Stop New England's Greenwashing of Mega Dam Hydropower
Channel: Sierra Club Maine
Date: 2021-09-30

Did you know that part of Massachusetts’ renewable energy contracts include electricity generated from Canadian hydropower? This energy, sourced from megadams that violate indigenous rights, destroy ecosystems, and release greenhouse gases, would be brought from Quebec through a transmission corridor running through Maine, that would cut through hundreds of miles of carbon-capturing forests and the ancestral territories of indigenous communities. This corridor, commonly known as the CMP corridor or New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC), is not a climate justice solution and hydropower is not the clean energy that it has been marketed as. Learn more about this regional and international issue, and what you can do as New England residents to take action and stand up for climate justice by attending this educational event.

Speakers include:
Melissa Harding Ferretti is a member of the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe and its elected Chairwoman and President. She works to preserve the Tribe’s cultural heritage and land rights. She is also the President of the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project and serves on many local and state boards and organizations.

Lokotah Sanborn is a Penobscot artist and advocate dedicated to Indigenous liberation and empowerment. He is a member of Sunlight Media Collective, an organization working to document and produce stories affecting Wabanaki people and the intersections of environmental issues and tribal rights. Lokotah has a background in political organizing and community building. He is a member of Racial Equity and Justice, and Needlepoint Sanctuary. He is also a founding member of Bomazeen Land Trust, a Wabanaki led 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to rematriation, food sovereignty and Wabanaki cultural transmission.

The folks who spoke in the video from hydro impacted communities included:

John Gonzalez  - Author/Filmaker - Taìno/Pimicikamak 
Jessica Wastesicoot - Pimicikamak 
Chief Kirk E. Francis - Penobscot Nation
Carlton Richards - Pimicikamak 
Raymond Collins Robinson - Pimicikamak
Thomas Monias - Pimicikamak 
Rita Monias - Pimicikamak 
Melissa (Harding) Ferretti - Chairlady/President Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe 

This event is co-hosted by 350 Maine, Maine Youth for Climate Justice, the North American Megadam Resistance Alliance, and Sierra Club Maine. It is supported by 350 Central Massachusetts, Community Water Justice, the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Patagonia Freeport, Renew New England, Sunrise Bates, Sunrise Franklin County, Sunrise Worcester, and the United American Indians of New England (UAINE).

Co-Hosts: 350 Maine, Maine Youth for Climate Justice, North America Megadam Resistance Alliance, and Sierra Club Maine
Time
Sep 29, 2021 06:30 PM EST