DAILY BULLDOG • July 11, 2021
The most compelling argument against the hydroelectric project behind the Clean Energy Corridor has been disproven. MIT professor Hager’s testimony regarding methane emissions from the reservoirs used to generate that power fell apart. Hager mistakenly inflated figures by a factor of six. This forced him to acknowledge that, if it was even proper to apply the results of research done on hydro reservoirs mostly located in the tropics to reservoirs located in our temperate climate, the estimate he used to suggest the generating stations in question here produced significant amounts of methane was badly flawed. The Clean Energy Corridor will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our region by reducing reliance on coal and natural gas facilities in New England. We’ll have fewer pollutants in our atmosphere thanks to those reductions as well, which means healthy forests and waterways. ~ Jamie Beaulieu, Farmington