The work, which involves the felling of trees and the filling of wetlands, began yesterday morning on the Northvolt site without Quebec having held a real environmental assessment.
Quebec's rivers are known for being majestic, but also for their hydroelectric potential.
Open letter – Faced with the electrification implied by the decarbonization of Quebec, a dozen organizations are questioning the way in which Hydro-Québec and the Minister of Energy are approaching the energy transition, which takes on the appearance of a simple opportunity to 'business.
The Fondation Rivières judges that the La Romaine hydroelectric complex, whose official inauguration took place this morning, is a very bad example of use of public funds.
Brief – Fondation Rivières submitted a brief as part of the public consultation on the supervision and development of clean energies in Quebec.
Around sixty organizations are uniting their voices to express their strong opposition to the online consultation and especially to the questionnaire in two versions proposed to the population of Quebec since June 2, in place of the "real social debate" on the Quebec's energy future promised by the Prime Minister.
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