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New Hampshire Business Review: Building Trades Council urges approval of gas pipeline
Published on December 2, 2015(12/2/15) “The NH Building & Construction Trades Council has reiterated its support of the Northeast…
Read MoreForbes: New England Grid Operator Raises Doubts Over Mass. Attorney General’s Gas Pipeline Study
Published on December 1, 2015(12/1/15) “New England’s grid operator reiterated the reliability risks posed by natural gas pipeline constraints…
Read MoreBangor Daily News: New England has enough power for winter, but natural gas still a challenge
Published on December 1, 2015(12/1/15) “New England should have enough power to keep homes and businesses warm this winter,…
Read MoreForbes: Pipeline Opposition: Irrational Ludicrousness
Published on November 25, 2015(11/25/15) “What remains undisputed is that tight winter pipeline capacity meant a surge in wholesale…
Read MoreBoston Herald: Robichaud: Ratepayers will pay price for AG’s eco agenda
Published on November 23, 2015(11/23/15) “Do you like higher electrical bills? If so, thank Attorney General Maura Healey..” Click…
Read MoreThe Lowell Sun: Healey’s energy study solves nothing
Published on November 20, 2015(11/20/15) “Opponents of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline who have been looking for a bottom-line…
Read MorePress Release: Consumer Coalition Calls AG Study a Retreat from Clean Energy and Lower Costs
Published on November 18, 2015(11/18/15) “A Massachusetts-based energy consumer group today said that the Analysis Group study is “surprising…
Read MoreMassLive: Massachusetts Attorney General’s energy study ‘seriously flawed,’ Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. says
Published on November 18, 2015(11/18/15) “An energy study released Wednesday by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is “seriously flawed”…
Read MoreBoston Globe: Mass. AG sees no need for new natural gas pipelines
Published on November 18, 2015(11/18/15) “Tony Buxton, the spokesman for the Coalition to Lower Energy Costs and a lawyer…
Read MoreMaine Public Broadcasting: Report: New England Doesn’t Need More Natural Gas Pipelines
Published on November 18, 2015(11/18/15) “Maine attorney Tony Buxton, who represents Kinder Morgan along with other large industrial electricity…
Read MorePortland Press Herald: Maine’s paper industry remains strong despite challenges, summit speakers say
Published on November 17, 2015(11/17/15) “Drechsel, the president of Madison Paper Industries in Madison, spoke of the need for…
Read MoreWCSH: Summit focuses on reshaping Maine’s struggling paper industry
Published on November 17, 2015(11/17/15) “One of the biggest problems discussed was Maine’s high energy prices. Maine’s costs in…
Read MoreWWLP: Rising energy costs worry New England, Canadian officials
Published on November 13, 2015(11/13/15) “Maine Gov. Paul LePage says New England’s highest-in-the-nation energy costs are crippling the region’s…
Read MoreBangor Daily News: Touring legislators grasping challenges of paper industry
Published on November 12, 2015(11/12/15) “Legislators touring the Woodland Pulp and St. Croix tissue mills in Baileyville on Thursday…
Read MorePress Release: New England Consumer Group Releases Pioneering Strategic Energy Plan for Rapidly Achieving Affordable Clean Energy in New England
Published on November 12, 2015(11/12/15) “The Coalition to Lower Energy Costs (CLEC), a regional incorporated association of energy consumers…
Read MoreBerkshire Eagle: Marc Brown: Northeast region needs greater access to natural gas
Published on November 10, 2015(11/10/15) “Electricity prices in New England are the highest of any region in the United…
Read MoreWorcester Business Journal: The end of the nuclear age
Published on November 9, 2015(11/9/15) “As president and CEO of the North Central Chamber of Commerce, Roy M. Nascimento…
Read MoreWCSH: Lawmakers tour paper mills, seek input to help solve industry struggles
Published on November 5, 2015(11/5/15) “In the past two years, Maine has lost hundreds of paper mill jobs, and…
Read MoreBobbi Kates-Garnick, Senior Energy Policy Advisor to CLEC, Discusses Her Work In Clean Energy
Published on November 4, 2015 Read MoreWCVB: Opinion: We’re winning the war against coal
Published on November 3, 2015(11/3/15) “Here’s some good news that many Americans may not realize: Domestically, we are winning…
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