Sugar Hill, Easton, and Plymouth, New Hampshire, have all passed rights-based ordinances prohibiting high voltage transmission lines through their communities. Specifically “Northern Pass”, an ecologically devastating hydroelectric project from Hydro Quebec in Canada.
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Town of Plymouth Right to A Sustainable Energy Future & Community Self-Government Ordinance..
Plymouth, Grafton County, NH
Legislation Status: Passed
Topics: Community Self-Government, Renewable Energy
Notes:
Date of Legislation: 2012
Legal Language 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20151002215959/http://www.celdf.org/downloads/Plymouth_NH_Community_Self_Government_Ordinance.pdf
Press Release 1: http://indepthnh.org/2018/03/05/opinion-nh-towns-act-to-protect-community-rights/
Organizing Group 1: New Hampshire Community Rights Network (NHCRN)
Direct Link to this Entry: https://communityrights.us/community-rights-ordinances/right-to-a-sustainable-energy-future-and-community-self-government/
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