northern pass

VPR News

Northern Pass Project Meets Opposition In New Hampshire

By Jane Lindholm | January 4, 2013

A proposed power transmission line through New Hampshire faces continued opposition from groups opposed to the construction of towers through undeveloped forestland. Known as the Northern Pass, the project would bring 1200 megawatts of electricity from Quebec into Southern New England via a 180 mile transmission line.

VPR News

Developer Says Northern Pass Brings Clean Energy

By Jane Lindholm, Ric Cengeri | January 3, 2013

Mike Skelton, spokesman for Northern Pass project, talks with Vermont Edition about why he feels the project, which would carry power generated in Quebec through transmission lines stretching 180 miles from the Canadian border to southern New England, will bring clean electricity to the region.

Vermont Edition

Atlas Of Every Living Thing

By Jane Lindholm | January 3, 2013

Imagine a database of photos and information of all the species that live in Vermont. Insects, mammals, lichen – compiling all of that information is a huge task.

VPR News

Group Attempts To Block Northern Pass Project

By Jane Lindholm, Ric Cengeri | January 2, 2013

Jack Savage, vice president of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, discusses why his group opposes the proposed Northern Pass project.

Vermont Edition

Murder Mystery Writer Louise Penny

By Jane Lindholm | January 2, 2013

Quebec murder mystery author Louise Penny discusses her Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, we hear about a group in New Hampshire trying to block the Northern Pass powerline project and we go sledding.