Lobstermen protest proposed power plant
AP
Posted: 2007-10-11 16:15:12
WISCASSET, Maine (AP) - About 30 lobster boats paraded by this coastal
town Thursday as fishermen showed their opposition to plans for a new
power plant that would be built at the site of the former Maine Yankee
nuclear site.

About 120 people on the shore held up signs supporting the lobstermen
as the boats sailed by on the Sheepscot River. One of the signs said,
"Say No to Coal."

The $1.5 billion plant would burn gas extracted from coal. Promoters
say it would produce up to 700 megawatts of electricity and thousands
of barrels per day of diesel fuel.

But lobstermen say the Sheepscot River fishery would be threatened by
coal barge traffic. They say the Sheepscot fishery pumps millions of
dollars a year into the midcoast economy.