NH Activists Fight Power Line  02/21/11 6:35AM By John Dillon
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Colebrook, N.H. opposes a new power line from Quebec to southern
New Hampshire. (Host) Northeast states are increasingly looking
to Canada to meet a growing demand for low-cost hydroelectricity
from renewable sources. Governor Peter Shumlin talked about
increasing Vermont's imports during a recent trip to Quebec.
But the energy imports are stirring controversy. In northern New
Hampshire, local activists are fighting a power line that would
send the electricity south. And questions are being raised about
whether big hydro is really green.  As part of a collaboration
of Northeast public radio stations, VPR's John Dillon reports.
(Dillon) John Harrigan is a retired newspaper publisher who now
writes columns for several New Hampshire papers.  He's driving
his pick up down a quiet road in Colebrook, New Hampshire. Snow-
covered trees drape low, forming a kind of white tunnel.  He
pulls over and p