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Override Mills' veto on foreign interference - CentralMaine.com

Override Mills’ veto on foreign interference Letter Share Recently, I received an email from Congresswoman Chellie Pingree about Maine’s beloved Acadia National Park and her work to improve and enhance it. Acadia is a wonderful place, no question about it, but I would ask that she (and the rest of the federal delegation) turn their attention to the decimation proposed and supported by Gov. Mills in regards to the Central Maine Power corridor through the largest uninterrupted forest east of the Mississippi. This project is undoubtedly a federal issue, as it crosses an international boundary and all New England state boundaries. Approval of this project makes Maine complicit in the displacement of many Indigenous people in Canada, moves 18 billion American dollars to Canada, Spain, and Qatar via Avangrid, Iberdrola, and Hydro-Quebec, warms the gulf of Maine, and imperils the energy security of New England. All because Massachusetts thought it was a good idea.

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Prohibit foreign governments from lobbying in Maine

Prohibit foreign governments from lobbying in Maine Letter Share Sen. Richard Bennett’s bill, L.D. 194, designed to prohibit business that is wholly owned by foreign governments from lobbying, should pass without a second thought. Although Hydro-Quebec brought the Maine legal loophole to our attention, the reason for the bill is that allowing intervention by a foreign government in a Maine public referendum places Maine residents in a defensive position against a well-funded entity. While testimony on the bill centered on the issue of the NECEC powerline, the issue is much bigger, and I thank Quebec for bringing it to our attention. Not passing this bill sets precedent for any country in a similar position to lobby for their cause.