, then to eComment. Make sure you use the FERC Project number, P-2485, for the Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station. Use it exactly as printed. Continue through the FERC registration and make your on-the-record opposition to NMPS clear. (Writing ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov. or calling 866-208-3676 can be helpful with FERC Online issues.)
#2 Write letters to state officials:
- Bonnie Heiple, Commissioner, MassDEP – bonnie.Heiple@mass.gov
- Tim Jones, Acting Director of Division of Wetlands & Waterways, MassDEP – timothy.Jones@mass.gov
- David Hilgeman, Wetlands, Supervisor of the Major Projects and Policy Unit, MassDEP – david.Hilgeman@mass.gov
- Melissa Hoffer, Climate Chief – melissa.Hoffer@mass.gov
- Stephanie Cooper, Undersecretary for the Environment, Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs: stephanie.Cooper3@state.ma.us
- Jesse Leddick, Asst. Director of Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, MA Division of Fisheries & Wildlife – jesse.leddick@mass.gov
- Caleb Slater, Chief of Hatcheries, MA Division of Fisheries & Wildlife – caleb.slater@mass.gov
- Paul Jahnige, Director, Massachusetts Office of Outdoor Recreation (formally DCR) – paul.L.Jahnige@mass.gov
- Find the contact information for state senators and representatives here.
#3 You can also write op-eds to local papers and talk to your friends and neighbors about the importance of protecting our river.
Let them know that NMPS is a false solution to our Climate Emergency. It is dirty energy and does not bring us closer to Net Zero by 2050. NMPS sacrifices a river to destroy our futures.