Conservation groups appeal CMP transmission line plan warning of ‘bad precedent’

Conservation groups appeal CMP transmission line plan warning of ‘bad precedent’

Several of Maine’s leading conservation organizations have filed an appeal with the state’s Board of Environmental Protection, challenging Central Maine Power’s conservation plan for the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line. The groups say the plan falls short of protecting mature forests in western Maine as required under CMP’s permit. The appeal, filed by the Appalachian Mountain Club, Maine Audubon, Natural Resources Council of …