PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 28, 2020
Three environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over its environmental analysis of the planned New England Clean Energy Connect hydroelectric corridor. The Appalachian Mountain Club, Natural Resources Council of Maine and Sierra Club Maine allege in the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, that the Army Corps failed to rigorously assess the transmission corridor project’s environmental impact on western Maine. the Army Corps found that the 145-mile-long corridor, which would cut through about 53 miles of undeveloped forestland, would have no significant environmental impact.