Proposed Energy Corridors Could Harm National Parks
Environment News Service, June, 2007
--> Newly proposed energy corridors could damage national parks and their scenic views, and worsen air pollution, a nonprofit conservation organization said today.
The National Parks Conservation Association, NPCA, testified against the proposed siting of new electricity transmission lines in or near parks at the public meeting hosted by the Department of Energy, DOE.
The DOE is considering the designation of two new energy corridors, which would allow construction of power lines and other facilities across public and private lands in multiple states.
"Siting electricity transmission facilities through national parks or within their scenic viewsheds would be unnecessary and ill-advised," said National Parks Conservation Association Pennsylvania...
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