We want all walkers, of all abilities, to have a safe and enjoyable walk. Please park in the lot at Cabot Camp, 186 E Mineral Rd, Millers Falls, MA 01349. East Mineral Rd. is off of Turnpike Road. The walking route is about 1.7 miles. (If you’d like a shorter walk, park along the route, up River …
We want all riders, of all abilities, to have a safe and enjoyable ride. Is your bike ready to ride? Have you looked over the route map? Do you have the water and snacks you need for the ride? We’ll provide a picnic at the Riverview Picnic Area. Please follow traffic rules, two side by side …
Connecticut River Defenders Present: A Public HearingSaturday November 18 3:00 -5:00 pmShea Theater, 71 Avenue A, Great Falls MA 01376 Join with others from our community to hear testimony about the way the rights of nature with respect to the Connecticut River are being violated. We will hear from some of those most knowledgeable about …
By SUSAN OLMSTED Published: 4/29/2021 1:17:13 PM After reading Alicia Barton’s (CEO of FirstLight Power Resources) My Turn column (April 23) promoting the Northfield Mountain Pumped Hydro Storage (NMPHS) Station as “an asset in fight against climate change” and “… the largest clean power producer in New England …” I felt compelled to write. NMPHS …
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The Connecticut River Defenders Rally to Stop the Destruction by First Light EnergyOn a beautiful warm and sunny day, some 60 people gathered at a rally called by the Connecticut River Defenders at Northfield Mountain Park adjacent to the First Light Energy Corporation Pump Station to learn about the destruction of the River and its …
3/10/23 Karl Meyer Opinion, Commonwealth Magazine ON FEBRUARY 11, CommonWealth published a commentary by FirstLight Power CEO Alicia Barton bragging of the Christmas Eve grid-rescuing heroics of her company’s Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station. She went on to describe Northfield as a “zero-emissions” power plant that helped save New England from a natural gas energy squeeze. There were holes …
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4/12/23 Karl Meyer, Letter to the Editor – Vermont Digger In 2016,Canadian capital giant PSP Investments bought three FirstLight Power-branded properties on the Connecticut River in Massachusetts, two years before their federal licenses would expire. They quickly transferred them into Delaware tax shelters. Facing no pressure, they dragged out relicensing procedures five more years, knowing …
4/12/23 Karl Meyer, Letter to the Editor – Vermont Digger In 2016,Canadian capital giant PSP Investments bought three FirstLight Power-branded properties on the Connecticut River in Massachusetts, two years before their federal licenses would expire. They quickly transferred them into Delaware tax shelters. Facing no pressure, they dragged out relicensing procedures five more years, knowing …
This commentary is by Karl Meyer of Greenfield, Mass., a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists who has written hundreds of articles on issues affecting the Connecticut River. Living rivers flow downstream, but not the Connecticut River in Franklin County in Massachusetts, where FirstLight’s 50-year-old Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station reverses miles of flow …
Read more “Karl Meyer: Plenty of guilt to go around for killing part of the river”