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Posts by karlmeyer:

  • 27 Jun 2022Under FirstLight’s banner, a ruined Connecticut River…

  • 20 Jun 2022FirstLight Power AGAIN GREEN-WASHED in Greenfield Public Schools

  • 01 Jun 2022Extinction Rebellion activists defend the Connecticut River against Northfield Mountain’s killing

  • 31 May 2022STARVED: Our river has rights!

  • 06 May 2022CONNECTICUT RIVER CASUAL TRAGIC HISTORY HIKE: Sat., May 14th

  • 02 Apr 2022Connecticut River: citizens taking a stand to end Northfield Mountain’s half century of killing

  • 30 Mar 2022A Connecticut River Day of Mourning: STANDOUT this Sat. Apr. 2

  • 09 Mar 2022Greenwashing, or How Many Times Can You Sell a Dead River?

  • 06 Feb 2022“No license to kill”: citizens defend the Connecticut River at its ecosystem graveyard—Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station

  • 30 Jan 2022The Connecticut River BUZZ: the NO LICENSE TO KILL podcast with WHMP host Buz Eisenberg, and the LATEST FERC citizen filings

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