Opponents of the Kinder Morgan proposal to build a new natural gas pipeline through southern New Hampshire have been waiting for elected officials to come out against the project with the same intensity they saw in Massachusetts, where near universal opposition among high-profile politicians helped force the pipeline to be re-routed northward.
New Hampshire’s political leaders have for the most part called for more hearings, more time and a transparent review process, but have not been unequivocally opposed.
That started to change on Feb. 12, when House Majority Leader Jack Flanagan, who represents two towns on the proposed pipeline’s route, wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in opposition to the Northeast Energy Direct (NED) project.
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