May 13, 2021
The First Circuit on Thursday lifted its injunction halting construction on Central Maine Power's proposed electric transmission line to deliver hydropower from Quebec to Massachusetts, rejecting claims by environmental groups that the Army Corps of Engineers cut corners on its analysis of the 145-mile project.
March 30, 2021
First Circuit judges on Tuesday seemed puzzled by the federal government's uncoordinated review of a $1 billion electric transmission project to ship Canadian hydropower to New England, suggesting the court could resolve a suit by environmental groups if the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would simply agree with the Energy Department's analysis.
February 25, 2021
The U.S. government is ignoring extensive evidence that a Maine segment of a proposed $1 billion clean energy transmission project would cause irreparable damage by not considering environmental harms, green groups told the First Circuit.
February 09, 2021
Three of America's largest power producers have slammed a proposed $1 billion clean energy development that would bring Canadian hydropower to the Massachusetts market, saying promised greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the plan are illusory and unverifiable.
February 03, 2021
Environmental groups have told the First Circuit that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approval for part of a controversial $1 billion clean energy development in New England cut corners, ignored environmental damages and must be stopped.
January 15, 2021
The First Circuit blocked construction Friday on part of a controversial $1 billion clean energy development that would connect New England to Canadian hydroelectric power, just a day after the Trump administration granted the project a key cross-border permit.