SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A student researcher and a climate activist who’ve traversed sections of the Portland-to-Montreal pipeline are ready to discuss what they’ve seen.
Environmental organizer Brett Chamberlin and Kaity Thomson, a University of New Hampshire student with a fellowship with the National Wildlife Federation, are participating in an event Monday at Bug Light Park in South Portland.
Thomson has been studying ecosystems at risk of contamination from a possible spill along the pipeline, which passes through Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Some residents are concerned that a pipeline that sends crude oil north from South Portland could be reversed to bring tar sands oil from Canada. They believe that could expose the area to harmful toxins.
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